Christian ‘Coqqos’ Schembri is Malta’s most popular boxer with a significant group of fans following his career and endeavours. He regularly appears on TV, radio, newspapers, and on boxing websites.

Location: Malta
Style: Boxing

Fact File:

• The World Boxing Council have named him the ‘New Arturo Gatti‘ due to his aggressive fighting style.
• Christian is the current UBO Intercontinental Champion and had an official meeting with the Prime Minister of Malta after winning the belt.
• He was involved in a trilogy of fights against former Commonwealth Champion Scott Dixon, winning two of those bouts.
• He is a fully vegan athlete with different restaurants naming dishes after him – The ‘Coqqos Knockdown‘ vegan hamburger and the vegan ‘Team Coqqos Sushi Roll‘.
• An animal lover who adopted a horse and regularly speaks out against animal cruelty.
• He was sent a video from boxing legend Larry Holmes wishing him good luck in his career.
• He has been trained by British legend Henry Wharton (former British, Commonwealth, European champion and 3x World title challenger), and also did some training with the famous Fury boxing family (Peter & Hughie Fury).
• Christian also works as a promoter for some of his own shows.
• When not preparing for his own fights, he also works as a boxing coach to amateur boxers and adults/children wishing to increase their self confidence.
• He proudly flies the flag for Maltese boxing on the global stage.