Naim Terbunja: record, next fight and profile →
Ystad, Sweden - Armand Boxing Promotion, headed by former WBO middleweight champ Armand Krajnc, staged its second Fight Night at Surbrunnsparken in Ystad in the very south of Sweden and had again an almost full house for this pro-am show.
The Albanian Warrior, super middleweight Naim Terbunja, went to 2-0 Saturday night in Kosovo with a four round unanimous decision over Marijan Markovic. Terbunja will next fight in Ystad, Sweden on September 1. If Naim ever get his visa problems sorted out, he will move to the United States where he will managed by Al Haymon.
Swedish super middleweight Naim Terbunja is still under contract with manager/adviser Al Haymon in the United States but this far he's been unable to get a work visa. Terbunja, of Albanian descent and nicknamed the Albanian Warrior, turned pro in April in Sweden and on July 26th he will fight Croatian Marijan Markovic in Pristina, Kosovo. Naim has also secured a spot on Armand Boxing Promotion´s show in Ystad, Sweden, September 1.
Linkoping, Sweden - This town was hit by the first professional boxing event since 1965. Back then legends like Bosse Hogberg, Lennart Risberg and Stig Waltersson headlined, while on an earlier show in Linkoping the one-time heavyweight champion of the world, Ingemar Johansson, fought an exhibition.
Tomorrow night, WBC female jr. lightweight champ Frida Wallberg defends the title in Linkoeping, Sweden, against American challenger Amanda Serrano. The fight is scheduled for ten-two minute rounds, which is the standard distanse for female title fights - but in Sweden it´s a special distance and one that requires an exception of the rules from the local delegation (MAD).
Two years ago, a young boxer from Sweden swept through the New York boxing landscape, leaving a trail of frustrated, defeated boxers in his wake. Blond and handsome, with a casual demeanor, Naim Terbunja was a boxer on the 2008 Swedish Olympic team with a grand ambition: to make it as a boxer in the U.S. To that end, Terbunja moved to Shirley, L.I. in 2009 to compete in the New York Golden Gloves.