Xhevdet Peci

Xhevdet Peci was a Kosovan and formerly Yugoslav heavyweight boxer and coach. With KB Prishtina he was declared champion many times.

Biography

Xhevdet Peci was born on 17 April 1955 in the village Zhazha. He finished the primary school in Mitrovica. He started boxing at the age of 16 for KB Akumulatori from Mitrovica. He then moved to KB Prishtina in 1973–1974. He won five titles there. He won four times the Yugoslavian championship in heavyweight and two times the Balkan championship. Xhevdet Peci ended his career in 1986 after a fight in Podgorica where he beat the Serbian referee after a questionable decision.
He died in 2022 in the United States.