Steve Hérélius (born 15 July 1976) is a French former

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who competed from 2002 to 2013 and held the WBA

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cruiserweight title from 2010 to 2011.

Professional career

Nicknamed Centurion, Herelius turned pro in 2002 and after winning his first fourteen fights fought veteran heavyweight

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in 2007 and lost via TKO. After fighting mainly journeyman opposition he positioned himself to challenge

Firat Arslan Firat Arslan (born 28 September 1970) is a German professional boxer of Turkish descent who held the WBA cruiserweight title from 2007 to 2008. He also challenged twice for the WBO cruiserweight title in 2012 and 2014 and once for the IBF cru ...

for the vacant WBA interim Cruiserweight belt. Arslan was coming into the bout after an extended absence, and was unable to continue after taking a hard uppercut from Herelius at the end of the 11th round. On 12 February 2011, Hérélius lost the WBA interim Cruiserweight belt to

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by knockout of the 7th round.https://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=AqrPwHKfrBsTGU_SWpnozKmUxLYF?slug=ap-hernandez-herelius

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Herelius, Steve Cruiserweight boxers World cruiserweight boxing champions World Boxing Association champions 1976 births Living people People from Noisy-le-Grand French male boxers Sportspeople from Seine-Saint-Denis