Norair Mikaelian
"Noel Gevor Mikaelyan"
Division: cruiserWeight
Nationality: Armenia
Hometown: Miami, Florida, USA
Birth Date: 1990-09-18
Height: 6.3 cm
Reach: 75 cm
Stance: orthodox
Professional Record
28
Wins
(12 by KO)3
Losses
(0 by KO)0
Draws
31
Total Fights
Biography
Norair Mikaelian (born 18 September 1990), better known as Noel Gevor Mikaelian, is an Armenian-born German professional boxer who competes in the cruiserweight division. Born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union, Mikaelian turned professional in 2011 and is a two-time WBC cruiserweight world champion.
Mikaelian enjoyed an unbeaten start to his professional career, capturing the WBO International cruiserweight title before challenging top contenders such as Krzysztof Włodarczyk and Mairis Briedis in closely contested bouts. After rebuilding his career, he won the WBC International cruiserweight title and earned a long-awaited shot at the world championship.
In November 2023, Mikaelian stopped Ilunga Makabu to claim the vacant WBC cruiserweight world title, becoming Germany's newest world champion. He lost the belt by majority decision to Badou Jack in May 2025 but regained the title seven months later with a unanimous decision victory in their rematch, becoming a two-time WBC cruiserweight champion.
Fight History
12/13/25 vs. Badou Jack, W-UD, 12/12
05/03/25 vs. Badou Jack, L-MD, 12/12
11/04/23 vs. Ilunga Junior Makabu, W-TKO, 3/12
02/12/22 vs. Youri Kayembre Kalenga, W-UD, 12/12
12/12/20 vs. Jesse Bryan, W-TKO, 4/10
06/15/19 vs. Isossa Mondo, W-UD, 8/8
11/10/18 vs. Mairis Briedis, L-UD, 12/12
09/09/17 vs. Alex Thomas, W-UD, 10/10
05/20/17 vs. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, L-SD, 12/12
10/14/16 vs. Stephen Simmons, W-SD, 12/12
05/07/16 vs. Cristian Javier Medina, W-UD, 10/10
01/09/16 vs. Valery Brudov, W-UD, 10/10
09/05/15 vs. Daniel Alejandro Sanabria, W-UD, 10/10
07/18/15 vs. Lukasz Rusiewicz, W-UD, 8/8
04/25/15 vs. Mohamed Azzaoui, W-KO, 5/8
02/21/15 vs. Alejandro Emilio Valori, W-UD, 8/8
12/13/14 vs. Tamas Polster, W-TKO, 5/8
09/27/14 vs. Tamas Lodi, W-TKO, 7/10
08/16/14 vs. Ismail Abdoul, W-UD, 8/8
06/07/14 vs. Bela Juhasz, W-KO, 2/8
05/03/14 vs. Gogita Gorgiladze, W-UD, 10/10
01/25/14 vs. Loris Emiliani, W-KO, 7/8
11/23/13 vs. Sandro Siproshvili, W-PTS, 8/8
06/08/13 vs. Juan Manuel Garay, W-UD, 6/6
03/16/13 vs. Viktor Szalai, W-TKO, 4/6
02/22/13 vs. Slavomir Selicky, W-TKO, 1/6
07/07/12 vs. Michal Bilak, W-PTS, 6/6
05/11/12 vs. Marko Angermann, W-RTD, 2/6
09/03/11 vs. Rushid Sevim, W-TKO, 2/4
07/15/11 vs. Vaclav Fiala, W-TKO, 1/4
05/27/11 vs. Adam Gadajew, W-PTS, 4/4