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Matvey Korobov Personal information Full name Матвей Георгиевич Коробов Nickname(s) "Matt" Nationality 
RussiaBorn January 7, 1983
Orotukan, MagadanHeight 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 75 kilograms (170 lb) Sport Sport Boxing Rated at Middleweight Club Russian Army Sports Club Medal recordWorld Amateur Championships Gold 2005 Mianyang Middleweight Gold 2007 Chicago Middleweight European Amateur Championships Gold 2006 Plovdiv Middleweight World Cup Gold 2005 Moscow Middleweight Matvey Georgiyevich Korobov (Russian: Матвей Георгиевич Коробов, b. January 7, 1983 in Orotukan, Magadan Oblast) is a Russian professional boxer best known for winning the middleweight amateur world title in 2005 and 2007, and being a part of the Russian team at the 2005 Boxing World Cup.
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Amateur career
Southpaw Korobov, who is famous for his work ethics, won the European junior title in 2001.
He became Russian champ 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.
Afterwards he completely dominated his weight class internationally. 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]
At the Chemiepokal 2006 he beat Asian champ Elshod Rasulov.
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)(2pac) 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 (Sweden) 18-6
- lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev 7:10
References
External links
World Amateur Boxing Champions in Men's Middleweight 1974 – 2011: up to 75 kg 1974: Rufat Riskiyev (URS) • 1978: José Gómez (CUB) • 1982: Bernardo Comas (CUB) • 1986: Darrin Allen (USA) • 1989: Andrey Kurniavka (URS) • 1991: Tommasso Russo (ITA) • 1993: Ariel Hernández (CUB) • 1995: Ariel Hernández (CUB) • 1997: Zsolt Erdei (HUN) • 1999: Utkirbek Haydarov (UZB) • 2001: Andrey Gogolev (RUS) • 2003: Gennady Golovkin (KAZ) • 2005: Matvey Korobov (RUS) • 2007: Matvey Korobov (RUS) • 2009: Abbos Atoev (UZB) · 2011: Evhen Khytrov (UKR)
Categories:- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Russia
- Russian boxers
- 1983 births
- Middleweight boxers
- Living people
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