Nelson Hysa
"The Albanian Eagle"
Bio
Nelson Hysa, "The Albanian Eagle", is one of the most destructive punchers nobody outside the hardcore has properly clocked. Unbeaten in 24 fights with 22 knockouts, he has built a frightening highlight reel — 20 of those stoppages have come inside three rounds, and his last 18 opponents have all been put away early. If you know, you know: this is a man who hits like a freight train.
Make no mistake, the level of opposition is the question mark. Hysa has collected the WBF Intercontinental, WBO European, WBO Global and WBA Gold belts and climbed into the world's top five with the sanctioning bodies, but he has done it against a tier below the elite. At 41 he is also running short on time to land the big night his power has always promised.
That big night may have just arrived. Hysa is the front-runner to share a ring with Tyson Fury in Dublin on August 1, a fellow Queensberry man who has shared rounds with the Gypsy King in sparring. It is the platform of his life — and against a ring-rusty Fury, a puncher like Hysa always carries a chance, however slim.