Amateur
His boxing-career began at the local BSV Rottweil, where met Theo Kerekesch, a boxing trainer of high regard.
Spotting talent and kinship within each other, hard work developed Krasniqi into a solid, well schooled heavyweight. Once Krasniqi had been granted German citizenship, he entered the Multi-Nations Tournament in Liverpool, England and won the gold medal. He consolidated the success with a gold medal later that year at the German Championships, Berlin.
1995 saw him storming the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships, by taking the silver medal beating Sinan Samil Sam and Wladimir Klitschko – losing only to the one of the best amateur boxers of all times, the Cuban great Félix Savón. Krasniqi ended the year on a roll, taking the Heavyweight Gold in the International Chemie Cup Tournament, Halle.
1996 he added the European Championships with a win over Christophe Mendy.
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