Lolenga Mock (born 22 April 1972) is a Danish

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. He held the

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title three times between 2006 and 2011. A veteran of the sport for more than 25 years, Mock is known for his toughness and has only ever been stopped once in his career.

Professional career

Born in

Zaire Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-la ...

(now the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

), Mock made his professional debut on 11 May 1991, fighting in several countries across Africa and winning his first seventeen fights. In 2000 he fought in Europe for the first time, where he would later become a Danish citizen. On 26 September 2003, he fought future world champion

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at cruiserweight. Despite scoring a knockdown against Haye in the second round, Mock was stopped in the fourth. A fight against another future world champion came against

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on 16 May 2006, which ended in a twelve-round

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loss for Mock. On 3 November 2006, Mock won his first major regional championship—the vacant

title—when he defeated Franck Mezaache via fifth-round corner stoppage.Persson, Per Ake (3 November 2006)
"Mock Wins Vacant EU Title By TKO"
BoxingScene. Retrieved 5 February 2016. Having vacated the title after one defence, Mock won it twice more on 14 March 2008 and 30 January 2010, against Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye and Giovanni De Carolis respectively. In 2016, Mock had his busiest ever year as a professional, having six fights in Denmark and winning each time.

Professional boxing record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mock, Lolenga Danish male boxers Super-middleweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers 1972 births Martial artists from Kinshasa Living people Danish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent