Hadi Srour

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Hadi Srour
Born
Hadi Hassan Srour

(1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 28)
Borgheim, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Other namesThe Slim Reaper [1]
Statistics
Weight(s) Light welterweight
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record [2]
Total fights4
Wins4
Wins by KO2
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Nordic Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Gilleleje Light-welterweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Oslo Light-welterweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Gothenburg Light-welterweight

Hadi Hassan Srour (born 16 November 1995) is a Norwegian professional boxer.

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As an amateur, he competed at the 2017 World Championships as well as three editions of the European Championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019. He won over 100 amateur bouts, [3] becoming a three-time Nordic champion (two senior, one youth) and a seven-time national champion (four senior, three youth).

Amateur career

Srour initially had a love for football, but joined the TK boxing club in his hometown of Tønsberg at the age of nine with his brother Amin and cousin Ali. [4] He competed as a youth until 2014, winning a gold medal at the 2013 Nordic Championships and three consecutive national championships at that level. In 2014, he was the lightweight national champion in both the youth and senior divisions. [5] [6]

In 2015, Srour lost to Salavat Khatujev in the national championship finals. [7] He defeated Jacob Gabriel by split decision in the finals of the Haringey Box Cup in England, [8] but then suffered a quick exit at the European Championships in Bulgaria with a first-round loss to the more experienced Florentin Niculescu. [9] Srour repeated as a silver medallist at the national championships in 2016. [10] He also won a bronze medal at the Nordic Championships and suffered a first-round exit in the European Olympic Qualification Tournament at the hands of Batuhan Gözgeç. [11] [12]

In 2017 he won his second senior national title, moving up to welterweight and defeating Ruslan Sjidokaev in the final for the gold. [13] A few weeks later he won the light-welterweight gold medal at the Nordic Championships, where he was also won the award for best senior male athlete. [14] However, he suffered a quarterfinal exit at the European Championships and a first-round loss to Freudis Rojas at the World Championships. [15] [16] He finished the year by winning the King of the Ring Tournament in Sweden, once again moving up to welterweight and knocking out Nordic champion Adolpe Sylva in the semi-finals before beating the 2016 King of the Ring, Alex Bishop, in the title fight. He was named the best boxer of the tournament. [17] For his multiple gold-medal performances, local publication Tønsbergs Blad awarded him the Kristinastatuetten given to the Vestfold region's athlete of the year. [4]

Srour repeated as national and Nordic champion in 2018. [18] [19] He won his last national title in 2019, defeating Yusof Mohammed Abid in the finals. [20] He also competed at the European Games that summer, which doubled as the 2019 European Championships, losing in his first fight against Eskerkhan Madiev. [21]

Amateur results

Professional career

Srour made his professional debut on 3 February 2018, defeating English journeyman Michael Mooney by third-round technical knockout (TKO) in Arendal. [71] He finished Artur Zemlianyi in the same fashion a few months later in Oslo. [72] In early 2019 he defeated Zoltan Szabo by unanimous decision (UD) to move to 3–0, joining Sauerland Promotions on a three-year deal soon thereafter. [73] In his first fight under the Sauerland banner on 17 August 2019, he won a unanimous decision over Russian fighter Evgenii Vazem in Germany. [1]

Doping allegations

In September 2019 it was announced he had failed a drug test taken in July when traces of synthetic erythropoietin, also known as EPO, were found in his urine; he was subsequently dropped from the 2019 World Championships by the Norwegian Boxing Federation. [74] [75] He was accused of taking the "blood booster" following his loss in the European Games and before his professional fight in Germany. [76] His only explanation was that he could have accidentally ingested something at Stavernfestivalen, the music festival he attended the day before the test. [77]

Anti-Doping Norway recommended a four-year ban from the sport for Srour after he maintained his innocence and refused to confess. [78] He appeared before the Norwegian Sports Confederation prosecution committee in September 2020, hiring a team of professors to present an expert report that disputed the positive test results. [79] He was finally convicted in November and given the maximum sentence of a four-year ban. [80]

Professional boxing record

4 fights4 wins0 losses
By knockout20
By decision20
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
4Win4–0 Flag of Russia.svg Evgenii VazemUD617 Aug 2019 Flag of Germany.svg Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen, Germany
3Win3–0 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan SzaboUD62 Mar 2019 Flag of Norway.svg SØR Amfi, Arendal, Norway
2Win2–0 Flag of Ukraine.svg Artur ZemlianyiTKO3 (4), 2:1826 May 2018 Flag of Norway.svg Skur 13, Oslo, Norway
1Win1–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael MooneyTKO3 (4), 1:183 Feb 2018 Flag of Norway.svg SØR Amfi, Arendal, Norway

Personal life

Born in Borgheim, Srour lived in Tønsberg before moving to Oslo for his schooling. [81] He is of Lebanese descent.

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