Edis Tatli

Edis Tatli (born 13 August 1987) is a Finnish professional boxer. He has held the European lightweight title twice between 2015 and 2018, and has challenged once for the WBA lightweight title in 2014.

Edis Tatli
Tatli in 2012
Statistics
Nickname(s)Prince
Weight(s)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality
  • Finnish
Born (1987-08-13) 13 August 1987
Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Kosovo)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights35
Wins32
Wins by KO10
Losses3

Early life

Tatli was born in Prizren, Yugoslavia, in present-day Kosovo, to a Turkish father and Albanian mother.[1][2][3][4][5] He moved to Finland at the age of four and was raised in Hämeenlinna. Having first trained in karate as a youth, at age fourteen he started boxing and won his first Finnish Amateur Championship title in 2004.[6]

Professional career
Tatli (second from right) at a press conference in 2014

Tatli turned professional in 2007. In December 2012 he won the vacant EBU-EU lightweight title against Paolo Gassani and in March 2013 Tatli beat Felix Lora for the WBA Inter-Continental lightweight title. He successfully defended the title against Mzonke Fana in December 2013 and against Antonio De Vitis in May 2014.

In July 2014 it was announced that Tatli will challenge Richard Abril for the WBA lightweight world champion title on September 20 in Helsinki. Tatli is the second Finnish boxer fighting for the World Championship title. Olli Mäki lost a featherweight championship match to Davey Moore in August 1962 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The fight between Abril and Tatli is promoted by Olli's son Pekka Mäki of P3 Boxing Oy.[7] He lost the fight by majority decision

He was supposed to fight the EBU lightweight champion Emiliano Marsili on 25 April. Marsili got injured and vacated the belt. Tatli fought Yvan Mendy instead for the EBU lightweight title, and won the fight by unanimous decision.

Edis Tatli was scheduled to face two time lightweight challenger Kevin Mitchell on 18 March 2016 in Finland, but on 10 February, Mitchell announced his retirement and withdrawal from the fight. Tatli instead faced Massimiliano Ballisai and won the fight by unanimous decision.

On 13 August 2016, Tatli defended his European title against Christian Morales by unanimous decision.

On 6 May, 2017, Tatli was slated to defend his EBU lightweight belt against the highly rated Francesco Patera in his native Finland. The bout would start slow, with both boxers coming up to speed as the fight progressed. Patera was the busier man, but Tatli scored the powershots. The fight was ruled a split-decision win for Patera, with the judges scoring the fight 112-116, 113-115 and 116-112 for Patera.[8]

In the immediate rematch, the fight was fast and entertaining from the beginning. Both fighters traded throughout the fight, with Tatli being the one whose shots visibly affected his opponent. Tatli was aggressive for most of the time, and even though he didn't manage to score a knockdown, all judges scored the fight 119-109 for the Finn, allowing him to retain the EBU lightweight title.[9]

On 20 April, 2019, Tatli fought rising prospect Teofimo Lopez, who was ranked #4 by the WBA, WBC and IBF and #5 by the WBO at lightweight.[10] As many expected, Lopez ended the fight inside the distance with a vicious body shot in the fifth round, from which Tatli could not get up.[11]

Tatli returned to the ring against Berman Sánchez on 10 August 2019, winning the bout via unanimous decision.[12]

He was scheduled to fight for the EBU lightweight title against Gianluca Ceglia in May 2020, but the bout was postponed to take place on 8 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] In turn, the bout was postponed twice due to Tatli's shoulder surgery and the recovery and is now expected to take place on 14 August 2021.[14][15]

Other appearances

In Autumn 2018, Tatli won Dancing with the Stars, the Finnish version of the dance contest Strictly Come Dancing.[16]

Professional boxing record
35 fights 32 wins 3 losses
By knockout 10 1
By decision 22 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
36 — — Italy Gianluca Ceglia — – (12) 14 Aug 2021 Finland Savonlinna, Finland For vacant European lightweight title
35 Win 32–3 Nicaragua Berman Sánchez UD 8 14 Aug 2019 Finland Olavinlinna, Savonlinna, Finland
34 Loss 31–3 United States Teófimo López KO 5 (12), 1:32 20 Apr 2019 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US For WBC-NABF lightweight title
33 Win 31–2 Spain Frank Urquiaga UD 12 11 Aug 2018 Finland Savonlinna, Finland Retained European lightweight title
32 Win 30–2 Belgium Francesco Patera UD 12 12 Dec 2017 Finland Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland Won European lightweight title
31 Loss 29–2 Belgium Francesco Patera SD 12 7 May 2017 Finland Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland Lost European lightweight title
30 Win 29–1 Italy Manuel Lancia TKO 9 (12), 1:57 17 Dec 2016 Finland Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland Retained European lightweight title
29 Win 28–1 Spain Christian Morales UD 12 13 Aug 2016 Finland Olavinlinna, Savonlinna, Finland Retained European lightweight title
28 Win 27–1 Italy Massimiliano Ballisai UD 12 19 Mar 2016 Finland Metro Areena, Espoo, Finland Retained European lightweight title
27 Win 26–1 Georgia (country) Ramaz Bebnadze TKO 3 (8), 2:59 21 Nov 2015 Finland Töölön Kisahalli, Helsinki, Finland
26 Win 25–1 France Yvan Mendy UD 12 25 Apr 2015 Finland Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland Won vacant European lightweight title
25 Win 24–1 Latvia Olegs Vilcans TKO 1 (12), 0:40 24 Jan 2015 Finland Ringside Gym, Helsinki, Finland
24 Loss 23–1 Cuba Richar Abril MD 12 20 Sep 2014 Finland Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland For WBA lightweight title
23 Win 23–0 Italy Antonio De Vitis TKO 8 (12), 0:01 9 May 2014 Finland Urheilutalo, Helsinki, Finland Retained WBA Inter-Continental lightweight title
22 Win 22–0 South Africa Mzonke Fana UD 12 7 Dec 2013 Finland Barona Areena, Espoo, Finland Retained WBA Inter-Continental lightweight title
21 Win 21–0 Netherlands Innocent Anyanwu KO 5 (8), 2:00 17 Aug 2013 Finland Olavinlinna, Savonlinna, Finland
20 Win 20–0 Dominican Republic Felix Lora UD 12 9 Mar 2013 Finland Barona Areena, Espoo, Finland Won WBA Inter-Continental lightweight title
19 Win 19–0 Italy Paolo Gassani TKO 1 (10), 1:26 8 Dec 2012 Finland Ringside Gym, Espoo, Finland Won vacant European Union lightweight title
18 Win 18–0 Uzbekistan Sherzodbek Mamadjanov UD 8 31 May 2012 Russia Ufa Arena, Ufa, Russia
17 Win 17–0 Ghana Sarfo Tyson TKO 1 (10), 1:35 31 Mar 2012 Finland Barona Areena, Espoo, Finland
16 Win 16–0 Italy Pasquale di Silvio UD 10 3 Dec 2011 Finland Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
15 Win 15–0 Dominican Republic John Nolasco UD 8 7 May 2011 Finland Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
14 Win 14–0 United Kingdom Stuart Green UD 8 4 Mar 2011 Finland Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
13 Win 13–0 Bulgaria Asan Yuseinov RTD 6 (8), 3:00 27 Nov 2010 Finland Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
12 Win 12–0 Spain Ruddy Encarnacion UD 8 4 Sep 2010 Finland Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
11 Win 11–0 France Damien Martin UD 6 26 Mar 2010 Finland Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
10 Win 10–0 Latvia Nikolajs Jasenko TKO 1 (6), 0:40 12 Dec 2009 Finland Aladdin Bar & Night Club, Espoo, Finland
9 Win 9–0 Ecuador Alex Bone UD 6 24 Oct 2009 Finland Urheilutalo, Helsinki, Finland
8 Win 8–0 Mexico Walberto Gaxiola KO 1 (6), 2:48 18 Apr 2009 Finland Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
7 Win 7–0 Spain Sento Martinez UD 6 14 Feb 2009 Finland Pyynikin Palloiluhalli, Tampere, Finland
6 Win 6–0 Spain Juan Zapata UD 6 28 Nov 2008 Finland Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
5 Win 5–0 Brazil Idiozan Matos UD 6 30 Aug 2008 Finland Metroauto-areena, Tampere, Finland
4 Win 4–0 Estonia Leonti Vorontsuk UD 4 14 Jun 2008 Finland Kamppailuopisto, Espoo, Finland
3 Win 3–0 Russia Alexander Saltykov UD 4 18 Apr 2008 Finland Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
2 Win 2–0 Latvia Juris Ivanovs UD 4 1 Feb 2008 Finland Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
1 Win 1–0 France Mohammed Ali Cherif UD 4 22 Oct 2007 Finland Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland

References
  1. "Edis Tatli luottaa Robert Heleniuksen nikseihin - Selibaatti vahvistaa" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  2. "EBU Avrupa Şampiyonu Edis Tatlı Fight Club'a Konuştu!". fightclub.com.tr (in Turkish). 16 February 2018. (Interview with Edis Tatli)
  3. "Edis Tatli valloitti WBA-liiton Inter-Continental -tittelin". iltasanomat.fi. Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  4. Sukachev, Alexey (4 September 2010). "Asikainen Blasts Zepeda Away in Four Rounds in Finland". boxingscene.com. boxingscene. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  5. Neva, Tapio (2 December 2018). "Edis Tatlin Hämeenlinnan Kisassa alkanut ammattinyrkkeilijän ura nytkähti askeleen kohti MM-ottelua". Hämeen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 December 2021. Turkkilainen isä, albanialainen äiti
  6. "Tatli: "Vuoden valmistautuminen riittäisi titteliotteluun"" (in Finnish). Yle Urheilu. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  7. "Edis Tatli to fight for boxing WC". Finnish Times. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  8. "Francesco Patera Stuns Edis Tatli, Wins EBU Title". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  9. "Edis Tatli Regains Euro Title, Decisions Francesco Patera". BoxingScene.com. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  10. "Lopez vs Tatli - News, Tape, Ringwalk, TV, Streaming & Tickets". Box.Live. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  11. "Teofimo Lopez Crushes Edis Tatli in Fifth With Body Shot". BoxingScene.com. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  12. "Edis Tatli Bounces Back From KO Loss, Dominates Sanchez". boxingscene.com. August 10, 2019.
  13. Per Åke Persson (June 22, 2020). "Edis Tatli Has Shoulder Surgery, EBU Title Defense Postponed". boxingscene.com.
  14. Per Åke Persson (February 5, 2021). "Edis Tatli Withdraws From EBU Title Clash With Shoulder Injury". boxingscene.com.
  15. Per Åke Persson (May 26, 2021). "Euro News: Joe Joyce vs. Huck, Patrick Nielsen Return, Tatli-Ceglia, More". boxingscene.com.
  16. "Edis Tatli putsasi pöydän ensimmäisessä TTK-lähetyksessä - illan kovin pistesaalis". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 23 September 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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