Cédric Vitu (born August 18, 1985) is a French professional boxer. He held the European light middleweight title between 2015 and 2017, the European Union light middleweight title between 2011 and 2012, and challenged for the WBA light middleweight title in 2018.
Professional career Vitu first challenged for the EBU title on 2012, facing the undefeated Sergey Rabchenko in Manchester on the undercard of Ricky Hatton's comeback bout against Vyacheslav Senchenko. Rabchenko, promoted by Hatton, prevailed on a split decision.
In June 2015, Vitu got another shot at the EBU title against Orlando Fiordigiglio in Brescia. He won the title beating Fiordigiglio by technical knockout in round 11. Back in France, Vitu retained his belt against Roberto Santos in December 2015 and Ruben Varon in March 2016. He was named European Boxer of the Year by the EBU in June 2016. Vitu notched another successful defense against Isaac Real in January 2017. In May, he fought in an IBF title eliminator against Marcello Matano. Vitu defeated Matano with a round 10 TKO, becoming the mandatory challenger to IBF champion, Jarrett Hurd. Following his win, Vitu vacated the EBU title.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes53DrawOgnjen RaukovicMD627 Nov 202152Win48–4Konstantin AleksandrovUD63 Jul 202151Loss47–4Michel SoroTKO5 (12), 15 Nov 201950Win47–3Predrag CvetkovicUD621 Dec 201849Loss46–3Brian CastañoTKO12 (12), 10 Mar 201848Win46–2Marcello MatanoTKO10 (12), 18 May 201747Win45–2Isaac RealUD1221 Jan 201746Win44–2Ruben VaronTKO4 (12), 12 Mar 201645Win43–2Roberto SantosMD1217 Dec 201544Win42–2Orlando FiordigiglioTKO11 (12), 13 Jun 201543Win41–2Davit RibakoniUD613 Feb 201542Win40–2Kobe VandekerkhoveUD615 Nov 201441Win39–2Artem KarasevUD63 Oct 201440Win38–2Laurent FerraUD615 May 201439Win37–2Renat SamedovTKO3 (6)29 Mar 201438Win36–2Andreas ReimerPTS620 Apr 201337Loss35–2Sergey RabchenkoSD1224 Nov 201236Win35–1Sergei MelisTKO5 (8)26 May 201235Win34–1Mounir GuebbasUD65 Apr 201234Win33–1Konstantins SakaraUD624 Nov 201133Win32–1Kai KauramakiTKO7 (12)18 Jun 201132Win31–1Mehdi NekaiesUD104 Mar 201131Win30–1Ionut TrandafirPTS64 Feb 201130Win29–1Christophe CanclauxUD104 Dec 201029Win28–1Nicolas GuissetUD106 Mar 201028Win27–1Domingos Nascimento MonteiroTKO3 (6)18 Dec 200927Win26–1Bertrand SouleyrasTKO6 (6)4 Dec 200926Win25–1Georges PrestotUD69 Jun 200925Win24–1Gogi KnezevicKO11 (12)4 Apr 200924Win23–1Florin BogdanTKO5 (8)5 Mar 200923Win22–1Marius RacaruTKO1 (8)30 Jan 200922Win21–1Hakim RouassiPTS613 Dec 200821Win20–1Raul AsencioPTS815 Nov 200820Win19–1Raul SaizTKO1 (6)21 Oct 200819Loss18–1Hamlet PetrosyanMD1217 May 200818Win18–0Eugenio MonteiroTKO2 (6)4 Apr 200817Win17–0Mugurel SebePTS67 Mar 200816Win16–0Boubacar SidibeTKO2 (6)16 Feb 200815Win15–0János PetrovicsPTS67 Dec 200714Win14–0Mugurel SebePTS616 Nov 200713Win13–0Eugen StanPTS630 Oct 200712Win12–0Yacine ChouaouUD629 May 200711Win11–0Anthony SomarribaPTS631 Mar 200710Win10–0Miroslav DickyPTS623 Feb 20079Win9–0Alassane CoulibalyRTD4 (6)30 Jan 20078Win8–0Assad YounesPTS615 Dec 20067Win7–0Lubomir WejsTKO3 (6)17 Nov 20066Win6–0Rumen KostovTKO3 (4)17 Jun 20065Win5–0Robert BlazoPTS43 Jun 20064Win4–0Stefan DimitrovTKO2 (4)19 May 20063Win3–0Christian MarquettePTS411 Mar 20062Win2–0Faisal BahacheTKO3 (4)4 Feb 20061Win1–0Larbi Ben MahmoudPTS417 Dec 2005
References