Dejan Zlaticanin

Name: Dejan Zlaticanin
Alias: Dynamite
Hometown: Podgorica, Montenegro
Birthplace: Podgorica, Montenegro
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 163cm
Reach: 165cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: Jose Benavidez Sr. (-2017), Buddy McGirt (2017-)

Amateur Career

• 2001 European Junior Championships quarter-finalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina (57kg):
  • Defeated Abdelkader Kebir (France) 15:8
  • Lost to Murat Khrachev (Russia) 12:20
• 2002 World Junior Championships participant in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (60kg):
  • Lost to Zhenis Nurgozhin (Kazakhstan) RSC 3
• 2003 World Championships participant in Bangkok, Thailand (60kg):
  • Lost to Anton Maksimov (Belarus) 9:19
• 2004 European Championships participant in Pula, Croatia (60kg):
  • Lost to Selcuk Aydin (Turkey) 10:19
• 2005 Mediterranean Games participant in Almeria, Spain (60kg):
  • Lost to Mohamed Beldjord (Algeria) 14:17
• 2006 European Championships quarter-finalist in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (57kg):
  • Defeated Jason Hastie (Scotland) RSC-OS 2
  • Lost to Alexey Shaydulin (Bulgaria) RET 4

Regional & Minor Titles

• WBC Mediterranean lightweight title
• WBC International lightweight title

Career Factoids

• Has a record of 1-1-0 (1 KO's) in world title fights.
• Has a record of 1-1-0 (0 KO's) against former or current world champions.
  • Won against Ricky Burns.
  • Lost against Mikey Garcia.

Preceded by: Jorge Linares Declared Champion in Recess

WBC Lightweight Champion 2016 June 11 – 2017 Jan 28

Succeeded by: Mikey Garcia