Nikita Ababiy (born October 20, 1998) is an American professional boxer of Russian descent. As an amateur he was a Jr. Golden Gloves National Champion as well as two-time World Ring Side Champion.^[2] Ababiy was also in the USA Youth Team in 2016.^[2]

Professional career

Ababiy made his professional debut under Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing USA^[3] banner on October 6, 2018, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. The fight was streamed live, exclusively on DAZN in the U.S. as part of the undercard of Jessie Vargas vs. Thomas Dulorme.^[4] Ababiy won the fight via first round knockout (KO).^[5] Ababiy's second professional fight was against American welterweight Javier Rodriquez at the Kansas Star Arena in Kansas on November 17, 2018. The bout was stopped in the first round and the referee declared Ababiy the winner by TKO.^[6] Ababiy's third professional fight was on the undercard of Dmitry Bivol vs. Joe Smith Jr. against American Cory Dulaney on March 9, 2018. Ababiy got a TKO victory in the first round, achieving his third first-round knockout victory in a row.^[7]

In April 2019, Ababiy made his first appearance outside the United States at The O2 Arena in London. He secured a second-round TKO victory over Dimitri Faltin to take his record to 4-0 and make it 4 consecutive knockout victories.^[8] Two months later, Ababiy defeated Juan Francisco Lopez Barajas of Mexico with a first-round knockout, in Madison Square Garden, New York City.^[9] In July 2019, Ababiy won by unanimous decision against Cuban Yunier Calzada after 6 rounds.^[10] In Ababiy's seventh professional fight, on November 5, 2019, he defeated Isiah Seldon via first-round knockout, bringing his knockout total to 6 out of 7 fights.^[11] In his eighth professional fight, he won by disqualification against Jonathan Batista on the KSI vs. Logan Paul II undercard after Batista continued to fight after the round ending bell had been sounded. This brought Ababiy's record to 8–0 with 6 first-round victories.^[12]

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
12	Win	12–0	Noe Larios Jr	UD	8	Jun 25, 2022	Tech Port Arena, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
11	Win	11–0	Sanny Duversonne	UD	8	Oct 16, 2021	Chukchansi Park, Fresno, California, U.S.
10	Win	10–0	Brandon Maddox	UD	6	Nov 27, 2020	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
9	Win	9–0	Jarvis Williams	UD	6	Aug 15, 2020	Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
8	Win	8–0	Jonathan Batista	DQ	1 (4), 3:00	Nov 9, 2019	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Batista disqualified for punching after the bell
7	Win	7–0	Isiah Seldon	KO	1 (6), 1:45	Oct 5, 2019	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
6	Win	6–0	Yunier Calzada	UD	6	Jul 27, 2019	College Park Center, Arlington, Texas, U.S.
5	Win	5–0	Juan Francisco Lopez Barajas	KO	1 (4), 0:41	Jun 8, 2019	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
4	Win	4–0	Dimitri Faltin	TKO	2 (4), 0:26	Apr 20, 2019	The O2 Arena, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Cory Dulaney	TKO	1 (4), 3:00	Mar 9, 2019	Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York, U.S.
2	Win	2–0	Javier Rodriguez	TKO	1 (4), 1:48	Nov 17, 2018	Kansas Star Arena, Mulvane, Kansas, U.S.
1	Win	1–0	Jake Henriksen	KO	1 (4), 0:28	Oct 6, 2018	Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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