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UBO Challenger: Konstantin Semerdjiev

 
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NOVEMBER 25 / BY UBO PRESS OFFICER

 
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Bulgarian warhorse Konstantin “KoKo Tyson” Semerdjiev turned professional in 1993, and had what could be called an unusual career-path.

 
 

His first two fights were in France, and he started out by loosing a decision to 13-2 Stephane Nizard. In his second bout, he beat undefeated (12-0) future WBA World Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight champion Bruno Giard on points.

He then lost by disqualification to Danny de Beul (7-7-4) In Belgium, before winning his next five, including a rematch with de Beul, inside the distance. The win-streak was broken by another disqualification in March of 1994.

Not long after he ventured to the United States, winning one and losing one in Los Angeles, and then returned to Bulgaria for two victories before returning to the USA for a victory in Hawaii.


 
 
In November 1995 he won the Bulgarian national Light Heavyweight title, which he defended the following year.

In 1998, after ten straight wins, he was stopped for the first time by Jean Marc Mormec, 8-2 at the time, who went on to win WBC and WBA world titles at Cruiserweight.

Following that loss, Semerdjiev returned to the USA once again, where he had his next seven fights, going 3-3-1.

He then resurrected his career by only losing one of his next six, earning a shot at the European Union Cruiserweight title, which he lost on points to Giacobbe Fragomeni (24-1) in Italy in 2008.

In the ten years that followed, he continued to take on all comers, winning some but losing to world class operators, before getting a shot at the Universal Boxing Organization™ (UBO) Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title on March 23, 2018 in French Polynesia against Cedric Bellais (19-8-3).

When he faced Bellais, Semerdjiev´s record was 34-17–2 (21). He was coming off a victory, but all the hard fights had taken a toll on him and he was stopped in the fourth round.

He had one more fight after that, losing to journeyman Borislav Zankov on home soil in December of 2019, before retiring.

 
 
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