Haxhi Krasniqi (born 1 April 1987), known as Robin Krasniqi, is a Kosovan-born German professional boxer. He is the first person born in Kosovo to be a professional world boxing champion having held the IBO and interim WBA light-heavyweight titles from 2020 to 2021. Krasniqi also held the European super-middleweight title from 2018 to 2019.
Background Krasniqi was born in Junik, Kosovo, but moved with his family to Munich, Germany, at a young age during the Kosovo War.Kerber, Matthias (21 March 2015). "Robin Krasniqi: Blut, Dramen, Träume" (in German). Abendzeitung München. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
Professional career Krasniqi made his professional debut on 20 October 2005, losing to Sven Haselhuhn in a four-round points decision. In his third fight, on 5 January 2006, he lost another four-round decision to Adrian Cerneaga. Krasniqi would spend the next seven years undefeated, winning two regional WBO light-heavyweight titles.
On 20 April 2013, he made his first attempt at a world title, losing by unanimous decision to WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly."Nathan Cleverly eases to WBO title win over Robin Krasniqi". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
A second opportunity at a world title came on 21 March 2015, this time against WBA light-heavyweight champion Jürgen Brähmer, who stopped Krasniqi in nine rounds."Braehmer beats Krasniqi by TKO". ESPN. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Krasniqi won the vacant European super-middleweight title on 2 June 2018, defeating Stanyslav Kashtanov at Weaarena in Bad Tölz by unanimous decision.
He retained the title with a unanimous decision win over Ronny Landaeta at Anhalt Arena in Dessau-Roßlau on 17 November 2018, before losing the championship to Stefan Härtel by unanimous decision at Stadthalle in Magdeburg on 11 May 2019.
On 10 October 2020, at GETEC Arena in Magdeburg, Krasniqi became the first boxer born in Kosovo to be a professional world champion when he won the WBA interim and IBO light-heavyweight titles by scoring a third-round knockout against Dominic Boesel.Donovan, Jake (10 October 2020). "Robin Krasniqi Delivers Shocker in 3rd Round Knockout of Dominic Boesel". BoxingScene. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
Almost exactly a year later, on 9 October 2021, he lost the IBO title in a rematch with Boesel at the same venue, going down to a split decision defeat.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes61Win54–7Jorge SilvaUD104 May 202460Win53–7Nadjib MohammediDQ9 (10), 5 Aug 202359Win52–7Timur NikarkhoevRTD5 (10), 25 Feb 202358Loss51–7Dominic Boesel129 Oct 202157Win51–6Dominic BoeselKO3 (12), 10 Oct 202056Win50–6Stanislav EschnerTKO6 (6), 22 Aug 202055Loss49–6Stefan HärtelUD1211 May 201954Win49–5Ronny LandaetaUD1217 Nov 201853Win48–5Stanyslav KashtanovUD122 Jun 201852Win47–5Bartlomiej GrafkaUD83 Feb 201851Loss46–5Arthur AbrahamUD1222 Apr 201750Win46–4Jürgen DobersteinMD1215 Jul 201649Win45–4Cagri ErmisUD89 Jan 201648Win44–4Vaclav PolakRTD1 (8), 17 Oct 201547Loss43–4Jürgen Brähmer9 (12), 21 Mar 201546Win43–3Dariusz SękUD1220 Dec 201445Win42–3Oleksandr CherviakUD1226 Jul 201444Win41–3Emmanuel DansoKO7 (10), 28 Mar 201443Win40–3Tomas AdamekUD813 Jul 201342Loss39–3Nathan CleverlyUD1220 Apr 201341Win39–2Max HeymanTKO3 (12), 16 Nov 201240Win38–2Serdar SahinKO4 (12), 25 Aug 201239Win37–2Hakim ZoulikhaTKO12 (12), 7 Jan 201238Win36–2Abdelkahim DerghalTKO4 (12), 21 Oct 201137Win35–2Ben NsafoahUD89 Apr 201136Win34–2Jindrich VeleckyPTS63 Dec 201035Win33–2Kanstantsin MakhankouUD823 Oct 201034Win32–2Tani DimaPTS106 Jun 201033Win31–2Alexander SiposTKO6 (8), 23 Jan 201032Win30–2Xhavid Shabani1 (6), 6 Sep 200931Win29–2Steve KroekelTKO4 (6)6 Jun 200930Win28–2Ronny DaunkeTKO4 (6)24 May 200929Win27–2Ali KirogluTKO4 (6), 21 May 200928Win26–2Lars BuchholzUD613 Dec 200827Win25–2Sven HaselhuhnUD611 Oct 200826Win24–2Adrian CerneagaTKO2 (6), 26 Jul 200825Win23–2Steve KroekelPTS612 Jul 200824Win22–2Josef BalazTKO2 (4), 22 May 200823Win21–2Ralf RiemerUD44 May 200822Win20–2Jonathan PasiUD421 Dec 200721Win19–2Ibrahim UzunkayaPTS619 Oct 200720Win18–2Ilhan OezemTKO2 (4)28 Jul 200719Win17–2Berry ButlerUD67 Jul 200718Win16–2Miroslav CachaPTS416 Jun 200717Win15–2Patrick BergerPTS420 May 200716Win14–2Robert IgrecPTS417 May 200715Win13–2Engin Erdogan631 Mar 200714Win12–2Omar Jatta410 Mar 200713Win11–2Ralf Sawetzki49 Feb 200712Win10–2Petr JasukievicTKO3 (4)12 Dec 200611Win9–2Ommid MostaghimPTS69 Dec 200610Win8–2Constantin TrifanovTKO3 (6)23 Sep 20069Win7–2Adrian CerneagaPTS43 Sep 20068Win6–2Riccardo GrassmannPTS422 Jul 20067Win5–2Deniz EmrenPTS425 May 20066Win4–2Patrick LinkertPTS422 Apr 20065Win3–2Volkan SarierPTS419 Mar 20064Win2–2Mehmet AltintasPTS49 Mar 20063Loss1–2Adrian CerneagaPTS45 Jan 20062Win1–1Ladislav Martinek2 (4)26 Nov 20051Loss0–1Sven Haselhuhn420 Oct 2005
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