Matvey Korobov
Matvey Korobov Georgijewitsch (Russian Матвей Георгиевич Коробов; born January 7, 1983 in Orotukan, Magadan Oblast, Soviet Union ) is a Russian amateur boxer. He is the world champion of 2005 and 2007 in the middleweight division.
Amateur career
The southpaw Korobov began in 1991 at the age of eight years with the boxes. In 1999 he won at the Cadet European Championship (U -17) in Baku the welterweight title. In 2001 he was European Junior champion in the light middleweight division as well as 2002 and 2003 Military World Champion in Sarajevo. Participation in the 2004 Olympics he was denied, however, because of his more experienced Gaidarbek Gaidarbekow was still preferred.
2005 Korobov took part in the Amateur World Championships in Mianyang (China) and won the middleweight title. He defeated Dschachan Kurbanov of Tajikistan, Jarrod Fletcher from Australia and Darren Sutherland each prematurely, before the semi-final he had to go the full distance to clearly qualify end up with 49 to 25 points for the final against Cuban Emilio Correa. There he reached against Ismail Sillach from Ukraine in the second round of a twenty -point lead and was thus by RSC OS Crash ( Referee Stoppage due to apparent superiority ) sovereign world champion.
In 2006, Korobov in 2006 in Plovdiv European champions, he suggested there Donatas Bondorovas from Lithuania, Poland Sebastian Rzadkiewicz from each prematurely and Savaş Kaya from Turkey on points 38:14. In the semifinals, he defeated the Ukrainian Aleksander Usik by demolition in the third round and the finals Rachib Baylarow (Azerbaijan ) with 37 to 16 points.
At the 2007 World Championships in Chicago Korobov finally defended sovereign his title with wins over Francy Ntetu from Canada ( demolition third round ), Hamyoun Amiri of Iran ( demolition third round ), Carlos Góngora of Ecuador ( demolition third round ), Wang Jianzheng from China ( 22:3 ), Serhiy Derewjantschenko from Ukraine (abort second round ) and Alfonso Blanco from Venezuela ( 29:4 ).
The World Championships also served as a qualifier for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing where Matvey Korobov started as reigning world champion as the clear favorite for the gold medal in the middleweight division. He also won his first fight against the starting for Sweden Naim Terbunja by points ( 18:6 ). But In the second round he had against the Olympic champion from 2004 welterweight Baqtijar Artajew from Kazakhstan a point defeat ( 7:10 ) accept, which he left early and just finished a disappointing ninth place.
Professional career
After the Olympics, he signed a professional contract with Bob Arum promotion company " Top Rank " in the United States, where his parents and his brother have been living since 1998. His first fight is scheduled for 1 November 2008.