Ivana Habazin | |
---|---|
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Reach | 66+1⁄2 in (169 cm) |
Nationality | Croatian |
Born | Zlatar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | 22 October 1989
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 26 |
Wins | 21 |
Wins by KO | 7 |
Losses | 5 |
Ivana Habazin (born 22 October 1989) is a Croatian professional boxer. She is a former two-weight world champion, having held the IBF female welterweight title in 2014 and the IBO female middleweight title in 2018.
Habazin was born on 22 October 1989 in Zlatar, Croatia. A Catholic, Habazin wanted to enter a monastery at the age of 14, [1] but later decided to pursue a career in boxing, which she began training at the age of 19. [2] She was inspired to begin boxing by the movie Rocky . [3]
She holds a master's degree in theology and attends the Dag Hammarskjöld college for a specialist degree in International Relations and Diplomacy. [4]
Habazin made her professional debut in June 2010, against Edit Szigeti, whom she defeated by a first round TKO. Habazin kept her undefeated record over her next nine fights, achieving stoppage victories against Emeke Halas, Ava Kovacs and twice against Daniela Bickei, as well as decision victories against Edita Karabeg twice, Marija Vuković and twice against Suzana Radovanović. [5]
Her 10 fight winning streak earned her the chance to fight Eva Bajic for the vacant IBF female welterweight title. Bajic won the fight by unanimous decision. [6]
Habazin rebounded from this loss with two decision victories, defeating Teodora Georgieva and Borislava Goranova. She once against challenged for the IBF female welterweight title against Sabrina Giuliani in March 2014. [7] Habazin won the fight by split decision. She afterwards scheduled to defend her IBF title against Cecilia Brækhus, who was the defending WBO, WBA and WBC champion. Brækhus won the fight by unanimous decision. [8]
She once again rebounded from this loss with two victories, a decision against Galina Gyumliyska and a first round stoppage of Dajana Bukva. These two victories gave Habazin the chance to fight Mikaela Laurén for the WBC female light middleweight title. [9] Laurén won the fight by a third round TKO. [10]
Following this loss, Habazin would win her next two fights, winning unanimous decisions against Valentina Stanković and Sanja Ristić. She was scheduled to fight Elene Sikmashvili for the vacant IBO female middleweight title. [11] Habazin defeated Sikmashvili by a fifth round TKO. [12] Habazin was scheduled to defend her IBO title six months later against Gifty Amanua Ankrah. Habazin won the fight by unanimous decision. [13] Three months later, Habazin fought a rematch with Eva Bajic, winning the fight by unanimous decision. [14]
Habazin was scheduled to defend her title for the second time against Claressa Shields in January 2020. This was the third time this fight was scheduled, with Shields pulling out the first time due to a knee injury, while the fight was cancelled the second time as Shields' brother Timothy Johnson assaulted Habazin's coach James Ali Bashir. [15] [16] Shields won the fight by unanimous decision. [17]
She was scheduled to fight Layla McCarter in March 2021. [18] Habazin was later rescheduled to fight Nana Chakhvashvili in April 2021 for the World Boxing Council Middle East Welterweight title. [19] She won the fight by a second round TKO. Ms. McCarter also fought on the card. [20]
26 fights | 21 wins | 5 losses |
---|---|---|
By knockout | 7 | 1 |
By decision | 14 | 4 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 | Loss | 21–5 | Terri Harper | UD | 10 | 27 May 2023 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | For WBA light middleweight title |
25 | Win | 21–4 | Diana Prazak | UD | 10 | 22 Oct 2022 | Sportska Dvorana, Zabok, Croatia | Won vacant WBC Silver female welterweight title |
24 | Loss | 20–4 | Claressa Shields | UD | 10 | 10 Jan 2020 | Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | For vacant WBC and WBO female light middleweight titles |
23 | Win | 20–3 | Eva Bajic | UD | 10 | 8 Dec 2018 | KC Dražen Petrović, Zagreb, Croatia | |
22 | Win | 19–3 | Gifty Amanua Ankrah | UD | 10 | 8 Sep 2018 | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia | Retained IBO female middleweight title |
21 | Win | 18–3 | Elene Sikmashvili | TKO | 5 (10) | 16 Mar 2018 | Hallmann Dome, Vienna, Austria | Won vacant IBO female middleweight title |
20 | Win | 17–3 | Sanja Ristić | UD | 6 | 29 Oct 2017 | Dom Mladih, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
19 | Win | 16–3 | Valentina Stanković | UD | 6 | 5 Jul 2017 | Nightclub Ribnica, Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
18 | Loss | 15–3 | Mikaela Laurén | TKO | 3 (10) | 23 Apr 2016 | Johannesov, Stockholm, Sweden | For WBC female light middleweight title |
17 | Win | 15–2 | Dajana Bukva | TKO | 1 (6) | 5 Dec 2015 | Bogumil Toni Arena, Samobor, Croatia | |
16 | Win | 14–2 | Galina Gyumliyska | PTS | 6 | 29 Nov 2014 | Bogumil Toni Arena, Samobor, Croatia | |
15 | Loss | 13–2 | Cecilia Brækhus | UD | 10 | 13 Sep 2014 | TAP 1, Copenhagen, Norway | Lost IBF female welterweight title; For WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles |
14 | Win | 13–1 | Sabrina Giuliani | SD | 10 | 22 Mar 2014 | Hall Omnisport de La Préalle, Herstal, Belgium | Won vacant IBF female welterweight title |
13 | Win | 12–1 | Borislava Goranova | PTS | 6 | 30 Nov 2013 | Božić Gym, Zagreb, Croatia | |
12 | Win | 11–1 | Teodora Georgieva | UD | 8 | 9 Jun 2013 | Zadar, Croatia | |
11 | Loss | 10–1 | Eva Bajic | UD | 10 | 22 Mar 2013 | Universal Hall, Berlin, Germany | For vacant IBF female welterweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Suzana Radovanović | PTS | 8 | 22 Sep 2012 | Hala sportover Nikšić, Nikšić, Montenegro | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Edita Karabeg | PTS | 8 | 24 Feb 2012 | Opatija, Croatia | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Ava Kovacs | TKO | 5 (8) | 20 Nov 2011 | BK Sensei, Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Emeke Halas | TKO | 4 (8) | 1 Oct 2011 | Samabor, Croatia | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Daniela Bickei | TKO | 6 (6) | 7 Jul 2011 | Fitness Centre Omnia, Zadar, Croatia | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Edita Karabeg | PTS | 6 | 28 May 2011 | Velika Gorica, Croatia | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Marija Vuković | UD | 6 | 20 Feb 2011 | OFC Gym, Opatija, Croatia | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Suzana Radovanović | PTS | 4 | 4 Dec 2010 | Samobor, Croatia | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Daniela Bickei | TKO | 3 (4) | 22 Sep 2010 | Fitness Centre Omnia, Zadar, Croatia | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Edit Szigeti | TKO | 1 (4) | 25 Jun 2010 | Velika Gorica, Croatia | |
Mladen Brestovac is a Croatian heavyweight Muay Thai kickboxer, currently signed to Final Fight Championship, where he is the current FFC Heavyweight champion, and GLORY. He previously competed in K-1 and SUPERKOMBAT.
Ricardo Verhoeven is a Dutch professional kickboxer who currently competes in the heavyweight division of GLORY, where he is the reigning Glory Heavyweight Champion. A professional since 2004, he also competed in the K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT promotions. He is currently ranked the number one heavyweight in the world by Combat Press. Verhoeven has been continually ranked as the number one heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press since September 2014, when the rankings were first established.
Anthony Victor James Yoka is a French professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Games; and gold at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympics.
Francisco Albano Barrio, commonly known as Croata Barrio, is an Argentina-born Croatian mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of KSW.
Claressa Maria Shields is an American professional boxer and mixed martial artist. She has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the undisputed female light middleweight title since March 2021; the undisputed female middleweight title from 2019 to 2020; and the unified WBC and IBF female super middleweight titles from 2017 to 2018. Shields currently holds the record for becoming a two and three-weight world champion in the fewest professional fights. As of October 2022, she is ranked as the world's best active female middleweight by BoxRec, as well as the best active female boxer, pound for pound, by ESPN and The Ring.
Ismael Londt is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer signed to the ONE Championship.
Filip Hrgović is a Croatian professional boxer who has held the WBC International title in 2018 and the IBF International title in 2020. As an amateur he won the gold medal at the 2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships and bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Mladen Kujundžić is Croatian kickboxer and mixed marial artist fighting out of Opatija, Croatia.
Bojan Veličković is a Serbian mixed martial artist and sambist currently competing in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2010, he has competed for the UFC, Professional Fighters League, and RFA, where he was the Welterweight Champion.
Teo Mikelić is a Croatian professional kickboxer, who formerly competed in World version W5, Glory and FFC promotion. From July to October 2017, he was ranked #8 lightweight world kickboxer by Liverkick.com.
Antonio Plazibat is a Croatian professional kickboxer, who currently competes in the Heavyweight division of Glory. Plazibat was the 2014 FFC Futures Light Heavyweight tournament winner, the 2017 K-1 WGP Heavyweight World Grand Prix winner and a former K-1 Heavyweight Champion.
Christian Baya is a German-born Dutch-Angolan kickboxer who is the former Glory Lightweight Championship title challenger.
Darko Stošić is a Serbian mixed martial artist currently fighting for Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW) in the Heavyweight division. He is the former Final Fight Championship (FFC) heavyweight champion and he also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is currently ranked #1 in the KSW Heavyweight rankings.
Hannah Rankin is a Scottish professional boxer and bassoonist. She has held the WBA female super-welterweight title since November 2021. She has also held the IBO title in 2019 and challenged for the WBA female super-middleweight title in 2018; the unified WBA, WBC, and IBF female middleweight titles in 2018; and the WBO female middleweight title in 2020. As of October 2020, she is ranked as the fifth best active female middleweight by The Ring and sixth by BoxRec.
Marko Milun is a Croatian amateur boxer who won bronze medals at the 2018 EU Championships and 2019 European Games.
Ema Kozin is a Slovenian professional boxer. She is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WIBA middleweight title since 2017; the WIBA super-middleweight title since 2018; the WIBF super-middleweight title since 2019; and the WBC interim female middleweight title since October 2020. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's fourth best active female super-middleweight by The Ring and the sixth best active middleweight by BoxRec.
Alen Babić is a Croatian professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBC bridgerweight title in April 2023. As an amateur, he competed at the 2017 European Championships in the heavyweight event.
The year 2021 was the 18th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. 2021 will begin with KSW 58.
Bowyn Morgan is a New Zealand professional boxer. As an amateur he competed in the men's welterweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where he would reach the quarter-finals before losing to Scott Fitzgerald, who went on to claim the gold medal.