Koba Gogoladze

Infobox Boxer

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imagesize=240px
caption=Koba Gogoladze (right) versus Antonio Davis (left)
name=Koba Gogoladze
realname=კობა გოგოლაძე
nickname=The Cobra
weight=Super Featherweight
nationality=flagicon|GeorgiaGeorgian
birth_date=Birth date and age|1972|1|7|mf=y
birth_place=Poti, Georgia
death_date|=
death_place|=
style=Southpaw
total=21
wins=20
losses=1
draws=0
no contests=0
KO=8|

Koba Gogoladze (born January 7 1972 in Poti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti) is a professional boxer from Georgia. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics as a lightweight, losing on points in the quarterfinals to Leonard Doroftei.

Olympic career

*1996 Lightweight competitor at Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States. Results were:
*# First Round — Defeated Ri Chol (North Korea), 17-9
*# Second Round — Defeated Julio Gonzalez Valladares (Cuba), 14-9
*# Quarter Finals — Lost to Leonard Doroftei (Romania), 8-17

Professional career

Gogoladze turned professional in 1998, boxing mainly in England, although he did also fight once in Cyprus (where he won the minor WBF title) and twice in his native Georgia. He took two years off, and moved to the United States, settling in Philadelphia, PA. He faced stiffer competition in the US, finally recording his first loss against Almazbek Raiymkulov. He then faced Scotlands Alex Arthur for the interim WBO title where he was stopped in the 10th round by Arthur

External links

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* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/koba-gogoladze-1.html sports-reference]