BOXERS from Serbia

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Serbian Boxers of all time. This list of famous Serbian Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Marijan Beneš (1951 - 2018)

With an HPI of 47.97, Marijan Beneš is the most famous Serbian Boxer.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Marijan Beneš (11 June 1951 – 4 September 2018) was a Yugoslavian boxer from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is considered one of the best boxers in Yugoslav history. After a brilliant amateur career, culminating in the gold medal in European Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade, he turned professional in 1977, and won the European Boxing Union title in the light welterweights in 1979. Next year he fought for the WBA World super welterweight title but lost to title holder Ayub Kalule on points. Beneš withdrew from the ring in 1983, after a severe eye injury. In 2020 he was named as the best Bosnian boxer in 20th century.

2. Marco Huck (1984 - )

With an HPI of 36.49, Marco Huck is the 2nd most famous Serbian Boxer.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Muamer Hukić (born 11 November 1984), best known as Marco Huck, is a Bosniak, nationalized German professional boxer. He held the WBO cruiserweight title from 2009 to 2015, and is the joint-longest reigning cruiserweight world champion of all time, having made thirteen consecutive successful defenses, a division record shared with Johnny Nelson. Huck also held the IBO cruiserweight title from 2016 to 2017, the European cruiserweight title from 2008 to 2009, and has challenged once for the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title in 2012.