Daisy Lang | |
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Born | Dessislava Kirova 4 April 1972 |
Nationality | Bulgarian |
Other names | The Lady |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 23 |
Wins | 19 |
Wins by KO | 7 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
Martial Arts | |
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Residence | Los Angeles, USA |
Style | Taekwondo |
Rank | Black Belt |
Years active | 1994 – present |
University | German Sport University Cologne |
Notable school(s) | National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski" |
European Taekwondo Champion World Karate Champion World kickboxing Champion European kickboxing Champion |
Daisy Lang (born 4 April 1972 as Dessislava Kirova) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2004. She is a three division world champion and was the first Bulgarian woman to capture a world title, having held the WIBF super-flyweight, bantamweight, and super-bantamweight titles between 1999 and 2004. [1] [2]
Lang began boxing professionally in February 1996 in Germany. She lived in Düsseldorf and trained in Hamburg, where Universum Box-Promotion was based, she won her first three fights of her career in 1996, two of them by knockout. On 29 November 1997 Daisy lost against Michele Aboro in the six rounds fight. In February 1998, Daisy Lang won the vacant WIBF European Bantamweight title in ten rounds against Krisztina Horvai. [3]
After winning another fight by knockout in round 2, she defended her European championship belt against Anastasia Toktaulova on 27 March 1999. On 17 July of the same year, Lang became world champion with a victory against Gizella Papp in the battle for the vacant WIBF Super Flyweight title. [3]
From 1999 to 2002 Daisy Lang successfully defended her title against Sonia Pereira, Kathy Williams, Oana Jurma, Brenda Burnside, Nadia Debras, Michelle Sutcliffe and Réka Krempf. On 14 September 2002 she won against Lisa Foster in a fight for the GBU world Bantamweight championship in ten rounds. On 18 January 2003 Lang drew against Silke Weickenmeier in fight for the GBU Super banthamweight title, but won the rematch on 10 May with a majority decision in ten rounds. On 15 November 2003 she lost against Galina Ivanova in ten rounds, in a fight for the WIBF Super Flyweight title. [3]
In 2004, she won an 8-round match against Marian Pampuk of Hungary, but in her next match on 29 May 2004 she lost against Regina Halmich in a fight for the vacant IWBF Super Flyweight title, in ten rounds by unanimous decision. In October 2004 she won another fight by knockout Simone Suchiu in the third round.
23 fights | 19 wins | 3 losses |
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By knockout | 7 | 0 |
By decision | 12 | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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23 | Win | 19–3–1 | ![]() | TKO | 4 (8) | 16 Oct 2004 | ![]() | |
22 | Loss | 18–3–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 29 May 2004 | ![]() | For vacant IWBF super-flyweight title |
21 | Win | 18–2–1 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 2 Mar 2004 | ![]() | |
20 | Loss | 17–2–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 15 Nov 2003 | ![]() | For WIBF super-flyweight title |
19 | Win | 17–1–1 | ![]() | MD | 10 | 10 May 2003 | ![]() | Won WIBF, and GBU super-bantamweight titles |
18 | Draw | 16–1–1 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 18 Jan 2003 | ![]() | For WIBF, and GBU super-bantamweight titles |
17 | Win | 16–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 14 Sep 2002 | ![]() | Won WIBF, and GBU bantamweight titles |
16 | Win | 15–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 6 Apr 2002 | ![]() | Retained WIBF super-flyweight title |
15 | Win | 14–1 | ![]() | TD | 7 (10) | 29 Sep 2001 | ![]() | Retained WIBF super-flyweight title |
14 | Win | 13–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 27 Jan 2001 | ![]() | Retained WIBF super-flyweight title |
13 | Win | 12–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 14 Oct 2000 | ![]() | Retained WIBF super-flyweight title |
12 | Win | 11–1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (10) | 13 May 2000 | ![]() | Retained WIBF super-flyweight title |
11 | Win | 10–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 5 Feb 2000 | ![]() | Retained WIBF super-flyweight title |
10 | Win | 9–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 23 Oct 1999 | ![]() | Retained WIBF super-flyweight title |
9 | Win | 8–1 | ![]() | KO | 8 (10) | 17 Jul 1999 | ![]() | Won vacant WIBF super-flyweight title |
8 | Win | 7–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 27 Mar 1999 | ![]() | Retained WIBF European bantamweight title |
7 | Win | 6–1 | ![]() | KO | 2 (6) | 30 Jan 1999 | ![]() | |
6 | Win | 5–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 3 Oct 1998 | ![]() | Won vacant WIBF European bantamweight title |
5 | Win | 4–1 | ![]() | KO | 4 | 14 Feb 1998 | ![]() | |
4 | Loss | 3–1 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 29 Nov 1997 | ![]() | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Bresda Movotna | KO | 3 (6) | 29 Aug 1996 | ![]() | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 6 Jul 1996 | ![]() | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() | KO | 3 | 27 Feb 1996 | ![]() | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Frogmen Operation Stormbringer | Anya | |
2006 | Undisputed II: Last Man Standing | Svetlana | |
2007 | Lords of the Underworld | Boxing Trainer | |
Missionary Man | Biker Girl | ||
2009 | The Gold & the Beautiful | Reeza | |
2015 | DELKA: Stand-Up Tall or Fall | Nina | post-production |
2017 | Ashley and Red | Blue Drop | 1 episode |
2018 | This is Our Christmas | Ntasha Hipsteiner |
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