Daniel Sergejewitsch Lapin

Daniel Serhiyovych Lapin (Ukrainian: Даніель Сергійович Лапін; born 18 June 1997) is a Polish-born Ukrainian professional boxer. At regional level, he held multiple light-heavyweight championships.

Early life Lapin was born in Wrocław, Poland, and raised in Simferopol, Crimea. He was introduced to boxing by his father, boxing coach Serhiy Lapin, at the age of six.

Amateur career Following the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, Lapin stated that his amateur career was severely disrupted, saying that he refused to compete under the Russian flag and that the occupation "broke" his amateur development.

Lapin had a decorated amateur career with 290 bouts and won the European championships. After turning professional he became a member of Oleksandr Usyk's training team and was the inaugural signing of Usyk17 Promotions.

Professional career On the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk, he defeated fellow Ukrainian Pavlo Martyniuk in the opening fight on the card. He also featured on the rematch card Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua II at the Jeddah Superdome. Once again he won on points against Slovakian Jozef Jurko. On the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois in his hometown Wrocław, Lapin stopped German Aro Schwarz in the sixth round to capture the vacant IBO Continental light heavyweight title. While training alongside Oleksandr Usyk in Spain during preparations for Usyk's heavyweight title bouts, Lapin described the camps as highly disciplined environments in which phones and social media were heavily restricted in order to maintain mental focus.

Returning to Kingdom Arena as part of the undercard for the rematch between Usyk and Fury on 21 December 2024, Lapin defeated Dylan Colin by unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF Intercontinental light-heavyweight title.

He defended the title against Lewis Edmondson at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 19 July 2025. Lapin won the bout via majority decision (95–95, 96–94, 96–94).

He was scheduled to face Troy Jones at Co-op Live Arena in Manchester on 1 November 2025, but withdrew from the fight due to injury.

Lapin returned to action with a first round knockout win over Kristaps Bulmeistars at Equides Club in Lisnyky, Ukraine, on 21 March 2026.

In May 2026, Lapin was announced to face Benjamin Mendes Tani as part of the undercard for the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven crossover event held on 23 May in Giza, Egypt. He was knocked to the canvas three times in the fourth round before the referee stepped in to stop the contest following the third knockdown, handing Lapin his first defeat as a professional boxer.

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