Jan Zaveck

Jan Zaveck
Zaveck (middle) in 2011
Statistics
Real name	Dejan Zavec
Nickname(s)	Mr. Sympathicus
Rated at	Welterweight Light middleweight
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Nationality	Slovenian
Born	(1976-03-13) 13 March 1976 Trdobojci, SFR Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	40
Wins	35
Wins by KO	19
Losses	4
No contests	1

Dejan Zavec (born 13 March 1976), commonly known as Jan Zaveck, is a Slovenian former professional boxer who held the IBF welterweight title.^[1]^[2] He is the only Slovenian boxer to have held a world title, and was proclaimed as the Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year in December 2010.

Early life

Dejan Zavec was born in Trdobojci,^[3] Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. He spent his youth in Gabrnik in the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) and in Ptuj. He developed an interest in boxing at an early age. As a teenager, he joined the boxing club in Maribor. Later he resided in Gabrnik and in the city of Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

In 2006, he graduated from the Faculty for Physical Education in Novi Sad, Serbia.^[4]

IBF welterweight champion

On December 11, 2009 Zavec won the IBF welterweight title against South African Isaac Hlatshwayo.^[5]^[6] On April 9, 2010, Zavec defended the IBF welterweight title for the first time against Rodolfo Martínez in Ljubljana, performing at the Tivoli Hall. He won by technical knockout in the twelfth round when the referee stopped the fight.^[7] On September 4, 2010, Zavec defended the IBF welterweight title the second time against Rafał Jackiewicz, performing at the Stožice Arena in Ljubljana. This was the 30th victory in his career.^[8]^[9] On February 18, 2011, Zavec defended the IBF welterweight title for the third time against Paul Delgado, performing again at the Stožice Arena in Ljubljana, in front of 12,000 spectators. He won with a technical knockout in the fifth round, when the referee stopped the fight.

WBF super welterweight champion

On April 11, 2015 Zavec won the World Boxing Federation (WBF) super welterweight title against Sasha Yengoyan in Tabor Hall, Maribor.^[10]

Professional boxing record

40 fights, 35 wins (19 knockouts), 4 losses (2 knockouts), 1 no contest^[2]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	35-4 (2)	Erislandy Lara	TKO	3 (12), 0:41	2015-11-25	Hialeah, Florida, United States	For WBA (Regular) and IBO light middleweight titles
Win	35-3 (1)	Sasha Yengoyan	UD	12	2015-04-11	Maribor, Slovenia	Won WBF super welterweight title
Win	34-3 (1)	Ferenco Hafner	TKO	7 (12)	2014-10-14	Maribor, Slovenia
Win	33-3 (1)	Sebastien Allais	UD	8	2013-11-19	Leipzig, Germany
Loss	32-3 (1)	Keith Thurman	UD	12	2013-03-09	Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, US	Lost WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
Win	32-2 (1)	Bethuel Ushona	UD	12	2012-03-24	Maribor, Slovenia	Won WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
Loss	31-2 (1)	Andre Berto	RTD	5 (12)	2011-09-03	Mississippi, United States	Lost IBF welterweight title
Win	31-1 (1)	Paul Delgado	TKO	5 (12)	2011-02-18	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Retained IBF welterweight title
Win	30-1 (1)	Rafał Jackiewicz	MD	12	2010-09-04	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Retained IBF welterweight title
Win	29-1 (1)	Rodolfo Ezequiel Martinez	TKO	12 (12), 2:20	2010-04-09	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Retained IBF welterweight title
Win	28-1 (1)	Isaac Hlatshwayo	TKO	3 (12), 2:55	2009-12-11	Johannesburg, South Africa	Won IBF welterweight title
Win	27-1 (1)	Jorge Daniel Miranda	KO	12	2009-06-19	Maribor, Slovenia
Win	26-1 (1)	Arek Malek	UD	6	2009-05-15	Magdeburg, Germany
Loss	25-1 (1)	Rafał Jackiewicz	MD	12	2008-11-29	Katowice, Poland	For EBU welterweight title
Win	25-0 (1)	Marco Cattikas	UD	12	2008-06-15	Maribor, Slovenia
Win	24-0 (1)	Pietro d'Alessio	TKO	4 (8), 2:33	2008-01-19	Düsseldorf, Germany
Win	23-0 (1)	Albert Starikov	UD	10	2007-10-13	Magdeburg, Germany
NC	22-0 (1)	Jorge Daniel Miranda	NC	3 (12), 1:48	2007-06-12	Maribor, Slovenia	Retained WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
Win	22-0	Nicolas Guisset	UD	12	2007-02-17	Magdeburg, Germany
Win	21-0	Andrey Yeskin	TKO	10 (12), 2:30	2006-05-23	Ptuj, Slovenia	Retained WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
Win	20-0	Joel Mayo	TKO	6 (12), 1:50	2006-03-25	Brandenburg, Germany	Won WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
Win	19-0	Serge Vigne	TKO	5 (8), 2:35	2005-10-29	Brandenburg, Germany
Win	18-0	Mikhail Boyarskikh	TKO	8 (12)	2005-09-20	Prague, Czech Republic
Win	17-0	Joseph Sovijus	TKO	3 (4)	2005-06-18	Pula, Croatia
Win	16-0	Danilo Alcantara	TKO	2 (6), 2:04	2005-02-02	Brandenburg, Germany
Win	15-0	Martins Kukulis	KO	4 (6), 1:56	2005-01-15	Magdeburg, Germany
Win	14-0	Jurijs Boreiko	MD	6	2004-09-18	Magdeburg, Germany
Win	13-0	Arthur Nowak	TKO	8 (10)	2004-07-17	Dessau, Germany	Won German International welterweight title
Win	12-0	Boubacar Sidibe	UD	8	2004-06-05	Magdeburg, Germany
Win	11-0	Viktor Baranov	UD	12	2004-04-17	Maribor, Slovenia	Won NBA Inter-Continental welterweight title
Win	10-0	Nikita Zaytsev	MD	8	2004-02-21	Aschersleben, Germany
Win	9-0	Rozalin Nasibulin	TKO	5 (8)	2003-11-29	Brandenburg, Germany
Win	8-0	Andrzej Butowicz	UD	6	2203-11-17	Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Win	7-0	Leonti Vorontsuk	TKO	2 (6), 2:44	2003-09-20	Aschersleben, Germany
Win	6-0	Kamel Ikene	TKO	2 (6), 2:14	2003-07-05	Aschersleben, Germany
Win	5-0	Artur Drinaj	TKO	2 (4)	2003-06-14	Magdeburg, Germany
Win	4-0	Nikita Zaitsev	TKO	2 (?)	2003-05-21	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Win	3-0	Patrik Hruska	UD	6	2003-04-25	Magdeburg, Germany
Win	2-0	Nico Salzmann	PTS	6	2003-03-21	Berlin, Germany
Win	1-0	Zsolt Toth	TKO	1 (4)	2003-03-01	Aschersleben, Germany	Professional debut

References

↑ To. G., K. J. (27 November 2015). "Zavec to retire: "23 years has been enough. It's time for new victories"". RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
1 2 Professional boxing record for Jan Zaveck from BoxRec. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
↑ "Častni občani Občine Videm" [Honourable members of Videm municipality] (in Slovenian). 11 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
↑ "Dejan Zavec - Od sirote do svetovnega prvaka" [Dejan Zavec - From an orphan boy to world champion] (in Slovenian). 11 June 2011. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
↑ "Jan Zaveck Shocks Isaac Hlatshwayo By Knockout". Boxing Scene. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
↑ "Zavec svetovni prvak v boksu!" [Zavec is the world champion!] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
↑ "Zaveck retains IBF welter belt". Fightnews. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
↑ "Zavec ubranil naslov svetovnega prvaka" [Zavec defended the title of the world champion] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 September 2010.
↑ "Zavec v Stožicah ubranil naslov svetovnega prvaka!" [Zavec in Stožice defended the title of the world champion!] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 September 2010.
↑ "Zavec kljub poškodbi v prvi rundi po točkah svetovni prvak!" [Zavec becomes world champion by unanimous decision despite injury!] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Isaac Hlatshwayo	IBF welterweight champion December 11, 2009 – September 3, 2011	Succeeded by Andre Berto
Regional titles
Vacant Title last held by Frankie Gavin	WBO welterweight champion Inter-Continental title March 24, 2012 - March 9, 2013	Succeeded by Keith Thurman

Slovenian Sportsman of the Year

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Brane Oblak (1971)
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Dejan Košir (2003)
Vasilij Žbogar (2004)
Mitja Petkovšek (2005)
Matic Osovnikar (2006)
Primož Kozmus (2007–09)
Dejan Zavec (2010)
Peter Kauzer (2011)
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Settlements

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Notable people

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