Anthony Yigit

Anthony Yigit
Data
Birth Name	Anthony Yigit
Fight name	Can You Dig It
Weight class	Light welterweight
nationality	Swedish
birthday	September 1, 1991
place of birth	Stockholm
style	Legal display
size	1.77 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	25th
Victories	23
Knockout victories	8th
Defeats	1
draw	1
Profile in the BoxRec database

Anthony Yigit (born September 1, 1991 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish professional boxer and former European light welterweight champion .

Career

Yigit boxed as an amateur light welterweight (up to 64 kg). He was Swedish champion in 2010 and 2012, won the Northern European Championship in 2012 and was quarter-finalist of the European Championships in 2010 and 2011, as well as eighth-finalist of the 2011 World Cup. At the 2012 Olympic Games , he was eliminated in the last sixteen with 23:24 against Ukrainian Denys Berintschyk .

He has been boxing in the professional camp since 2013. In his build-up phase, he has beaten boxers with positive results such as Kasper Bruun (16-0), Kim Poulsen (26-1) and Timo Schwarzkopf (14-0). In December 2015, he defeated former world champion DeMarcus Corley early in the third round. In September 2016 he won against Armando Robles (31-4).

On February 11, 2017, he won the EBU European Championship in England with a unanimous victory over Lenny Daws (30-4). In September 2017 he defended the title on points against Sandor Martin (29-1). He won another title defense in December 2017 against Joe Hughes (15-2).

On October 27, 2018, he boxed against Iwan Barantschyk (18-0) for the IBF World Light Welterweight Championship, but lost the fight by dropping out of the referee in the seventh round.

Awards

• 2017: EBU Boxer of the Year

Web links

• BoxRec