Matt Korobov
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| Born | Matvey Georgiyevich Korobov 7 January 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Middleweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 179 cm (70 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matvey Georgiyevich "Matt" Korobov (Матвей Георгиевич Коробов; born 7 January 1983) is a Russian professional boxer who has challenged once for the WBO middleweight title. As an amateur he won consecutive gold medals at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships, and represented the Russian national team at the 2005 Boxing World Cup.
Amateur career
Korobov won the European junior title in 2001.
He became Russian champion in 2003 and 2004 but did not participate in the 2004 Summer Olympics as his country chose to send Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov, who had lost to him but eventually won Olympic gold.
He won the world championships in 2005 against Emilio Correa and the European Championships in 2006, defeating Oleksandr Usyk. He calls his World Cup win over Cuban Yordanis Despaigne the hardest fight of his amateur career, he helped to edge out a 6:5 team win.
In 2005 he was part of the Russian team that won the 2005 Boxing World Cup.[1]
He once again won the world title by easily beating Sergiy Derevyanchenko and dominating Alfonso Blanco in 2007 by a score of PTS 29:4.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he was off-form and was upset in his second bout by Bakhtiyar Artayev. He decided to turn pro afterwards.[2] His record was 300-12.
World Amateur championship results
2005
- Defeated Dzhakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) RSC
- Defeated Jarrod Fletcher (Australia) RSC
- Defeated Darren Sutherland (Ireland) RSCO 3
- Defeated Emilio Correa (Cuba) 49-25
- Defeated Ismail Syllakh (Ukraine) RSCO 2
2007
- Defeated Francy Ntetu (Canada) RSC 3
- Defeated Hamyoun Amiri (Irán) RSCO 3
- Defeated Carlos Góngora (Ecuador) RSCO 3
- Defeated Wang Jianzheng (China) 22-3
- Defeated Sergiy Derevyanchenko (Ukraine) AB 2
- Defeated Alfonso Blanco (boxer) (Venezuela) 29-4
Olympic results
2008
- Defeated Naim Terbunja (Albania) 18-6
- lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev (Kazakhstan) 7-10
Professional boxing record
References
External links
- Boxing record for Matt Korobov from BoxRec (registration required)
- 2001 results
- Interview by Fightnews
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