Dominic Boesel (german: Dominic Bösel, born 24 October 1989) is a German
professional boxer
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who has held the
IBO light-heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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title since October 2021. He previously held the
WBA interim
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and IBO light-heavyweight titles from 2019 to 2020. At regional level, he held the
European
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light-heavyweight title from 2018 to 2019.
Professional career
Boesel made his professional debut on 20 November 2010, scoring a first-round
technical knockout
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(TKO) victory over Patrick Baumann at the
Freiberger Arena in
Dresden
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, Germany. After compiling a record of 26–1 (10 KO), he challenged
Serhiy Demchenko
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Professional career
B ...
on 3 March 2018 for the vacant
European light-heavyweight title at Stadthalle in
Weissenfels, winning the title by
unanimous decision
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. Two judges scored the bout 116–112 and the third scored it 118–110. On 16 November 2019 he challenged
IBO light-heavyweight champion Sven Fornling at the Halle Messe Arena in
Halle, Germany, with the vacant
WBA interim
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title also on the line. Boesel won the fight via eleventh round TKO.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions
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Championship recognition
1903–1910
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References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
People from Naumburg (Saale)
German male boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers
World light-heavyweight boxing champions
European Boxing Union champions
International Boxing Organization champions
Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt