Norwegian boxer (born 1995)
Hadi Hassan Srour (born 16 November 1995) is a Norwegian professional boxer .
As an amateur, he competed at the 2017 World Championships as well as three editions of the European Championships in 2015 , 2017 and 2019 . He won over 100 amateur bouts,[ 3] becoming a three-time Nordic champion (two senior, one youth) and a seven-time national champion (four senior, three youth).
Amateur career
Srour initially had a love for football, but joined the TK boxing club in his hometown of Tønsberg at the age of nine with his brother Amin and cousin Ali .[ 4] He competed as a youth until 2014, winning a gold medal at the 2013 Nordic Championships and three consecutive national championships at that level. In 2014, he was the lightweight national champion in both the youth and senior divisions.[ 5] [ 6]
In 2015, Srour lost to Salavat Khatujev in the national championship finals.[ 7] He defeated Jacob Gabriel by split decision in the finals of the Haringey Box Cup in England,[ 8] but then suffered a quick exit at the European Championships in Bulgaria with a first-round loss to the more experienced Florentin Niculescu.[ 9] Srour repeated as a silver medallist at the national championships in 2016.[ 10] He also won a bronze medal at the Nordic Championships and suffered a first-round exit in the European Olympic Qualification Tournament at the hands of Batuhan Gözgeç .[ 11] [ 12]
In 2017 he won his second senior national title, moving up to welterweight and defeating Ruslan Sjidokaev in the final for the gold.[ 13] A few weeks later he won the light-welterweight gold medal at the Nordic Championships, where he was also won the award for best senior male athlete.[ 14] However, he suffered a quarterfinal exit at the European Championships and a first-round loss to Freudis Rojas at the World Championships .[ 15] [ 16] He finished the year by winning the King of the Ring Tournament in Sweden, once again moving up to welterweight and knocking out Nordic champion Adolpe Sylva in the semi-finals before beating the 2016 King of the Ring, Alex Bishop, in the title fight. He was named the best boxer of the tournament.[ 17] For his multiple gold-medal performances, local publication Tønsbergs Blad awarded him the Kristinastatuetten given to the Vestfold region's athlete of the year.[ 4]
Srour repeated as national and Nordic champion in 2018.[ 18] [ 19] He won his last national title in 2019, defeating Yusof Mohammed Abid in the finals.[ 20] He also competed at the European Games that summer, which doubled as the 2019 European Championships, losing in his first fight against Eskerkhan Madiev.[ 21]
Amateur results
2011 Nordic Championships in Lahti , Finland (flyweight – youth)[ 22]
Lost to Iyad Snounou (Denmark) 11–13
2011 Pirkka Tournament in Tampere , Finland (light-flyweight – junior)[ 23]
Defeated Dzahar Abuhanov (Finland) 5–0
2011 European Junior Championships in Keszthely , Hungary (light-flyweight)[ 24]
Lost to Vladislav Krasnoshein (Russia) 4–8
2012 Youth National Championships in Moss , Norway (flyweight)[ 25]
Defeated Sahand Lahafdozzian 23–9
2012 Nordic Championships in Stockholm , Sweden (flyweight – youth)[ 26]
Defeated Roni Eho (Finland) RSC3
Lost to Fredrik Jensen (Denmark) 8–19
2012 Pirkka Tournament in Tampere, Finland (flyweight – youth)[ 27]
Lost to Alexey Alayev (Russia) 0–5
2012 Brandenburg Youth Cup in Frankfurt n/Oder , Germany (flyweight)[ 28]
Defeated Michael Montgomery (Canada) 12–8
Lost to Bakhtovar Nazirov (Russia) 9–14
2012 Youth World Championships in Yerevan , Armenia (flyweight)[ 29]
Lost to Tural Ahmadov (Azerbaijan) 12–21
2013 Youth National Championships in Trondheim , Norway (lightweight)[ 30]
Defeated Isak Dyhre 20–9
Defeated Jonas Twang 29–6
2013 European Youth Championships in Rotterdam , Netherlands (lightweight)[ 31]
Lost to Michael McDonagh (Ireland) 1–2
2013 Nordic Championships in Aarhus , Denmark (lightweight – youth)[ 32]
Defeated Muhammed Abdallah (Denmark) 22–16
Defeated Bager Mohammadi (Sweden) 21–19
2013 Mostar International Youth Tournament in Mostar , Bosnia and Herzegovina (lightweight)[ 33]
Lost to Adem Fetahovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0–5
2013 Brandenburg Youth Cup in Frankfurt n/Oder, Germany (lightweight)[ 34]
Lost to Shamil Askerov (Russia) 0–3
2013 Falken Cup in Gävle , Sweden (lightweight)[ 35]
Lost to Salomo N'Tuve (Sweden) 0–3
2014 Youth National Championships in Drammen , Norway (lightweight)[ 36]
Defeated Angelo Bernhard Torres 3–0
Defeated Rolf Olsen 3–0
2014 National Championships in Tønsberg , Norway (lightweight)[ 6]
Defeated Diddi Hugues 3–0
2014 Gee-Bee Tournament in Helsinki , Finland (lightweight B)[ 37]
Defeated Jesse Jouhki (Finland) 3–0
Defeated Juri Jaanissoo (Estonia) 3–0
2014 Ahmet Comert Tournament in Istanbul , Turkey (lightweight)[ 38]
Lost to Hakan Doğan (Turkey) 0–3
2014 Gripen Cup in Söderköping , Sweden (light-welterweight)[ 39]
Defeated Jacob Zschiedrich (Sweden) TKO
Lost to Mohammed al-Maliki (Sweden) 0–3
2014 Tammer Tournament in Tampere , Finland (lightweight)[ 40]
2015 Istvan Bocskai Memorial in Debrecen , Hungary (lightweight)[ 41]
2015 Strandja Memorial in Sofia , Bulgaria (light-welterweight)[ 42]
2015 National Championships in Oslo , Norway (light-welterweight)[ 43]
Defeated Qasim Imtiaz 3–0
Lost to Salavat Khatujev 1–2
2015 Beogradski Pobednik in Belgrade , Serbia (light-welterweight)[ 44]
Defeated Igor Lazarev (Russia) 3–0
Defeated Jason Easton (Scotland) 3–0
2015 Algirdas Socikas Tournament in Kaunas , Lithuania (light-welterweight)[ 45]
Defeated Dmitri Galagot (Moldova) 2–1
Lost to Hassan Amzile (France) 0–3
2015 Haringey Box Cup in London , England (light-welterweight)[ 46]
Defeated Alfie Price (England) 2–1
Defeated Kane Gardner (England) 3–0
Defeated Jacob Gabriel (England) 2–1
2015 European Championships in Samokov , Bulgaria (light-welterweight)[ 47]
Lost to Florentin Niculescu (Romania) 0–3
2015 President's Cup in Erzurum , Turkey (light-welterweight)[ 48]
Defeated Muhammet Onur Kara (Turkey) 3–0
Lost to Elvin Isayev (Azerbaijan) 0–2
2015 HSK Box Cup in Hillerød , Denmark (light-welterweight)[ 49]
Defeated Emil Pettersson (Sweden) 3–0
2015 Angered City Boxing Cup in Gothenburg , Sweden (light-welterweight)[ 50]
Defeated Rickard Loeberg (Sweden) 3–0
Lost to Laziz Sharifov (Sweden) 0–3
2015 Tammer Tournament in Tampere , Finland (light-welterweight)[ 51]
Defeated Sebastian Konsek (Poland) 3–0
Lost to Hovhannes Martirosyan (Belarus) TKO2
2016 Istvan Bocskai Memorial in Debrecen , Hungary (light-welterweight)[ 52]
2016 Strandja Memorial in Sofia , Bulgaria (light-welterweight)[ 53]
Defeated Maeredud Thomas (Wales) 3–0
Lost to Wayne Kelly (Ireland) 0–3
2016 National Championships in Trondheim, Norway (light-welterweight)[ 10]
Defeated Daniel Bakke 3–0
Defeated Kevin Johansen 3–0
Lost to Angelo Bernhard Torres 1–2
2016 Gee-Bee Tournament in Helsinki , Finland (light-welterweight)[ 54]
Defeated Zsolt Osadan (Slovakia) 3–0
Lost to Alfie Price (England) 0–3
2016 Nordic Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden (light-welterweight)[ 55]
Lost to Laziz Sharifov (Sweden) 0–3
2016 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Samsun , Turkey (light-welterweight )[ 56]
2017 National Championships in Tønsberg, Norway (welterweight)[ 57]
Defeated Barzan Palany-Jafi 5–0
Defeated Jamsid Nazari 5–0
Defeated Ruslan Sjidokaev 5–0
2017 European U-22 Championships in Brăila , Romania (light-welterweight)[ 58]
Defeated Samuel Molina (Spain) 5–0
Lost to Lasha Guruli (Georgia) 1–4
2017 Nordic Championships in Gilleleje , Denmark (light-welterweight)[ 59]
Defeated Amin Nuri (Finland) 4–1
Defeated Yohannes Berhane (Sweden) 3–2
2017 European Championships in Kharkiv , Ukraine (light-welterweight)[ 60]
2017 World Championships in Hamburg , Germany (light-welterweight )[ 61]
2017 King of the Ring Tournament in Borås , Sweden (welterweight)[ 62]
Defeated Barzan Palany-Jafi (Norway) 5–0
Defeated Adolpe Sylva (Sweden) KO3
Defeated Alex Bishop (England) 2–1
2018 Strandja Memorial in Sofia, Bulgaria (light-welterweight)[ 63]
2018 National Championships in Oslo, Norway (light-welterweight)[ 64]
Defeated Kevin Groenlund RSC3
Defeated Maikel Gomez 5–0
Defeated Adrian Haug 5–0
2018 Nordic Championships in Oslo, Norway (light-welterweight)[ 19]
Defeated Emil Stor (Sweden) 5–0
Defeated Joonas Koivuranta (Finland) 4–1
2018 Ahmet Comert Tournament in Istanbul , Turkey (light-welterweight)[ 65]
Defeated Harry Garside (Australia) 4–1
Lost to Cengiz Uyumaz (Turkey) 0–5
2018 Tammer Tournament in Tampere, Finland (light-welterweight)[ 66]
Defeated Sugar Ray Ocana (Philippines) KO1
Lost to Wanderson Oliveira (Brazil) 1–4
2018 Golden Gloves in Niš , Serbia (light-welterweight)[ 67]
Defeated Nikola Ristić (Serbia) AB2
Defeated Ivan Atanasov (Bulgaria) 5–0
Lost to Abdelhak Nadir (Morocco) 1–4
2019 Strandja Memorial in Sofia, Bulgaria (light-welterweight)[ 68]
Defeated Dalis Kaleiopu (United States) 5–0
Lost to Aleksei Mazur (Russia) 1–4
2019 National Championships in Norway (welterweight)[ 20]
Defeated Amin Srour WO
Defeated Hadi Mohammadi 5–0
Defeated Yusof Mohammed Abid 5–0
2019 Grand Prix Ústí nad Labem in Ústí nad Labem , Czechia (welterweight B)[ 69]
2019 European Games in Minsk , Belarus (welterweight )[ 70]
Lost to Eskerkhan Madiev (Georgia) 1–4
Professional career
Srour made his professional debut on 3 February 2018, defeating English journeyman Michael Mooney by third-round technical knockout (TKO) in Arendal .[ 71] He finished Artur Zemlianyi in the same fashion a few months later in Oslo .[ 72] In early 2019 he defeated Zoltan Szabo by unanimous decision (UD) to move to 3–0, joining Sauerland Promotions on a three-year deal soon thereafter.[ 73] In his first fight under the Sauerland banner on 17 August 2019, he won a unanimous decision over Russian fighter Evgenii Vazem in Germany.[ 2]
Doping allegations
In September 2019 it was announced he had failed a drug test taken in July when traces of synthetic erythropoietin , also known as EPO, were found in his urine; he was subsequently dropped from the 2019 World Championships by the Norwegian Boxing Federation .[ 74] [ 75] He was accused of taking the "blood booster" following his loss in the European Games and before his professional fight in Germany.[ 76] His only explanation was that he could have accidentally ingested something at Stavernfestivalen , the music festival he attended the day before the test.[ 77]
Anti-Doping Norway recommended a four-year ban from the sport for Srour after he maintained his innocence and refused to confess.[ 78] He appeared before the Norwegian Sports Confederation prosecution committee in September 2020, hiring a team of professors to present an expert report that disputed the positive test results.[ 79] He was finally convicted in November and given the maximum sentence of a four-year ban.[ 80]
Professional boxing record
4 fights
4 wins
0 losses
By knockout
2
0
By decision
2
0
No.
Result
Record
Opponent
Type
Round, time
Date
Location
Notes
4
Win
4–0
Evgenii Vazem
UD
6
17 Aug 2019
Friedrich-Ebert-Halle , Ludwigshafen , Germany
3
Win
3–0
Zoltan Szabo
UD
6
2 Mar 2019
SØR Amfi, Arendal, Norway
2
Win
2–0
Artur Zemlianyi
TKO
3 (4), 2:18
26 May 2018
Skur 13, Oslo , Norway
1
Win
1–0
Michael Mooney
TKO
3 (4), 1:18
3 Feb 2018
SØR Amfi, Arendal , Norway
Personal life
Born in Borgheim , Srour lived in Tønsberg before moving to Oslo for his schooling.[ 81] He is of Lebanese descent.
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