Miljan Rovcanin (born 6 December 1993) is a Serbian professional boxer.

Miljan Rovčanin
Born
Miljan Rovcanin

(1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 30)
NationalitySerbian
Statistics
Weight(s)Cruiserweight and Heavyweight
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights31
Wins27
Wins by KO18
Losses4
Draws0

Early life and amateur career

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Rovcanin was born in Bar, FR Yugoslavia. He had a very successful amateur career.

Professional career

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He began professional boxing at the age of eighteen and become the youngest cruiserweight professional boxer in 2012. He won the 2012 World Boxing Foundation International Title in the cruiserweight division at the age of eighteen. On 21 April 2017, he faced Serbian boxer Dusan Krstin at Hall of Sports in Zaječar and won the Serbian Heavyweight Title.

Rovcanin vs Dimitrenko

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Heavyweight contender #11 IBF Alexander Dimitrenko (40-3-1, 26 KOs) surprisingly fought to a 10 round draw against for him little known replacement opponent Miljan Rovcanin (18-0-1, 13 KOs). Dimitrenko was originally scheduled to fight Adnan Redzovic, but Adnan dropped out and he got stuck with Rovcanin. It was confirmed that Rovcanin and Dimitrenko would fight on 22 Dec 2017 on Friday night at the Edel-Optics.de Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Both fighters spent all night clinching each other. It was a beautiful display of textbook clinching by Rovcanin and Dimitrennko. The scores were 96-90 for Dimitrenko, and 94-92 for Rovcanin, The third judge scored it 93-93. In the 2nd round, Rovcanin did a lot of holding to stifle Dimitrenko’s offense. Rovcanin threw a lot of weak jabs, and used movement to keep out of range. Dimitrenko missed a lot of shots, and looked confused. Rovcanin did the better work in the first half of the fight against a clearly over-the-hill Dimitrenko. In rounds 8, 9 and 10, Rovcanin gassed out badly and let Dimitrenko get back into the fight. Dimitrenko was lucky he didn’t lose this match. The German Federation - the BDB - have acted upon an official protest from EC Boxing and heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko - and changed the result in the fight Dimitrenko (41-3, 26 KOs) had against Miljan Rovcanin (18-1). The outcome was changed from a draw to a win for Dimitrenko - and now Rovcanin suffers his first career defeat. The reason for the change is that Rovcanin had a total of three points deducted - two in the third and one in the seventh during the fight - and according with the BDB rules he should have been disqualified in the seventh when the third point deduction was made.

Professional boxing record

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31 fights 27 wins 4 losses
By knockout 18 3
By decision 9 0
By disqualification 0 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
24 Loss 21–3   Jared Anderson KO 2 (8) 27 Aug, 2022   Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
23 Win 21–2   Dusan Krstin UD 8 21 Dec, 2019   Nikoljac, Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
22 Win 20–2   Slobodan Culum TKO 1 (6) 31 May, 2019   Hall of Sports, Belgrade, Serbia
21 Loss 19–2   Agit Kabayel TKO 3 (12), 2:25 21 Apr, 2018   Estrel Convention Center, Neukoelln For European Union heavyweight title
20 Win 19–1   Drazan Janjanin TKO 2 (6), 3:00 11 Mar, 2018   Sport Hall "Dordje Predin - Badza", Bečej, Serbia
19 Loss 18–1   Alexander Dimitrenko DQ 10 22 Dec 2017   Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany Originally an SD, later ruled a DQ win for Dimitrenko
18 Win 18–0   Sejfula Berisa TKO 2 (6), 0:49 20 May 2017   Hotel Bali Colosseum, Belgrade, Serbia
17 Win 17–0   Dusan Krstin UD 10 21 Apr 2017   Hall of Sports, Zaječar, Serbia Won vacant Serbia Heavyweight Title
16 Win 16–0   Denes Toth KO 1 (6) 29 Jun 2016   Fortress Amphitheater, Niš, Serbia
15 Win 15–0   Adis Dadovic TKO 2 (6) 18 Dec 2015   Mediterranean Sports Centre, Budva, Montenegro
14 Win 14–0   Milos Dovedan TKO 2 (6) 28 Nov 2015   Hotel Bali Paradiso, Belgrade, Serbia
13 Win 13–0   Petar Mrvalj TKO 2 (6) 7 Dec 2014   Sport Hall "Dordje Predin - Badza", Bečej, Serbia
12 Win 12–0   Costantin Marian Armenga KO 3 (6) 22 Nov 2014   School Hall, Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
11 Win 11–0   Marko Martinjak PTS 6 (6) 25 Oct 2014   Mediterranean Sports Centre, Budva, Montenegro
10 Win 10–0   Misa Nikolic KO 1 (10) 28 Dec 2013   Hala Pendik, Novi Pazar, Serbia Won vacant World Boxing Foundation International Cruiserweight Title
9 Win 9–0   Attila Makula TKO 6 (6), 1:09 01 Dec 2013   Bečej, Serbia
8 Win 8–0   Ion Voica KO 1 (6), 1:22 29 Jun 2013   Hotel Bali Paradiso, Belgrade, Serbia
7 Win 7–0   Adis Dadovic PTS 6 20 May 2013   Hotel Bali Paradiso, Belgrade, Serbia
6 Win 6–0   Elvir Behlulovic PTS 4 9 Dec 2012   Hall of Sport, Belgrade, Serbia
5 Win 5–0   Ion Voica UD 4 10 Nov 2012   Centar za kultura Marko Cepenkov, Prilep, Macedonia
4 Win 4–0   Sanid Imamovic UD 4 7 Oct 2012   Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena, Skopje, Macedonia
3 Win 3–0   Nikolai Ermenkov TKO 2 (4) 0:44 16 Jun 2012   Güssing, Austria
2 Win 2–0   Mbaruku Kheri TKO 3 (4), 0:00 18 May 2012   Hall of Sport, Belgrade, Serbia
1 Win 1–0   Attila Dudas TKO 2 (4), 2:10 30 Mar 2012   Hotel Jugoslavija, Belgrade, Belgrade Professional debut
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