Stipe Drews (born Stipe Drviš, 8 June 1973) is a retired Croatian professional
boxer. He won the
WBA's version of the world light heavyweight championship title on 27 April 2007.
Amateur career
As an amateur he took part at the European championships in 1996, but lost his third fight to the eventual champion
Pietro Aurino
Pietro Aurino (born November 16, 1976, in Torre Annunziata, Province of Naples) is a retired male boxer from Italy. Nicknamed ''The Killer'' he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped ...
. In the same year he was nominated for the
1996 Summer Olympics
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, but lost in the quarter-finals to
Seung-Bae Lee. He was second at the Adriatic games in 1997. During his amateur career he was six times Croatian champion. He won 90 fights out of 100.
Amateur highlights
* Amateur Record: 90–10
* 6 time Croatian Champion
* Member of the 1996 Croatian Olympic Team as a Light Heavyweight. His results were:
** Defeated John Douglas (Guyana) TKO 2
** Defeated
Timur Ibragimov
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Early years
Ibragimov is from Uzbekistan. ...
(Uzbekistan) 10–9
** Lost to
Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea) 11–14
Professional career
Drews began his professional career in 1999. On 8 February 2003 he became European champion with a victory over
Silvio Branco
Silvio Branco (born 26 August 1966) is an Italian former professional boxer of Romani origin.
Career
1992 he was outpointed by undefeated southpaw Agostino Cardamone for the Italian middleweight title.
When Cardamone vacated he could win the v ...
. After three title defenses he relinquished the title and instead fought against
Paul Briggs for the WBC World Championship title. He lost this fight. Drews fought again several times for the European title and won all matches. Two world champion matches were called off. On 28 April 2007, Drews won in
Oberhausen,
Germany
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against
Silvio Branco
Silvio Branco (born 26 August 1966) is an Italian former professional boxer of Romani origin.
Career
1992 he was outpointed by undefeated southpaw Agostino Cardamone for the Italian middleweight title.
When Cardamone vacated he could win the v ...
, and became the WBA World light heavyweight champion. He lost his title against Australian
Danny Green in
Perth
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on 16 December 2007. Drews lost the match on points.
Personal
Stipe Drews bears the nickname Spiderman which is due to his long arms and his speed. He currently lives in
Pula, Croatia with his wife and one child, where he manages his beach bar ''Pomidor''.
In March 2008 Stipe Drews participated in reality show called "Farma" on Croatian Nova TV. After enduring three weeks in the show, he started up a fist fight with 57-year-old photographer Stephen Lupino during live TV broadcast and thus was disqualified from the show.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions
This is a chronological list of world light heavyweight boxing champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
Championship recognition
1903–1910
The light-heavyweight division was created in 1903, the brainc ...
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Croatian male boxers
Sportspeople from Makarska
Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Croatia
World Boxing Association champions
Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia
Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
European Boxing Union champions
Southpaw boxers
World light-heavyweight boxing champions