Daniel Lapin: The Unstoppable Force Dominating Light Heavyweight Boxing

Daniel Lapin is a Ukrainian professional boxer who competes in the light heavyweight division. He was born on June 18, 1997, in Wroclaw, Poland, but grew up in Crimea. He is a Master of Sports of Ukraine, a multiple-time national champion, and a European championship medalist.

Daniel Lapin with Oleksandr Usyk

Early Life and Background

Daniel Serhiyovych Lapin (Ukrainian: Даніель Сергійович Лапін) was born in Poland. Daniel began boxing at the age of six, following in the footsteps of his father, Honored Coach of Ukraine Serhiy Lapin. His entire family has strong ties to the sport of boxing.

Amateur Career

As an amateur, Lapin has fought 290 bouts.

Professional Career

Lapin is part of Oleksandr Usyk’s team and Usyk17 Promotions. He made his professional debut on August 1, 2020. He has had 11 professional fights, winning all of them, with four victories by KO.

Notable Fights and Titles

Daniel Lapin holds the IBO Continental title (since 2023), as well as the WBA Inter-Continental and IBF Inter-Continental titles (both since 2024) in the light heavyweight division. He frequently appears on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk’s fights.

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.
Lapin took part in the undisputed heavyweight title fight Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

On the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Lapin outpointed Lewis Edmondson through 10 rounds. He also beat Dylan Colin via Unanimous Decision.

Ukrainian boxer Lapin won championship title with knockout victory over Germany's Schwartz. Lapin demolished Pudivitr in Riyadh.