Fabiana Bytyqi


Fabiana Bytyqi is a Czech professional boxer of Kosovan descent. She held the WBC female atomweight title from 2018 to 2024. Bytyqi is the first female boxer from the Czech Republic to win a major world title.
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Career

Early career

Fabiana Bytyqi made her professional debut on 7 March 2015 at the Maritim Hotel in Magdeburg, Germany against Andrea Jenei. Bytyqi won the fight by technical knockout. Bytyqi won her next five fights before being booked to face Teodora Bacheva for the vacant WBC Youth female minimumweight title. The title bout took place on 5 March 2016, at the Home Monitoring Aréna in Plzeň, Czech Republic. She won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring it 96–94 in her favor. Bytyqi faced Teodora Bacheva in an immediate rematch in her first title defense, which took place 25 June 2022. Bacheva retired from the fight at the end of the seventh round. Bytyqi made her second title defense against Halima Vunjabei on 19 November 2016. She won the fight by a dominant unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 99–91 and one scorecard of 100–90.
Bytyqi faced Evgeniya Zablotskaya in a non-title bout on 11 March 2017. She won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 99–93, 98–92 and 98–92. Six months later, on 30 September 2017, Bytyqi faced Luisana Bolívar in her third and final WBC Youth title defense. She retained her title by unanimous decision, with scores of 98–93, 97–93 and 96–94. Bytyqi would next face Fatuma Yazidu for the vacant WBC Silver female minimumweight title on 2 December 2017. She captured her second professional regional title by a second-round technical knockout.

WBC Atomweight champion

On 5 September 2018, it was revealed that Bytyqi would face the once defeated Denise Castle for the vacant WBC atomweight title. Castle entered the bout following a four-year long absence from the sport of boxing, with her sole loss coming against Momo Koseki in her first WBC title fight. The fight took place at the Sportcentrum Sluneta in Ústí nad Labem, on 22 September 2018. She won the fight by unanimous decision, with two judges awarding her a 100–90 scorecard, while the third judge awarded her a 99–91 scorecard. Bytyqi became the first female boxer from the Czech Republic to win a major world title.
After obtaining her first world title, Bytyqi made her first title defense on 6 April 2019 against Soledad Vargas at the same venue in which she captured the belt, the Sportcentrum Sluneta in Ústí nad Labem. Bytyqi managed to defend her crown by split decision draw after 10 rounds against the Mexican boxer. Judge Ondrej Holubek scored the bout 97–96 for Bytyqi, judge Esa Lehtosaari scored the bout 98–93 for Vargas, while judge Jan Teleki scored it as an even 95–95 draw. Both fighters stated their desire for a rematch.
Bytyqi made her second championship defense against the six-time world title challenger Ana Arrazola on 30 November 2019, at the Sportovni Hala Kladno in Kladno, Czech Republic. She retained her title by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 96–94 and one scorecard of 97–93.
Bytyqi faced Claudia Ferenczi in a non-title bout on 25 September 2020. She won the fight by unanimous decision. Bytyqi went on to fight in three more non-title bouts: she beat Judit Hachbold by unanimous decision on 27 February 2021, Fara El Bousairi by majority decision on 2 October 2021, and Ivanka Ivanova by unanimous decision on 5 March 2022.
Bytyqi made her second WBC atomweight title defense against Elizabeth Lopez Corzo on 29 July 2022, nearly three years after her previous championship defense happened. The bout took place at the Palestra "Bill Clinton" in Ferizaj, Kosovo. The fight was ruled a split decision draw, with one scorecard of 97–94 in her favor and one scorecard of 97–96 for her opponent. The third judge scored the bout a 96–96 draw. Bytyqi won a rematch with Lopez Corzo held at Sono Centrum, Brno, Czech Republic on 15 April 2023 by unanimous decision.
Bytyqi lost her title to Tina Rupprecht via unanimous decision in a fight at Verti Music Hall, Friedrichshain, Germany on 13 January 2024.

IBF Atomweight title challenge

Bytyqi was scheduled to challenge IBF female atomweight World champion Sumire Yamanaka at Olympiastuetzpunkt, Heidelberg in Germany on 23 November 2024. The bout was cancelled after Bytyqi collapsed due to dehydration on the day of the weigh-in.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
27Loss22–3–2Francesca HennessyUD1029 Nov 2025 Vaillant Live, Derby, England For vacant WBC International female bantamweight title
26Loss22–2–2Seren CetinUD1012 Sep 2025 Orka World Hotel, Fethiye, Turkey
25Win22–1–2Jane KavulaniUD627 Apr 2025Lucerna Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
24Win21–1–2Judit HachboldUD63 Aug 2024Letni Kino, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
23Loss20–1–2Tina RupprechtUD1013 Jan 2024Verti Music Hall, Friedrichshain, GermanyLost WBC female atomweight title
22WinElizabeth Lopez CorzoUD1015 Apr 2023Sono Centrum, Brno, Czech RepublicRetained WBC female atomweight title
21Draw19–0–2Elizabeth Lopez CorzoSD1029 Jul 2022Retained WBC female atomweight title
20Win19–0–1Ivanka IvanovaUD65 Mar 2022Sono Centrum, Brno, Czech Republic
19Win18–0–1Fara El Bousairi62 Oct 2021Hotel Větruše, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
18Win17–0–1Judit HachboldUD627 Feb 2021Hotel Větruše, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
17Win16–0–1Claudia FerencziUD825 Sep 2020Sportcentrum Sluneta, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
16Win15–0–1Ana ArrazolaUD1030 Nov 2019Sportovni Hala Kladno, Kladno, Czech RepublicRetained WBC female atomweight title
15Draw14–0–1Soledad Vargas106 Apr 2019Sportcentrum Sluneta, Ústí nad Labem, Czech RepublicRetained WBC female atomweight title
14Win14–0Denise CastleUD1022 Sep 2018Sportcentrum Sluneta, Ústí nad Labem, Czech RepublicWon vacant WBC female atomweight title
13Win13–0Teona PirosmanashviliTKO1, 0:409 Jun 2018Kohlrabizirkus, Leipzig, Germany
12Win12–0Fatuma YaziduTKO2, 1:502 Dec 2017Sportcentrum Sluneta, Ústí nad Labem, Czech RepublicWon vacant WBC Silver female mini-flyweight title
11Win11–0Luisana BolívarUD1030 Sep 2017Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, GermanyRetained WBC Youth female mini-flyweight title
10Win10–0Evgeniya ZablotskayaUD1011 Mar 2017Královka Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
9Win9–0Halima VunjabeiUD1019 Nov 2016Grandhotel Pupp, Karlovy Vary, Czech RepublicRetained WBC Youth female mini-flyweight title
8Win8–0Teodora Bacheva7, 2:0025 Jun 2016Sportcentrum Sluneta, Ústí nad Labem, Czech RepublicRetained WBC Youth female mini-flyweight title
7Win7–0Teodora BachevaUD105 Mar 2016Home Monitoring Aréna, Plzeň, Czech RepublicWon vacant WBC Youth female mini-flyweight title
6Win6–0Claudia FerencziUD69 Jan 2016Maritim Hotel, Berlin, Germany
5Win5–0Teodora Bacheva614 Nov 2015Anhalt Arena, Dessau, Germany
4Win4–0Maribel de SousaUD612 Sep 2015Sportcentrum Sluneta, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
3Win3–0Gloria Vasileva613 Jun 2015Hospůdka Eden, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
2Win2–0Agnes DraxlerTKO2, 1:4011 Apr 2015Sportcentrum Sluneta, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
1Win1–0Andrea Jenei4, 1:487 Mar 2015Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, Germany