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Miljan Rovčanin | |
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| Born | Miljan Rovcanin 6 December 1993 |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Cruiserweight and Heavyweight |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 31 |
| Wins | 27 |
| Wins by KO | 18 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 0 |
MiljanRovcanin (born 6 December 1993) is a Serbian professional boxer.
Rovcanin was born in Bar, FR Yugoslavia. He had a very successful amateur career.
He began professional boxing at the age of eighteen and become the youngest cruiserweight professional boxer in 2012. He won the 2012 World Boxing Foundation International Title in the cruiserweight division at the age of eighteen. On 21 April 2017, he faced Serbian boxer Dusan Krstin at Hall of Sports in Zaječar and won the Serbian Heavyweight Title.
Heavyweight contender #11 IBF Alexander Dimitrenko (40-3-1, 26 KOs) surprisingly fought to a 10 round draw against for him little known replacement opponent Miljan Rovcanin (18-0-1, 13 KOs). Dimitrenko was originally scheduled to fight Adnan Redzovic, but Adnan dropped out and he got stuck with Rovcanin. It was confirmed that Rovcanin and Dimitrenko would fight on 22 Dec 2017 on Friday night at the Edel-Optics.de Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Both fighters spent all night clinching each other. It was a beautiful display of textbook clinching by Rovcanin and Dimitrennko. The scores were 96-90 for Dimitrenko, and 94-92 for Rovcanin, The third judge scored it 93-93. In the 2nd round, Rovcanin did a lot of holding to stifle Dimitrenko’s offense. Rovcanin threw a lot of weak jabs, and used movement to keep out of range. Dimitrenko missed a lot of shots, and looked confused. Rovcanin did the better work in the first half of the fight against a clearly over-the-hill Dimitrenko. In rounds 8, 9 and 10, Rovcanin gassed out badly and let Dimitrenko get back into the fight. Dimitrenko was lucky he didn’t lose this match. The German Federation - the BDB - have acted upon an official protest from EC Boxing and heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko - and changed the result in the fight Dimitrenko (41-3, 26 KOs) had against Miljan Rovcanin (18-1). The outcome was changed from a draw to a win for Dimitrenko - and now Rovcanin suffers his first career defeat. The reason for the change is that Rovcanin had a total of three points deducted - two in the third and one in the seventh during the fight - and according with the BDB rules he should have been disqualified in the seventh when the third point deduction was made.
| 31 fights | 27 wins | 4 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 18 | 3 |
| By decision | 9 | 0 |
| By disqualification | 0 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Loss | 21–3 |  Jared Anderson | KO | 2 (8) | 27 Aug, 2022 | Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | |
| 23 | Win | 21–2 |  Dusan Krstin | UD | 8 | 21 Dec, 2019 |  Nikoljac, Bijelo Polje, Montenegro | |
| 22 | Win | 20–2 | Slobodan Culum | TKO | 1 (6) | 31 May, 2019 | Hall of Sports, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| 21 | Loss | 19–2 |  Agit Kabayel | TKO | 3 (12), 2:25 | 21 Apr, 2018 | Estrel Convention Center, Neukoelln | For European Union heavyweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 |  Drazan Janjanin | TKO | 2 (6), 3:00 | 11 Mar, 2018 | Sport Hall "Dordje Predin - Badza", Bečej, Serbia | |
| 19 | Loss | 18–1 | Alexander Dimitrenko | DQ | 10 | 22 Dec 2017 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany | Originally an SD, later ruled a DQ win for Dimitrenko |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Sejfula Berisa | TKO | 2 (6), 0:49 | 20 May 2017 | Hotel Bali Colosseum, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Dusan Krstin | UD | 10 | 21 Apr 2017 | Hall of Sports, Zaječar, Serbia | Won vacant Serbia Heavyweight Title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 |  Denes Toth | KO | 1 (6) | 29 Jun 2016 | Fortress Amphitheater, Niš, Serbia | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Adis Dadovic | TKO | 2 (6) | 18 Dec 2015 | Mediterranean Sports Centre, Budva, Montenegro | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Milos Dovedan | TKO | 2 (6) | 28 Nov 2015 | Hotel Bali Paradiso, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 |  Petar Mrvalj | TKO | 2 (6) | 7 Dec 2014 | Sport Hall "Dordje Predin - Badza", Bečej, Serbia | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 |  Costantin Marian Armenga | KO | 3 (6) | 22 Nov 2014 | School Hall, Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Marko Martinjak | PTS | 6 (6) | 25 Oct 2014 | Mediterranean Sports Centre, Budva, Montenegro | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Misa Nikolic | KO | 1 (10) | 28 Dec 2013 | Hala Pendik, Novi Pazar, Serbia | Won vacant World Boxing Foundation International Cruiserweight Title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Attila Makula | TKO | 6 (6), 1:09 | 01 Dec 2013 | Bečej, Serbia | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Ion Voica | KO | 1 (6), 1:22 | 29 Jun 2013 | Hotel Bali Paradiso, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Adis Dadovic | PTS | 6 | 20 May 2013 | Hotel Bali Paradiso, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Elvir Behlulovic | PTS | 4 | 9 Dec 2012 | Hall of Sport, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Ion Voica | UD | 4 | 10 Nov 2012 |  Centar za kultura Marko Cepenkov, Prilep, Macedonia | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Sanid Imamovic | UD | 4 | 7 Oct 2012 | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena, Skopje, Macedonia | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Nikolai Ermenkov | TKO | 2 (4) 0:44 | 16 Jun 2012 |  Güssing, Austria | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 |  Mbaruku Kheri | TKO | 3 (4), 0:00 | 18 May 2012 | Hall of Sport, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Attila Dudas | TKO | 2 (4), 2:10 | 30 Mar 2012 | Hotel Jugoslavija, Belgrade, Belgrade | Professional debut |
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