Multiple-time Latvian boxing champion and European tournament medalist, Francis Rozentāls is one of Latvia’s hottest boxing talents and remains unbeaten as a professional.
Rozentāls built a reputation early in his career by overpowering more experienced opponents. In only his second pro bout at the age of 19, he won against Aleksejs Aboltins, who was 6–0–1 at the time, handing Aboltins his first defeat. He later repeated this against Finland’s Topias Lepo, outboxing the 4–0 prospect over the distance.
Roughly a quarter of Rozentāls’ wins have come by KO, but he more often outpoints opponents. Still, when an opening presents itself he can finish fights, as shown by his first-round knockout of Lithuania’s Robertas Zaburas at a 2025 Fight Night event in Liepāja.
Turning professional in 2019, Rozentāls compiled eight straight victories on the local circuit through 2022. The lone blemish on his record was a draw against Mikhail Kozletinov in early 2022. Notably, he rebounded just a few months later by defeating Juris Zundovskis in May of 2022, earning a clear unanimous decision over four rounds.
After that 2022 victory, Rozentāls’ ascent was interrupted by a serious elbow injury. He stepped away from competition for nearly three years to recover and improve. In early 2025, Rozentāls made a triumphant comeback: he captured a Latvian national title at cruiserweight (also “first heavyweight”) and then in April scored a first-round KO in Liepāja. By that summer, he was back in the spotlight, chosen to headline the “Fight Night Liepāja: Summer Edition 2” open-air event in August of 2025. Rozentāls continues to build on his unbeaten record and has set his sights on testing himself against higher-level international competition.
