Anthony Yigit (born 1 September 1991) is a Swedish professional boxer who challenged for the IBF light welterweight title in 2018. As an amateur, following his success in 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, Yigit qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He is of Turkish,[1] Finnish and Russian descent. He is a member of Hammarby IF and regularly trains with the club.[2]
^"Yiğit, zorlu müsabakaya Türk Milli Takımı forması ile çıktı" (in Turkish). haberisvec.com. 20 December 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
^"Europamästaren Anthony Yigit tackar Bajen Boxning" (in Swedish). Hammarby Boxning. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
AnthonyYigit (born 1 September 1991) is a Swedish professional boxer who challenged for the IBF light welterweight title in 2018. As an amateur, following...
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World Boxing Super Series. In his opening round match-up, he defeated AnthonyYigit via seventh round corner retirement to win the vacant IBF light welterweight...
Summer Olympics, he had a bye into the second round, where he beat AnthonyYigit. He went on to beat Jeff Horn and then Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene in...
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face IBF mandatory challenger Ivan Baranchyk. 33 Ivan Baranchyk (def. AnthonyYigit) 27 Oct 2018 – 18 May 2019 0 34 Josh Taylor 18 May 2019 – 24 Aug 2022...
Di Rocco 8 June 2013 4 Italian Rubén Nieto 5 December 2013 1 Spanish AnthonyYigit 30 September 2017 2 Swedish Joe Hughes 30 November 2018 0 British Robbie...
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Djurgårdens IF and Panathinaikos from Greece. In modern days, Hammarby boxer AnthonyYigit has achieved international success by winning the 2017 European Championships...
Rank Salamo N'tuve Flyweight Suleimenov (KAZ) L 8–13 Did not advance AnthonyYigit Light welterweight Ramirez (PUR) W 13–9 Berinchyk (UKR) L 23–24 Did...