Naim Terbunja

Naim Terbunja

Personal information
Full name	Naim Terbunja
Nickname	The Albanian Warrior
Nationality	Sweden
Born	(1984-09-28) 28 September 1984 Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Middleweight
Club	Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm

Naim Terbunja (born 28 September 1984 in Pristina, Kosovo, at the time Yugoslavia) is a Swedish professional boxer of Kosovar-Albanian descent who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight.

Terbunja lost his round of 32 match against Matvey Korobov 18 points to 6.

Terbunja captured the prestigious National Golden Gloves championship in Salt Lake City, winning five bouts in seven days. Capping that stretch, he defeated the top-ranked fighter in the country – Luis Arias of Wisconsin – 3–2, in the finals of the 165-pound division.

As an amateur boxer, Terbunja represented Djurgårdens IF.

Professional boxing record

10 Wins (1 knockouts, 9 decisions), 2 Losses (0 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 Draw [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Draw	10-2-1	Lanell Bellows	Draw	8	11 May 2018	Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, United States
Loss	10-2	Sven Fornling	UD	8	9 December 2016	Rosvalla Arena, Nyköping, Sweden
Win	10-1	Baptiste Castegnaro*	UD	6	10 September 2016	Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden
Win	9-1	Joel De La Paz	KO	1	23 July 2016	Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
Win	8-1	Lanny Dardar	UD	6	17 June 2016	Paramount Theatre, Huntington, New York, United States
Loss	7-1	Jason Escalera	SD	6	18 July 2014	Paramount Theatre, Huntington, New York, United States
Win	7-0	Bartlomiej Grafka	MD	4	26 April 2014	Amiralen, Malmö, Sweden
Win	6-0	Maurice Amaro	UD	4	22 March 2014	Long Island City, United States
Win	5-0	Srdjan Mihajlovic	UD	6	16 November 2012	Linköping, Sweden
Win	4-0	Bartlomiej Grafka	MD	6	6 October 2012	Prishtina, Kosovo
Win	3-0	Kirill Psonko	UD	4	1 September 2012	Ystad, Sweden
Win	2-0	Marijan Markovic	UD	4	14 July 2012	Podujevo, Kosovo
Win	1-0	Vladimir Spasojevic	UD	4	27 April 2012	Linköping, Sweden	Debut

External links

• Qualifier
• sports-reference
• http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/05/10/2009-05-10_naim_terbunja_is_at_nationals.html#ixzz0dsXuM8YI
• https://fightnews.com/bounce-weights-from-las-vegas/21296
• Naim Terbunja at BoxRec (registration required)
• Naim Terbunja at Olympedia
• Naim Terbunja at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)