title: Richel Hersisia
text: # Richel Hersisia
  
  Richel Hersisia (born April 28, 1974) is a Dutch former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2009. He is referred to as "The Dutch Sonny Liston" by his fans.
  
  He once held the fringe World Boxing Foundation (WBFo) Heavyweight title, but lost it to Audley Harrison via fourth-round knockout on March 20, 2004 at Wembley Arena in London.
  
  He last fought in September 2008, when he lost a six rounds decision to a returning Ray Mercer in Karlstad, Sweden.
  
  ## Professional boxing record
  
  32 Wins (25 knockouts, 7 decisions), 3 Losses (1 knockout, 2 decisions) :
  
  | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Win | 32–3 | Frank Kary Roth | TKO | 2 | 14/11/2009 | The Hague, Netherlands | |
  | Win | 31–3 | Yaroslav Zavorotnyi | UD | 8 | 26/10/2009 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
  | Loss | 30–3 | Ray Mercer | MD | 6 | 05/09/2008 | Karlstad, Sweden | |
  | Win | 30–2 | Marcos Celestino | TKO | 1 | 29/09/2007 | Soumagne, Liège, Belgium | Won WBF Intercontinental heavyweight title. |
  | Loss | 29–2 | Taras Bydenko | UD | 12 | 30/06/2007 | Stuttgart, Germany | For WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title. |
  | Win | 29–1 | Zurab Noniashvili | RTD | 5 | 17/03/2007 | Stuttgart, Germany | |
  | Win | 28–1 | Adenilson Rodrigues | KO | 2 | 28/10/2006 | Stuttgart, Germany | Rodrigues knocked out at 0:50 of the second round. |
  | Win | 27–1 | Rogerio Lobo | UD | 6 | 14/01/2006 | Aschersleben, Germany | |
  | Win | 26–1 | Ioan Mihai | KO | 2 | 14/10/2005 | Struer, Denmark | Mihai knocked out at 1:50 of the second round. |
  | Win | 25–1 | Vitali Shkraba | KO | 6 | 10/09/2005 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
  | Win | 24–1 | Vlado Szabo | KO | 4 | 09/06/2005 | Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain | |
  | Win | 23–1 | Siarhei Dychkou | TKO | 8 | 06/11/2004 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Won vacant BeNeLux heavyweight title. |
  | Win | 22–1 | Viktor Juhasz | KO | 1 | 16/10/2004 | Halle an der Saale, Germany | Juhasz knocked out at 1:23 of the first round. |
  | Loss | 21–1 | Audley Harrison | KO | 4 | 20/03/2004 | Wembley Arena, London, England | Lost WBF heavyweight title. Hersisia knocked out at 2:00 of the fourth round. |
  | Win | 21–0 | Zoltan Petranyi | TKO | 1 | 11/10/2003 | Willemstad, Curacao | Won Netherlands Kingdom heavyweight title. |
  | Win | 20–0 | Sami Elovaara | UD | 12 | 09/08/2003 | Salzburg, Austria | Retained WBF heavyweight title. |
  | Win | 19–0 | Sandro Abel Vazquez | KO | 9 | 16/05/2003 | The Hague, Netherlands | Won vacant WBF heavyweight title. |
  | Win | 18–0 | Wojciech Bartnik | MD | 8 | 15/03/2003 | Berlin, Germany | |
  | Win | 17–0 | Costel Patriche | TKO | 2 | 14/02/2003 | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | Won vacant Dutch heavyweight title. |
  | Win | 16–0 | Eduardo Andres Sandivares | TKO | 2 | 30/11/2002 | Willemstad, Curacao | Won vacant WBA Fedecentro heavyweight title. |
  | Win | 15–0 | Chris Sirengo | KO | 3 | 11/10/2002 | Thisted, Denmark | |
  | Win | 14–0 | Antoine Palatis | UD | 8 | 23/08/2002 | Skagen, Denmark | |
  | Win | 13–0 | Jean Francis Traore | PTS | 6 | 20/05/2002 | Roeselare, Belgium | |
  | Win | 12–0 | Roger Foe | KO | 3 | 02/05/2002 | Arnhem, Netherlands | |
  | Win | 11–0 | Istvan Kecskes | TKO | 4 | 01/04/2002 | Ghent, Belgium | |
  | Win | 10–0 | Marcelo Ferreira dos Santos | KO | 4 | 01/03/2002 | Give, Denmark | |
  | Win | 9–0 | Emmanuel Nwodo | TKO | 3 | 18/01/2002 | Thisted, Denmark | |
  | Win | 8–0 | Thierry Guezouli | TKO | 3 | 09/11/2001 | Odense, Denmark | |
  | Win | 7–0 | Cătălin Zmărăndescu | TKO | 5 | 12/10/2001 | Herning, Denmark | |
  | Win | 6–0 | Piotr Jurczyk | PTS | 6 | 07/07/2001 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
  | Win | 5–0 | Drazen Ordulj | KO | 3 | 09/06/2001 | Kolobrzeg, Poland | |
  | Win | 4–0 | Frantisek Vasak | TKO | 2 | 19/05/2001 | Cologne, Germany | |
  | Win | 3–0 | Boris Mamic | TKO | 3 | 20/04/2001 | Ronne, Denmark | |
  | Win | 2–0 | Sandor Bacsko | KO | 1 | 16/03/2001 | Lemvig, Denmark | |
  | Win | 1–0 | Laszlo Pataki | TKO | 1 | 25/02/2001 | Wassenaar, Netherlands | |
  