Elif Nur Turhan (born 16 April 1995) is a Turkish

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...

who is a former WBF female

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champion. She has also held the WBC International and WBA Gold female

super-featherweight Super featherweight, also known as junior lightweight, is a boxing weight classes, weight division in professional boxing, contested between and . The super featherweight division was established by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although firs ...

titles.

Career

A professional since May 2022, Nur Turhan defeated Edith Soledad Matthysse via unanimous decision at City Square in

Tetovo Tetovo (, ; , sq-definite, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena (river), Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, wit ...

, North Macedonia, to claim the vacant WBF female

title in her fifth pro-fight on 29 July 2023. Returning to Tetovo for her next bout, she faced Kirsty Hill for the vacant WBC International female

title at the city's Gymnasium Sport Hall on 28 November 2023, winning by unanimous decision. Nur Turhan added the vacant WBA Gold female super-featherweight title to her collection with a unanimous decision victory over Lara Altamirano at

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, Germany, on 4 May 2024. Switching to

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, she stopped Shauna Browne just 47 seconds into the first of their scheduled 10-round contest at the SSE Arena in

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, Northern Ireland, on 1 March 2025. In April 2025, Nur Turhan signed a promotional contract with

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led

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