Nikita Ababiy

Last updated
Nikita Ababiy
Born (1998-10-20) October 20, 1998 (age 25)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Other namesWhite Chocolate
Statistics
Weight(s) Middleweight
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Reach70 in (178 cm)
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record [1]
Total fights12
Wins12
Wins by KO6

Nikita Ababiy (born October 20, 1998) is an American professional boxer of Russian descent. As an amateur he was a Jr. Golden Gloves National Champion as well as two-time World Ring Side Champion. [2] Ababiy was also in the USA Youth Team in 2016. [2]

Contents

Professional career

Ababiy made his professional debut under Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing USA [3] banner on October 6, 2018, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. The fight was streamed live, exclusively on DAZN in the U.S. as part of the undercard of Jessie Vargas vs. Thomas Dulorme. [4] Ababiy won the fight via first round knockout (KO). [5] Ababiy's second professional fight was against American welterweight Javier Rodriquez at the Kansas Star Arena in Kansas on November 17, 2018. The bout was stopped in the first round and the referee declared Ababiy the winner by TKO. [6] Ababiy's third professional fight was on the undercard of Dmitry Bivol vs. Joe Smith Jr. against American Cory Dulaney on March 9, 2018. Ababiy got a TKO victory in the first round, achieving his third first-round knockout victory in a row. [7]

In April 2019, Ababiy made his first appearance outside the United States at The O2 Arena in London. He secured a second-round TKO victory over Dimitri Faltin to take his record to 4-0 and make it 4 consecutive knockout victories. [8] Two months later, Ababiy defeated Juan Francisco Lopez Barajas of Mexico with a first-round knockout, in Madison Square Garden, New York City. [9] In July 2019, Ababiy won by unanimous decision against Cuban Yunier Calzada after 6 rounds. [10] In Ababiy's seventh professional fight, on November 5, 2019, he defeated Isiah Seldon via first-round knockout, bringing his knockout total to 6 out of 7 fights. [11] In his eighth professional fight, he won by disqualification against Jonathan Batista on the KSI vs. Logan Paul II undercard after Batista continued to fight after the round ending bell had been sounded. This brought Ababiy's record to 8–0 with 6 first-round victories. [12]

Professional boxing record

12 fights12 wins0 losses
By knockout60
By decision50
By disqualification10
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
12Win12–0 Flag of the United States.svg Noe Larios JrUD8Jun 25, 2022 Flag of the United States.svg Tech Port Arena, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
11Win11–0 Flag of the United States.svg Sanny DuversonneUD8Oct 16, 2021 Flag of the United States.svg Chukchansi Park, Fresno, California, U.S.
10Win10–0 Flag of the United States.svg Brandon MaddoxUD6Nov 27, 2020 Flag of the United States.svg Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
9Win9–0 Flag of the United States.svg Jarvis WilliamsUD6Aug 15, 2020 Flag of the United States.svg Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
8Win8–0 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jonathan BatistaDQ1 (4), 3:00 Nov 9, 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Batista disqualified for punching after the bell
7Win7–0 Flag of the United States.svg Isiah SeldonKO1 (6), 1:45Oct 5, 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
6Win6–0 Flag of Cuba.svg Yunier CalzadaUD6Jul 27, 2019 Flag of the United States.svg College Park Center, Arlington, Texas, U.S.
5Win5–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Francisco Lopez BarajasKO1 (4), 0:41Jun 8, 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
4Win4–0 Flag of Finland.svg Dimitri FaltinTKO2 (4), 0:26Apr 20, 2019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The O2 Arena, London, England
3Win3–0 Flag of the United States.svg Cory DulaneyTKO1 (4), 3:00Mar 9, 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York, U.S.
2Win2–0 Flag of the United States.svg Javier RodriguezTKO1 (4), 1:48Nov 17, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Kansas Star Arena, Mulvane, Kansas, U.S.
1Win1–0 Flag of the United States.svg Jake HenriksenKO1 (4), 0:28Oct 6, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magomedrasul Majidov</span> Azerbaijani boxer (born 1986)

Mahommedrasul Majidov is an Azerbaijani professional boxer. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and gold at the 2011, 2013 and 2017 World Championships, all in the super heavyweight division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josh Warrington</span> English boxer

Josh Warrington is an English professional boxer. He is a two-time world featherweight champion, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title twice between 2018 and 2022. At regional level, he held the British, Commonwealth and European featherweight titles between 2013 and 2017. He made history in 2018 with his win over Lee Selby, making him the first male boxer from Leeds to win a major world title. As of October 2021, he is ranked as the world's fourth-best active featherweight by The Ring, fifth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and seventh by BoxRec.

Ohara Davies is a British professional boxer. He held the WBC Silver light-welterweight title from 2016 to 2017 and challenged once for the Commonwealth light-welterweight title in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andy Cruz</span> Cuban boxer and Olympic champion

Andy Cruz Gómez is a Cuban professional boxer. He has won two gold medals at the Pan American Games as well as three gold medals at the AIBA World Championships. He is the current reigning Olympic lightweight gold medallist after competing in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

Ivan Hope Price, better known as Hopey Price, is an English professional boxer. As an amateur, he won silver medals at the 2017 European Youth Championships and 2018 Youth World Championships, and gold at the 2018 European Youth Championships and 2018 Youth Olympics; becoming the first boxer from Great Britain to win gold at a Youth Olympic Games.

Vergil Ortiz Jr. is an American professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) International welterweight title since 2021. As an amateur, he was a seven-time national champion and was the winner at the 2013 Junior Olympics. He was named 2019 The Ring magazine Prospect of the Year. Ortiz is known for his exceptional punching power, having scored all of his wins by knockout. As of August 2022, Ortiz Jr is ranked as the world's fifth best welterweight by The Ring magazine, and fourth by BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB).

Zach Parker is a British professional boxer who held the British super-middleweight title from 2018 to 2019.

Felix Cash is an English professional boxer. He has held the Commonwealth middleweight title since 2019 and the British middleweight title since 2021.

Terri Harper is an English professional boxer and current WBA and IBO Super-Welterweight champion. She is also the former super-featherweight world champion, having held the IBO female title from 2019 to November 2021 and the WBC version from 2020 to November 2021. Following a brief amateur career, Harper made her professional debut in 2017. She won her first championship two years later, capturing the regional WBC International female lightweight title in 2019. Later that year she moved down a weight class to the super-featherweight division to win her first world championship, the vacant IBO title, and added the WBC title to her collection the following year after defeating long-reigning champion Eva Wahlström. With her victory over Wahlström, Harper became the second British woman after Nicola Adams to hold a major world championship.

Viviane Obenauf is a Brazilian former professional boxer who competed from 2014 to 2019. She has challenged three times for world titles; the IBO female lightweight title in 2017; the IBF female super featherweight title in 2018; and the IBO female super featherweight title in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunny Edwards</span> British boxer

Sunny Edwards is a British professional boxer who held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title from 2021 to 2023. He is the younger brother of former flyweight world champion of boxing Charlie Edwards.

Chris Billam-Smith is an English professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight title since 2023. At regional level, he held the European, British, and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles between 2019 and 2022.

Otha Jones III is an American professional boxer. As an amateur, he won two U.S. National Junior Championships, one U.S. National Youth Championships and represented the United States at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games at light welterweight. Otha Jones' sister, Oshae Jones is also a boxer.

Martin Bakole Ilunga is a Congolese professional boxer. He is the younger brother of former cruiserweight world champion of boxing, Ilunga Makabu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Israil Madrimov</span> Uzbekistan boxer

Israil Madrimov is a professional boxer from Uzbekistan, who has held WBA super welterweight title since March 2024. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the welterweight division at the 2014 Asian Games and gold in the middleweight division at the 2018 edition.

Shannon Courtenay is a British professional boxer who held the WBA female bantamweight title between April and October 2021.

Richard Riakporhe is a professional boxer who held the British cruiserweight title from 2019 to 2020.

Craig Richards is an English professional boxer. He held the British light-heavyweight title from 2020 to 2021 and challenged for the WBA (Super) light-heavyweight in 2021.

Kamil Szeremeta is a Polish professional boxer who held the European middleweight title from 2018 to 2019. As of June 2020, he is ranked as the world's seventh best active middleweight by The Ring and eighth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.

Florian Marku is an Albanian professional boxer and former kickboxer and mixed martial artist.

References

  1. ↑ "Boxing record for Nikita Ababiy". BoxRec .
  2. 1 2 Nikita Ababiy Team USA
  3. ↑ "Nikita Ababiy turns pro in Chicago on October 6". Matchroom Boxing. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  4. ↑ RINGSIDE. "Team USA middleweight Nikita Ababiy makes pro debut Oct 6 on DAZN" . Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  5. ↑ "DAZN in Chicago - LIVE Results From Wintrust Arena". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  6. ↑ "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  7. ↑ "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  8. ↑ "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  9. ↑ "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  10. ↑ "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  11. ↑ "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  12. ↑ "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.