František Kasanič is a Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 pro boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

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He won the Slovakian International Cruiserweight Title in 2007 after defeating Florin Chidici by TKO in the second round. He successfully defended the title in the same year against countryman Pavol Polakovic.

Also in 2007 Kasanic obtained the International Boxing Council Inter-Continental cruiserweight title after defeating Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 cruiserweight Oliver Rubin.

In 2008 he boxed Marco Huck

Marco Huck

Marco Huck is a German professional boxer of Bosniak origin. He is the current WBO Cruiserweight Champion.Marco started Taekwando and kickboxing at the age of ten...

 for the vacant IBF

IBF

IBF may refer to:*International Boxing Federation is one of several boxing organisations* International Bandy Federation former name of Federation of International Bandy , an international governing body for bandy...

 Inter-Continental cruiserweight title but lost by TKO in the 9th round.

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