Matvey Korobov
Name: Matt Korobov
Birth Name: Matvey Korobov
Born: 1983-01-07 (Age:29)
Birthplace: Orotukan, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Hometown: Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 5′ 11″ / 180cm
Reach: 70½″ / 179cm
Boxing Record: click
Trainer: Dan Birmingham
Manager: Cameron Dunkin
Matvey Korobov, as a Russian amateur boxer, was best known for winning the World amateur title at middleweight in 2005 and 2007. He won a European junior title in 2001. He didn't participate in the 2004 Olympic Games, because Russia sent Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov, who eventually won the Gold Medal. Thereafter, he dominated his weight class, winning the world championship in 2005 and 2007, as well as the European championship in 2006. Korobov represented Russia at the 2008 Olympic Games.
After the 2008 Games, he turned professional.
Olympic Results
2008
- Defeated Naim Terbunja (Sweden) 18-6
- Lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev (Kazakhstan) 7-10
World amateur championship results
2005
- Defeated Dzhakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) RSC
- Defeated Jarrod Fletcher (Australia) RSC
- Defeated Darren Sutherland (Ireland) RSCO 3
- Defeated Emilio Correa Jr. (Cuba) 49-25
- Defeated Ismayl Sillakh (Ukraine) RSCO 2
2007
- Defeated Francy Ntetu (Canada) RSC 3
- Defeated Hamyoun Amiri (Iran) RSCO 3
- Defeated Carlos Gongora (Ecuador) RSCO 3
- Defeated Wang Jianzheng (China) 22-3
- Defeated Sergiy Derevyanchenko (Ukraine) AB 2
- Defeated Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 29-4
