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VIENNA, Austria - Edip Secovic, a former WAA boxing champion, died early Tuesday in a knife fight at his own pub. He was 50.
The body of the Serbia-born Austrian boxer was found around 6 a.m. on the sidewalk in front of the pub in a southern Vienna district, police said.
Secovic won the WAA super middleweight world title in 1988 and added a European title in the same category a year later. He was Austria's most successful boxer - winning 30 of his 40 professional fights before retiring in 2002.
Nicknamed the "Serbian Bull," Secovic was Serbia's junior champion before moving to Austria to start a professional career in 1980.
He won the 1983 Austrian middleweight title and became world champion five years later after beating Bryan Grant of the United States in a first-round knockout.
After retiring, Secovic worked as a boxing coach and opened The Champ's Pub in Vienna. The fight started inside this pub Tuesday and continued outside, police said. Secovic was stabbed four times in the chest and neck, with several witnesses reporting they saw two men fighting.
Police found a knife and later arrested a 26-year-old Russian national who had blood on his clothes. The man said he had been inside the pub but could not remember what happened, police said.
Secovic is survived by his wife, Mira, and their three children, Bernhard, Emir and Anita.
The body of the Serbia-born Austrian boxer was found around 6 a.m. on the sidewalk in front of the pub in a southern Vienna district, police said.
Secovic won the WAA super middleweight world title in 1988 and added a European title in the same category a year later. He was Austria's most successful boxer - winning 30 of his 40 professional fights before retiring in 2002.
Nicknamed the "Serbian Bull," Secovic was Serbia's junior champion before moving to Austria to start a professional career in 1980.
He won the 1983 Austrian middleweight title and became world champion five years later after beating Bryan Grant of the United States in a first-round knockout.
After retiring, Secovic worked as a boxing coach and opened The Champ's Pub in Vienna. The fight started inside this pub Tuesday and continued outside, police said. Secovic was stabbed four times in the chest and neck, with several witnesses reporting they saw two men fighting.
Police found a knife and later arrested a 26-year-old Russian national who had blood on his clothes. The man said he had been inside the pub but could not remember what happened, police said.
Secovic is survived by his wife, Mira, and their three children, Bernhard, Emir and Anita.