Štěpán Horváth (born December 20, 1982) is a Czech

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who held the

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European

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title between 2016 and 2017. He is of partial Romani descent. Having lost in previous fights to boxers such as Frank Buglioni,

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, and Liam Williams, Horváth won the WBO European

title in

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against German-Italian boxer Davide Doria in March 2016. In June 2016, Horváth improved his record to 17–5 in defending his title against Hungarian challenger Ferenc Hafner in four rounds. He defended his title for a second time at

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in Prague against German boxer Arthur Hermann in March 2017.

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* 1982 births Light-middleweight boxers Living people Czech male boxers Sportspeople from Chomutov Romani sportspeople 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-boxing-bio-stub