Luan Krasniqi
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| Nickname(s) | Lion (Luan in Albanian) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 193 cm (76 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
10 May 1971 Junik, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia, now Kosovo |
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| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luan Krasniqi (born 10 May 1971) is an Albanian-German former professional boxer. He held the European heavyweight title and also challenged for the WBO world heavyweight title.
Krasniqi is the youngest of eight children to Kosovo-Albanian parents. He has often said that he had a happy and active childhood, growing up in Junik, a small town in the District of Đakovica, where in 1987 he finished his primary and secondary school, before his family moved to Rottweil in Germany. Krasniqi stated "my childhood was good, but when I learned that we would be rejoining my father who had moved to Rottweil in 1970 I was overjoyed. I had dreamt about a move to the city and now it was coming true!".
Krasniqi graduated in Germany his A-Level and an education as a wholesaler.
His boxing-career began at the local BSV Rottweil, where met Theo Kerekesch, a boxing trainer of high regard.
Spotting talent and kinship within each other, hard work developed Krasniqi into a solid, well schooled heavyweight. Once Krasniqi had been granted German citizenship, he entered the Multi-Nations Tournament in Liverpool, England and won the gold medal. He consolidated the success with a gold medal later that year at the German Championships, Berlin.
1995 saw him storming the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships, by taking the silver medal beating Sinan Samil Sam and Wladimir Klitschko – losing only to the one of the best amateur boxers of all times, the Cuban great Félix Savón. Krasniqi ended the year on a roll, taking the Heavyweight Gold in the International Chemie Cup Tournament, Halle.
1996 he added the European Championships with a win over Christophe Mendy.
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