Richel Hersisia

“The Dutch Sonny Liston”

Boxing

32-3-0RECORD

25WINS BY KO / TKO

7WINS BY DECISION

35PRO FIGHTS

Profile

Full name	Not added yet
Nickname	The Dutch Sonny Liston
Date of birth	28 Apr 1974
Nationality	Dutch
Birthplace	Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Based in	Not added yet
Weight classes	Heavyweight
Trainers	Not added yet
Height	Not added yet
Reach	Not added yet
Stance	Orthodox
Years active	2001–2009
Status	Retired
Pro debut	25 Feb 2001
Last fight	Win vs Frank Kary Roth, 14 Nov 2009

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Titles and honours

WBF heavyweight champion (2003–2004)
Dutch heavyweight champion
BeNeLux heavyweight champion
WBA Fedecentro heavyweight champion
WBF Intercontinental heavyweight champion

Background

Curaçao-born Dutch heavyweight who fought professionally from 2001 to 2009. He held the World Boxing Foundation heavyweight title until Audley Harrison stopped him in 2004.

Fight history

35 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	Frank Kary Roth	TKO	2		14 Nov 2009	The Hague, Netherlands
Win	Yaroslav Zavorotnyi	Decision (unanimous)	8		26 Oct 2009	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Loss	Ray Mercer	Decision (majority)	6		5 Sep 2008	Karlstad, Sweden
Win	Marcos Celestino	TKO	1		29 Sep 2007	Soumagne, Belgium	Won WBF Intercontinental heavyweight title
Loss	Taras Bydenko	Decision (unanimous)	12		30 Jun 2007	Stuttgart, Germany	For WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title
Win	Zurab Noniashvili	TKO (corner retirement)	5		17 Mar 2007	Stuttgart, Germany
Win	Adenilson Rodrigues	KO	2	0:50	28 Oct 2006	Stuttgart, Germany
Win	Rogerio Lobo	Decision (unanimous)	6		14 Jan 2006	Aschersleben, Germany
Win	Ioan Mihai	KO	2	1:50	14 Oct 2005	Struer, Denmark
Win	Vitali Shkraba	KO	6		10 Sep 2005	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Win	Vlado Szabo	KO	4		9 Jun 2005	Alcobendas, Spain
Win	Siarhei Dychkou	TKO	8		6 Nov 2004	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Won vacant BeNeLux heavyweight title
Win	Viktor Juhasz	KO	1	1:23	16 Oct 2004	Halle an der Saale, Germany
Loss	Audley Harrison	KO	4	2:00	20 Mar 2004	Wembley Arena, London, England, UK	Lost WBF heavyweight title
Win	Zoltan Petranyi	TKO	1		11 Oct 2003	Willemstad, Curaçao	Won Netherlands Kingdom heavyweight title
Win	Sami Elovaara	Decision (unanimous)	12		9 Aug 2003	Salzburg, Austria	Retained WBF heavyweight title
Win	Sandro Abel Vazquez	KO	9		16 May 2003	The Hague, Netherlands	Won vacant WBF heavyweight title
Win	Wojciech Bartnik	Decision (majority)	8		15 Mar 2003	Berlin, Germany
Win	Costel Patriche	TKO	2		14 Feb 2003	Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Won vacant Dutch heavyweight title
Win	Eduardo Andres Sandivares	TKO	2		30 Nov 2002	Willemstad, Curaçao	Won vacant WBA Fedecentro heavyweight title
Win	Chris Sirengo	KO	3		11 Oct 2002	Thisted, Denmark
Win	Antoine Palatis	Decision (unanimous)	8		23 Aug 2002	Skagen, Denmark
Win	Jean Francis Traore	Decision (points)	6		20 May 2002	Roeselare, Belgium
Win	Roger Foe	KO	3		2 May 2002	Arnhem, Netherlands
Win	Istvan Kecskes	TKO	4		1 Apr 2002	Ghent, Belgium
Win	Marcelo Ferreira dos Santos	KO	4		1 Mar 2002	Give, Denmark
Win	Emmanuel Nwodo	TKO	3		18 Jan 2002	Thisted, Denmark
Win	Thierry Guezouli	TKO	3		9 Nov 2001	Odense, Denmark
Win	Cătălin Zmărăndescu	TKO	5		12 Oct 2001	Herning, Denmark
Win	Piotr Jurczyk	Decision (points)	6		7 Jul 2001	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Win	Drazen Ordulj	KO	3		9 Jun 2001	Kołobrzeg, Poland
Win	Frantisek Vasak	TKO	2		19 May 2001	Cologne, Germany
Win	Boris Mamic	TKO	3		20 Apr 2001	Rønne, Denmark
Win	Sandor Bacsko	KO	1		16 Mar 2001	Lemvig, Denmark
Win	Laszlo Pataki	TKO	1		25 Feb 2001	Wassenaar, Netherlands	Pro debut

Record source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).