Sefer Seferi (born 5 March 1979) is an Albanian professional boxer who challenged for the IBO cruiserweight title in 2019.
Whilst in Yugoslavia both he and brother Nuri started out wrestling, a sport which their grandfather had competed in professionally.
[2] On 20 May 2018, Seferi was announced as the first opponent for the return of former unified and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, with the fight set to take place on 9 June at Manchester Arena.
The fight would be Fury's first since he beat Wladimir Klitschko to become champion more than two and half years previously in November 2015.
[6] On 21 September 2019, he challenged Kevin Lerena in Gauteng, South Africa for his IBO cruiserweight title, but was unsuccessful and lost via third-round technical knockout.