7-801: [REDACTED] Look up Fırat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fırat may refer to: Fırat (surname) , a surname (including a list of people with the name) Fırat River Fırat University , Elazığ, Turkey People with the given name [ edit ] Fırat Akkoyun (born 1982), Turkish footballer Firat Arslan (born 1970), German boxer Fırat Aydınus (born 1973), Turkish football referee Fırat Çelik (born 1981), Turkish-German actor Fırat Kaya (born 1995), Germany-born Turkish deaf footballer Fırat Kocaoğlu (born 1988), Turkish footballer See also [ edit ] Firat (disambiguation) Burkan el-Fırat Topics referred to by
14-746: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Firat Arslan Firat Arslan (born 28 September 1970) is a German professional boxer of Turkish descent who held the WBA cruiserweight title from 2007 to 2008. He also challenged twice for the WBO cruiserweight title in 2012 and 2014 and once for the IBF cruiserweight title in 2014 Southpaw Arslan began his professional career in 1997 and won his first 13 fights with aggressive brawling before dropping back to back decisions to Collice Mutizwa and Rüdiger May. His biggest success in
21-431: The WBA interim cruiserweight title from 2010 to 2011. Nicknamed Centurion, Herelius turned pro in 2002 and after winning his first fourteen fights fought veteran heavyweight Albert Sosnowski in 2007 and lost via TKO. After fighting mainly journeyman opposition he positioned himself to challenge Firat Arslan for the vacant WBA interim Cruiserweight belt. Arslan was coming into the bout after an extended absence, and
28-472: The early phase of his career was a draw against unbeaten Russian Vadim Tokarev in 2003 but he lost his next fight to Czech Lubos Suda. In 2005 he beat local hero Alexander Petkovic and his career picked up momentum. His big breakthrough was entirely unexpected, though, as he managed to not only dominate but also KO unbeaten Russian fringe contender Grigory Drozd . For that he got a title shot in July 2007 and captured
35-726: The interim WBA cruiserweight title with a split decision win over yet another Russian in Valery Brudov . Later that year he bested 43-year-old Virgil Hill for the WBA title. He beat contender Darnell Wilson on 3 May 2008 in Germany by unanimous decision. He lost his title against Panamanian Guillermo Jones in Hamburg, on 27 September 2008, one day before his birthday. After the loss to Jones, Arslan took an extended leave from boxing and returned almost two years later to face unheralded Steve Hérélius for
42-459: The interim title. Arslan was in front but at the end of the 11th round he was unable to continue because of a syncope . In 2014, Arslan fought Yoan Pablo Hernandez for a chance to take Hernandez's cruiserweight belt, but lost in a tightly contested match with scores of: 115–113, 116–113, and 113–115. Steve H%C3%A9r%C3%A9lius Steve Hérélius (born 15 July 1976) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2013 and held
49-464: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fırat . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fırat&oldid=1048515117 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
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