Nicholas Ryan Kisner (born January 17, 1991) is an American
professional boxer
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. He is currently signed to Jeter promotions.
Personal life
Kisner was born in
Baltimore, Maryland
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. He is of
Bavarian/
Scottish
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descent on his father's side and
Irish/
Chechen descent on his mother's side. He grew up in South Baltimore and Northern Anne Arundel County. He began boxing at 6 years old under the tutelage of his father, a former boxer himself. He graduated from
Old Mill Senior High School.
Amateur career
As an
amateur boxer
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History
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he accomplished three National Silver Gloves Championships, two Junior National
Golden Gloves
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Championships, Junior Olympic gold medal, Ringside World Championship,
Ohio State Fair
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Championship, Under-19 National Championship, and a National Pal Championship, where he defeated 2012-2016
Olympian Cam Awesome (formally Lenroy Thompson) in the finals.
In 2009, he captured a silver medal at the US Men's National Championships, giving him a position on the USA Men's International team. In 2008, he reached the quarter finals at both the National Golden Gloves and the
AIBA Youth World Championships in
Guadalajara, Mexico
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. At the latter, he was defeated by 2012 and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist
Ivan Dychko
Ivan Fyodorovich Dychko (; born 11 August 1990) is a Kazakh professional boxer. As an amateur he won bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
At the 2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships Dychko defeated American c ...
of
Kazakhstan
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5–1.
Professional career
Shortly after winning the silver medal at the US Men's National Championships, Kisner decided to turn professional. Kisner made his debut January 31, 2010, against world ranked kickboxer, Francois Ambang.
He went 12–0–1 in his first 13 matches before losing a split decision against fellow undefeated boxer Junior Wright. In 2015, he lost a competitive, 10-round decision on CBS sports network to former World title challenger, and boxing superstar
Lateef Kayode
Lateef Olalekan Kayode (born March 3, 1983) is a Nigerian professional boxer who challenged for the WBA cruiserweight title in 2015.
Early life
Lateef Olalalekin Kayode was born in Lagos, Nigeria.
Professional career
On December 3, 2010 Kay ...
. Several fights later, he defeated ranked contender Brian Holstein in Columbus, Ohio to capture the WBA USA National Championship title.
In 2017, Kisner traveled to Belgium to fight Ryad Merhy in a match for the WBA Intercontinental title, losing in the fourth round.
In 2018, Kisner defended his title in a rematch against Brian Holstein in Columbus, Ohio. A few months later, he then fought against USBA #15 contender Scott Sigmon in a 10-round bout, for the NABP Cruiserweight Championship in July 2018. Kisner went on to win a 10-round decision in the bout, to capture the North American Boxing Partners (NABP) Cruiserweight title.
In April 2019, Kisner moved up to the heavyweight division to challenge European champion
Otto Wallin
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on Showtime. The fight was called a no contest after the first round after Kisner suffered a cut over his right eye from a headbutt from Wallin early in the first round.
He then in February 2020 dropped back down to the cruiserweight division to take on undefeated Sam Crossed for the Maryland state cruiserweight title in a highly anticipated local fight. Due to the Maryland State Boxing Commission still keeping the cruiserweight limit at the original weight of 190 lbs, Kisner weighed in at a career low of 190 lbs, for the state title fight. Kisner went on to dominate Crossed over 10 rounds to collect the state title.
It was then announced later in the year of 2020, Kisner would challenge then champion
Beibut Shumenov
Beibut Amirhanovich Shumenov (; born 19 August 1983) is a Kazakhstani former professional boxer. He is a former world champion, who held the WBA light-heavyweight title from 2010 to 2014. He also held the WBA (Regular) cruiserweight title twice ...
for the WBA Cruiserweight World Championship in December. The fight was later on postponed, and then the fight was cancelled shortly after that.
Professional boxing record
Titles in boxing
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WBA-NABA USA cruiserweight title
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kisner, Nick
1991 births
Living people
American male boxers
Boxers from Baltimore
Cruiserweight boxers
21st-century American sportsmen
American people of Scottish descent
American people of German descent
American people of Irish descent
American people of Chechen descent