Serdar Avcı (born 1 July 1985) is a Turkish boxer, who competed as amateur in the

bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from Ba ...

(54 kg) and as professional in the

heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...

disciplines. He started boxing at

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

Fenerbahçe Boxing Club in his hometown.

Early years and amateur career

Avcı started his boxing career at the age of seven entering Fenerbahçe Boxing. As an amateur boxer, he won several titles at regional and nationwide championships. In 2004, he won a bronze medal in the Bantamweight division at the

4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 27 to May 1, 2004 during the annual Chowdry Boxing Cup. Boxers finishing in the top two in each weight category earned a chance to compete at the 2004 ...

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

, Azerbaijan. He won a bronze medal in the Bantamweight (−54 kg) division at the

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

in Almeria, Spain.

Professional career

After a long break, Avcı returned to the boxing rings as a professional boxer of "Kadıköy Boxing Club" in his hometoen. He debuted in a

WBC WBC may stand for: Business *Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, a former large India broadcaster now folded into CBS *Westpac (New Delhi Exchange code: WBC), a multinational Financial services company *Wholesale Broadband Connect, BT Wholesale's ...

match against the Georgian Davit Gorgiladze in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, Ukraine on 27 July 2019, and won by RTD. He won his next two fights the same year against the Geprgians, Soso Abuladze by

Technical knockout A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, a ...

] (TKO), and Archil Gigolashvili by knockout (KO). In 2020, Avcı fought six matches winning five by TKO and one by KO. He met Sezer Olpak from Turkey, Vadym Shyika from Ukraine, Mario Plaku from Albania, Serdar Hemrayev, Guvanch Kurbanov, and Rozymurat Chariyev from Turkmenistan. He won the world champion title in the Intercontinental

Light heavyweight Light heavyweight, also referred to as junior cruiserweight or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruise ...

division of the Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) in Kyiv in May 2021. He took the Golden Belt by knocking out Georgian Zaal Kvezereli in the second round. His next fight in 2021 against Taryel Jafarov from Azerbaijan ended with a TKO win for Avcı. In December the same year, he defeated British Danny Williams, who had knocked down

Mike Tyson Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is cons ...

, in Ukraine. He then won the WBC Silver Asian Belt in Heavyweight division after knocking out Indian Kuldeep Singh. In October 2022, Avcı captured the WBC Silver Belt defeating WBC Africa champion Tony Salam from Nigeria in

, Turkey after his opponent was injured on his shoulder. His last fight was against Anar Humbatov from Azerbaijan in September 2023 that ended by TKO for Avcı. As of end 2023, he had boxed 24 rounds in 15 bouts, of which he won 14 matches byKO or TKO. He ranks second among 20 Turkish boxers in his wieight class, and number 41 of 1,313 in the world. Avcı is working as a coach atKadıköy Boxing Club and Fenerbahçe Boxing in Istanbul.

References

External links

Personal website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Avci, Serdar 1985 births Living people People from Kadıköy Sportspeople from Istanbul 21st-century Turkish sportspeople Turkish male boxers Bantamweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Fenerbahçe boxers