Daniel Lapin (born 18 June 1997) is a Polish born Ukrainian professional boxer. He currently competes in the light-heavyweight division.
Amateur career.
Introduced to boxing by his father at the age of 6 Lapin had a decorated amateur career with 290 bouts and winning the European championships. After turning professional, he became the inaugural signing of boxer Oleksandr Usyk's Uysk 17 promotion.
Professional career.
On the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk he defeated fellow Ukrainian Pawel 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 winning on points against Slovakian Jozef Jurko. On the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois in his hometown Wrocław, Lapin stopped German Aro Schwarz in the sixth round to capture the vacant IBO Continental light heavyweight title.
Lapin took part on the undisputed heavyweight title fight Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He knocked out Octavio Pudivitr in the first round.
Returning to Kingdom Arena as part of the undercard for the rematch between Usyk and Fury on 21 December 2024, Lapin defeated Dylan Colin by unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF Intercontinental light-heavyweight title.
He is scheduled to defend the title against Lewis Edmondson at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 19 July 2025.