Daisy Lang () (born 4 April 1972 as Desislava Kirova ()) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2004. She is a three division world champion and was the first Bulgarian woman to capture a world title, having held the WIBF super-flyweight, bantamweight, and super-bantamweight titles between 1999 and 2004.
Boxing career
Lang began boxing professionally in February 1996 in Germany. She lived in Düsseldorf and trained in Hamburg, where Universum Box-Promotion was based, she won her first three fights of her career in 1996, two of them by knockout. On 29 November 1997 Daisy lost against Michele Aboro in the six rounds fight. In February 1998, Daisy Lang won the vacant WIBF European Bantamweight title in ten rounds against Krisztina Horvai.
After winning another fight by knockout in round 2, she defended her European championship belt against Anastasia Toktaulova on 27 March 1999. On 17 July of the same year, Lang became world champion with a victory against Gizella Papp in the battle for the vacant WIBF Super Flyweight title.
- Hall of Honors Achievements in Martial Arts&Women Pro Boxing on 04.27.2018 and 2019, Munich.Germany.
- AMAA Martial Arts Ambassador of the year on 06.28.2019, Las Vegas, NV.
- Master Hall of Fame Inductee on 07.27.2019, Costa Mesa, CA.
- Honorary Sign with Ribbon Award on 10.21.2024, Sofia, Bulgaria.
- IWBHF Lifetime Achievement Special Award on 04.05.2025, Las Vegas, NV.
Professional boxing record
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!
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
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|23
|Win
|19–3–1
|align=left| Simone Suciu
|TKO
|4 (8)
|16 Oct 2004
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|-
|22
|Loss
|18–3–1
|align=left| Regina Halmich
|UD
|10
|29 May 2004
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|-
|21
|Win
|18–2–1
|align=left| Mariann Pampuk
|PTS
|8
|2 Mar 2004
|align=left|
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|-
|20
|Loss
|17–2–1
|align=left| Galina Koleva Ivanova
|UD
|10
|15 Nov 2003
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|19
|Win
|17–1–1
|align=left| Silke Weickenmeier
|MD
|10
|10 May 2003
|align=left|
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|-
|18
|Draw
|16–1–1
|align=left| Silke Weickenmeier
|PTS
|10
|18 Jan 2003
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|17
|Win
|16–1
|align=left| Lisa Foster
|UD
|10
|14 Sep 2002
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|16
|Win
|15–1
|align=left| Reka Krempf
|UD
|10
|6 Apr 2002
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|15
|Win
|14–1
|align=left| Michelle Sutcliffe
|TD
|7 (10)
|29 Sep 2001
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|14
|Win
|13–1
|align=left| Nadia Debras
|UD
|10
|27 Jan 2001
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|13
|Win
|12–1
|align=left| Brenda Burnside
|UD
|10
|14 Oct 2000
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|12
|Win
|11–1
|align=left| Oana Jurma
|TKO
|3 (10)
|13 May 2000
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|11
|Win
|10–1
|align=left| Kathy Williams
|UD
|10
|5 Feb 2000
|align=left|
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|-
|10
|Win
|9–1
|align=left| Sonia Pereira
|UD
|10
|23 Oct 1999
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|9
|Win
|8–1
|align=left| Gizella Papp
|KO
|8 (10)
|17 Jul 1999
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|8
|Win
|7–1
|align=left| Anastasia Toktaulova
|UD
|10
|27 Mar 1999
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|7
|Win
|6–1
|align=left| Sandra Podence
|KO
|2 (6)
|30 Jan 1999
|align=left|
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|-
|6
|Win
|5–1
|align=left| Krisztina Horvai
|UD
|10
|3 Oct 1998
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|5
|Win
|4–1
|align=left| Valerie Rangheard
|KO
|4
|14 Feb 1998
|align=left|
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|-
|4
|Loss
|3–1
|align=left| Michele Aboro
|PTS
|6
|29 Nov 1997
|align=left|
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|-
|3
|Win
|3–0
|align=left|Bresda Movotna
|KO
|3 (6)
|29 Aug 1996
|align=left|
|
|-
|2
|Win
|2–0
|align=left| Nathalie Meiss
|PTS
|6
|6 Jul 1996
|align=left|
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|-
|1
|Win
|1–0
|align=left| Darina Chakolaeva
|KO
|3
|27 Feb 1996
|align=left|
|
|-
|}
Filmography
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 2002
| Frogmen Operation Stormbringer
| Anya
|
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2006
| Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
| Svetlana
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2007
| Lords of the Underworld
| Boxing Trainer
|
|-
| Missionary Man
| Biker Girl
|
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2009
| The Gold & the Beautiful
| Reeza
|
|-
| 2015
| DELKA: Stand-Up Tall or Fall
| Nina
| post-production
|-
|2017
|Ashley and Red
|Blue Drop
|1 episode
|-
|2018
|This is Our Christmas
|Ntasha Hipsteiner
|
|}