Besar Nimani

Besar Nimani
Data
Birth Name	Besar Nimani
Fight name	Bes Nimani
Weight class	Light middleweight
nationality	Kosovo
birthday	July 12, 1985
place of birth	Kosovska Mitrovica
size	181 cm
Range	185 cm
Combat Statistics
Struggles	26th
Victories	25th
Knockout victories	21st
Defeats	1
draw	0
No value	0
Profile in the BoxRec database

Besar Nimani (born July 12, 1985 in Kosovska Mitrovica ) is a German boxer of Kosovar Albanian origin. In 1997 he came to Germany and has lived in Bielefeld ever since . He is an IBF international light middleweight champion and has only lost once in his professional career.

Career

amateur

Besar Nimani started his career in Bielefeld in 1998 at SV Brackwede . Boxing helped the young migrant to quickly make friends in his new home. A successful amateur period began. He played 98 fights, of which he won 87. He won the Westphalia Championship five times. At the West German Championships he took first place three times. At the German Championships, Nimani could not start because he did not yet have German citizenship at that time. During his amateur days, he also got to know today's WBO world champion Marco Huck , who switched to the pros in 2004. The two athletes maintain their childhood friendship to this day.

Professional career

In 2011 Nimani switched to the professionals and played his first professional fight against Thomas Freitag on February 12th. After 58 seconds the fight was over and Friday found himself on the ring floor. The following six fights Nimani won by knockout. On October 15, 2011 he was allowed to fight for the International German Championship against Hervé Mbongo-Starr . In Velten it was the first time for Nimani to make ends meet in the Ofen Stadthalle. After 10 rounds he was able to celebrate his first professional title with a point win. On November 18, 2012, Nimani qualified for the IBF European Championship after successfully fighting four fights within just under seven months. Against Sandor Micsko, he prevailed with a knockout in the seventh round and won his first international title, the European Championship in the light middleweight division of the IBF.

Nimani was able to achieve his greatest success so far on May 31, 2014 in his hometown of Bielefeld, when he brought Mike Miranda to his knees in the first round and thus became the new IBF International title holder.

Nimani lost the most important fight of his career on April 11, 2015 against the French Frank Horche Horta by TKO in round 4. With a win Besar Nimani would have made it into the top 15 of the IBF ranking and could have challenged the IBF world champion.

List of professional fights

date	place	opponent	Result for Nimani
February 12, 2011	Boxing hall Braamkamp 1, Hamburg, Germany	Thomas Friday	Victory / KO 1st round
March 5, 2011	Sportpalast, Bielefeld, Germany	Anatoly Baron	Victory / TKO 2nd round
May 7, 2011	Theater on the Hornwerk, Nienburg, Germany	Satilmis Benli	Victory / abandonment 1st round
May 27, 2011	Freudenreich Professional Boxing, Düsseldorf, Germany	Georgios Pegios	Victory / TKO 4th round
June 2, 2011	Trudering, Munich, Germany	Ganni Gaxherri	Victory / KO 1st round
July 16, 2011	CSB Sports Hall, Bielefeld, Germany	Emre Altintas	Victory / TKO 3rd round
August 20, 2011	Multipurpose hall, Bernau, Germany	Dominik Ameri	Victory / TKO 2nd round
October 15, 2011	Oven Stadthalle, Velten, Germany	Hervé Mbongo-Starr , International German Championship	Points win (10 rounds)
November 5, 2011	Altes Funkwerk, Berlin, Germany	Jerry Dietze	Victory / TKO 1st round
March 24, 2012	Stadtwerke Arena, Munster, Germany	Thomas Hengstberger	Points win (6 rounds)
04/22/2012	Palestra Karagac, Peje, Kosovo	Zoran Cvek	Victory / TKO 3rd round
May 26, 2012	Sportpalast, Bielefeld, Germany	Alim Kovacevic , International German Championship	Victory / KO 3rd round
November 18, 2012	Universal Hall, Berlin, Germany	Sandor Micsko , IBF European Championship	Victory / KO 7th round
April 26, 2013	Kulturhaus Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	Aleksandar Nikolic	Victory / KO 2nd round
May 24, 2013	Prishtina, Kosovo	Valentin Stoychev	Victory / KO 1st round
March 22, 2014	Uferstudios, Berlin, Germany	Pietro d'Alesio	Points win (6 rounds)
May 31, 2014	Roundhouse, Bielefeld, Germany	Mike Miranda , IBF International Championship	Victory / KO 1st round
August 30, 2014	Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, Germany	Ferenc Albert	Victory / TKO 5th round
April 11, 2015	Citizen and Schützenhalle, Hövelhof, Germany	Frank Horche Horta	Loss / TKO 4th round
June 27, 2015	Sportpark Lippe, Detmold, Germany	Peter Orlik	Victory / KO 1st round
December 12, 2015	Citizen and Schützenhaus, Hövelhof, Germany	Ferenc Hafner	Victory / Points 10 rounds
February 27, 2016	Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle / Westphalia, Germany	Chris Herrmann	Victory / Ko 3 round
February 11, 2017	Emka Halle Velbert, Germany	Mladen Tomas	Win / Ko 1 round
April 1, 2017	Westfalen Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Pasta Varduashvilli	Victory / Tko 4 round
March 31, 2018	Altrheinhalle, Plittersdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Ice cream dzambas	Victory / Ko 2 round

Web links

• Besar Nimani in the BoxRec database