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Wladimir Klitschko

2012-06-16T18:24:10Z

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[[file:Klitschkobeltsupdated.png|300px|left|Klitschko with his WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO & Ring Magazine belts]]
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'''Trainers:''' [[Fritz Sdunek]] and [[Emanuel Steward]]
==World Title Factoids & Statistics==
'''Wladimir Klitschko''' is a 4 Time Heavyweight Champion, two-time [[WBO]] Champion and the current [[WBA]] (Super), [[IBF]], WBO, [[IBO]] & Ring Magazine Heavyweight Champion. He is the younger brother of former [[WBO]] and current [[WBC]] Heavyweight Champion [[Vitali Klitschko]].
* He is overall the 6th [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_reigning_heavyweight_champions| longest reigning heavyweight champion of all time] with the third most consecutive title defenses. He is historically the longest reigning Heavyweight Champion for the IBF, WBO & IBO Heavyweight Titles of both in measurements of defenses and time.
* After Wladimir's win over [[David Haye]] in July 2, 2011, all the major Heavyweight Belts were simultaneously owned by the Klitschko family.
* Wladimir and his brother Vitali are the first brothers to hold all Heavyweight titles at the same time.

==Amateur Highlights==
*1993 Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the Junior European Championships in Saloniki, Greece. Results:
**Defeated [[I. Fakazde]] (Georgia) RSC-1
**Defeated [[Valentin Savescu]] (Romania) RSC-2
**Defeated [[Serguei Lopatinski]] (Russia) PTS (5-2)
*1994 Heavyweight Silver Medalist at the Junior World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Results:
**Defeated [[Konstantin Onofrei]] (Romania) PTS (14-5)
**Defeated [[Rustan Tuzsenchanov]] (Kazakhstan) PTS (11-9)
**Defeated [[Andrei Kambarov]] (Russia) PTS (8-4)
**Lost to [[Michel Lopez]] (Cuba) PTS (2-7)
[[file:WKlitschko1996.jpg|right|thumb|Wladimir Klitschko at the 1996 Olympics]]
*1995 World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Results:
**Defeated [[Igor Kschinin]] (Russia) RSCI-2
**Defeated [[Jan Bezvoda]] (Czech Republic) PTS (2-0)
**Lost to [[Luan Krasniqi]] (Germany) PTS (2-6)
*1995 Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the Military World Championships in Ariccia, Italy. Results:
**Defeated [[Song-Geoi Jang]] (North Korea) PTS (14-2)
**Defeated [[Igor Kshinin]] (Russia) RSC-2
**Defeated [[Sinan Samil Sam]] (Turkey) PTS (12-2)
**Defeated [[Luan Krasniqi]] (Germany) PTS (13-12)
*1996 Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist at the European Championships in Vejle, Denmark. Results:
**Defeated [[Sean Murphy]] (Ireland) DQ-2
**Defeated [[Adaliat Mamedov]] (Azerbijian) RSC-3
**Defeated [[Attila Levin]] (Sweden) PTS (7-0)
**Lost to [[Alexei Lezin]] (Russia) PTS (1-6)
*1996 Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist for the Ukraine at the 1996 [[Olympics]] in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Results:
**Defeated [[Lawrence Clay-Bey]] (United States) PTS (10-8)
**Defeated [[Attila Levin]] (Sweden) RSC-1
**Defeated [[Alexei Lezin]] (Russia) PTS (4-1)
**Defeated [[Paea Wolfgramm]] (Tonga) PTS (7-3)

'''Complete Amateur Record:''' 134 wins (65 inside the distance) and 6 losses
== External Link ==

[http://www.klitschko.com/ Klitschko Brothers Official Website] 
'''[[:Category:Wladimir Klitschko Gallery|Wladimir Klitschko Gallery]]'''

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Chris Byrd]]|
title=[[WBO Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Corrie Sanders]]|
years=2000 Oct 14 – 2003 Mar 8
}}
{{Incumbent succession box|
before=[[Chris Byrd]]|
title=[[IBF Heavyweight Champion]]|
start=2006 Apr 22|
}}
{{Incumbent succession box|
before=[[Lennox Lewis]] Retired|
title=[[IBO Heavyweight Champion]]|
start=2006 Apr 22|
}}
{{Incumbent succession box|
before=[[Sultan Ibragimov]]|
title=[[WBO Heavyweight Champion]]|
start=2008 Feb 23|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[David Haye]] Lost bid for Super Championship|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2011 Jul 2 – present '''Super Champion'''
}}
{{end box}}

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[[Category:1996 Olympians]]
[[Category:Ukrainian Olympians]]
[[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Ukrainian World Champions]]
[[Category:NABF Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:NABO Heavyweight Champions]]

Hrachik Javakhyan

2012-05-17T23:07:04Z

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'''Hrachik Javakhyan''' (born on July 6, 1984) is an Armenian lightweight boxer best known for winning silver at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Plovdiv and reaching the semifinals of the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. Javakhyan is the first Armenian boxer to win an Olympic medal in boxing for Armenia as an independent country, taking a bronze.

== Amateur career ==
In the semifinal of the Euros 2006 he beat Belarussian [[Vazgen Safaryants]], in the final he lost to Russian Olympic Gold medallist [[Aleksei Tishchenko]].

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he qualified for the Olympics by reaching the quarterfinas.

== Olympic games results ==
'''2008''' (as a lightweight)
*Defeated [[Rasheed Lawal]] (Nigeria) 12-0
*Defeated [[Jong Sub-Baik]] (South Korea) walk-over
*Lost to [[Aleksei Tishchenko]] (Russia) 5-10

== World amateur championships results ==
'''2005''' (as a lightweight)
*Lost to [[Ibrahim Kamal]] (Canada) 18-29

'''2007''' (as a lightweight)
*Defeated [[Aivars Romanovskis]] (Latvia) 17-14
*Defeated [[Sadam Ali]] (United States) 20-16
*Defeated [[Genebert Basadre]] (Philippines) 17-6
*Lost to [[Domenico Valentino]] (Italy) 12-27

'''2009''' (as a lightweight)
*Defeated [[Simeon Bunarzhizh]] (Bulgaria) 11-1
*Lost to [[Éverton Lopes]] (Brazil) 3-10

{{DEFAULTSORT:Javakhyan, Hrachik}}
[[Category:Olympic Bronze Medalists]]
[[Category:Armenian Boxers]]
[[Category:Armenian Olympians]]
[[Category:2008 Olympians]]

Jimmy Bivins vs. Anton Christoforidis (3rd meeting)

2012-04-28T20:41:22Z

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*Rubber match

*In the first fight, Christoforidis lost, ending an 8 win winning streak.
**Christoforidis: "I won that fight; it was strictly a hometown decision."

*A rematch took place a month later. Christoforidis won a 10-round decision to avenge the previous defeat. All these fights in America took place in 1940.

Wladimir Klitschko

2012-04-11T01:33:47Z

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Jake LaMotta vs. Danny Nardico

2012-04-07T16:05:31Z

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*Reported to have been the first professional boxing match fought in Florida televised to a national audience.
*Commentator at the beginning of the seventh round: "... and Jake has slowed up almost to a whop."
*LaMotta was knocked down for the first and only time in his career in the 7th round.
*After LaMotta got up, Nardico beat him against a corner until the bell rang.
*LaMotta's corner stopped the bout between the 7th and 8th rounds.
*YouTube video of bout: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta3GFGc250E]

Marcel Cerdan vs. Jake LaMotta

2012-04-07T01:10:02Z

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[[File:Jake n Joe.JPG|right|thumb|400px|LaMotta is declared the winner.]]
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* Cerdan was knocked down in the 1st round by a left hook
* LaMotta won the first round, but Cerdan took the second and the third was even.
* After the 9th round Cerdan retired with an injured shoulder, which was apparently damaged in the knockdown
* LaMotta damaged his left hand in the fifth round, but even in the ninth round he landed 104 blows, whereas Cerdan was scarcely throwing a punch.

Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta (1st meeting)

2012-04-07T01:05:04Z

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[[File:F23964.JPG|right|thumb|400px|LaMotta (left) & Robinson]]
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*Robinson down in the first round.

Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta (5th meeting)

2012-04-07T01:04:12Z

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<fight>23996</fight>

*Promoter: Jack Kearns
*Attendance: 14,755
*Gate: $74,434

*Ray (Sugar) Robinson, New York, leading welterweight contender, staged a terrific 12th round rally last night at Comiskey Park, home of the White Sox, to gain a narrow split-decision win over Jolting Jake LaMotta. '''Source:The Lima News, OH (UP)'''

*The crowd of 14,755 booed the decision, presumably because Robinson elected to fight cautiously in the last three rounds and backpedalled most of the way In the closing sessions. '''Source:The Bradford Era, PA (AP)'''

*LaMotta rallied furiously in the 9th, 10th, and 11th rounds.

*"This was the toughest fight I've ever had with LaMotta." - Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta (3rd meeting)

2012-04-07T01:01:25Z

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*Robinson was down in the 7th round for a nine count.

*Robinson: "He really hurt me with a left in the seventh round. I was a little dazed and decided to stay on the deck.."

*It was a polished performance for Robinson, who outboxed LaMotta most of the way with a dazzling left jab and jarring uppercuts.

Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta (2nd meeting)

2012-04-07T00:59:42Z

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[[file:Robinson LaMotta.jpg|right|275px]]

*Robinson was knocked down through the ropes after taking a right to the head and a left to the body in the eighth, being saved by the bell at the count of nine. Referee Hennessey gave LaMotta five rounds including the last four. He gave Robinson four and called one even.

*LaMotta charged Robinson at every opportunity with bull-like rushes. Robinson tried to outbox his shorter opponent but had a lot of trouble keeping him at bay.

Art Hovhannisyan

2012-01-03T13:57:40Z

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[[file:Art.Hov.jpg|280px|left]]
<boxer>355951</boxer>

== Professional Career ==

* In 2009, Hovhannisyan was a sparring partner for then pound-for-pound # 1 [[Manny Pacquiao]]. In this sparring, Hovhannisyan suffered a bad cut above his left eye.[http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=449860&publicationSubCategoryId=69]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hovhannisyan, Art}}
[[Category:Armenian Boxers]]

Art Hovhannisyan

2011-12-27T04:27:06Z

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Marco Rudolph

2011-12-26T01:11:06Z

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[[file:Marco_Rudolph.gif|left|Marco Rudolph]]
<boxer>6427</boxer>
'''Manager:''' [[Klaus-Peter Kohl]] 
'''Trainer:''' [[Michael Timm]] 
 
== Amateur Career ==
Record: 207-28-1
*1987 German National Featherweight Champion
*1988 European Junior Featherweight Champion
*1989 German National Featherweight Champion
*1989 2nd place at Featherweight in European Championships, losing to [[Kirkor Kirkorov]] of Bulgaria in final.
*1991 3rd place at European Championships, losing to [[Vassile Nistor]] of Romania by 1st round TKO.
*1991 German National Lightweight Champion
*1991 World Amateur Lightweight Champion at Sydney, Australia. Results were:
**[[Oscar De La Hoya]] (United States) won on points
**[[Julien Lorcy]] (France) won on points
**[[Vassile Nistor]] (Romania) won on points
**[[Artur Grigorian]] (Soviet Union) won on points
*1992 German National Lightweight Champion
*Silver medalist at Lightweight the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Results were
**[[Vassile Nistor]] (Romania) won on points
**[[Dariusz Snarski]] (Poland) won on points
**[[Julien Lorcy]] (France) won on points
**[[Namjil Bayarsaikhan]] (Mongolia) won on points
**[[Oscar De La Hoya]] (United States) lost on points
*1993 World Championship in Tampere, Finland, competed at Lightweight. Lost in 2nd round [[Damian Austin]] of Cuba.
*1993 2nd place in German Amateur Championships as a Lightweight, losing to [[Heiko Hinz]] in the final.
*1994 Lightweight Gold Medalist at World Cup competition in Bangkok, Thailand. Results were:
**[[Mekhak Kazarian]] (Armenia) won on points
**[[Godwin Osagie]] (Nigeria) won on points
**[[Nurlan Kalibaev]] (Kazkhstan) won on points
**[[Bruno Wartelle]] (France) won on points
**[[Julio Gonzalez (Amateur)|Julio Gonzalez]] (Cuba) won on points
*1994 German Amateur Lightweight champion, defeating [[Heiko Hinz]] in the final.
*1995 3rd place at Lightweight in World Championships held in Berlin, Germany. Results were:
**[[Diego Corrales]] (United States) won on points
**[[Alex Trujillo]] (Puerto Rico) won on points
**[[Paata Gvasalia]] (Russia) won on points
**[[Leonard Doroftei]] (Romania) won on points

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[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:1992 Olympians]]
[[Category:German Olympians]]
[[Category:World Amateur Champions]]

Artur Grigorian

2011-12-19T20:44:17Z

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[[file:grigorian.jpg|left|thumb|Artur Grigorian]]
<boxer>5673</boxer>
'''Manager:''' [[Klaus-Peter Kohl]] 
'''Trainer:''' [[Fritz Sdunek]] 
 
== Amateur Highlights ==
*'''1991''' 2nd place as a Lightweight at the World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
**Defeated [[Juan Carlos Saiz Segura]] (Spain) PTS (26-18)
**Defeated [[Julio Gonzalez (Cuba)|Julio Gonzalez]] (Cuba) PTS (15-12)
**Defeated [[Sung-Sik Hong]] (South Korea) PTS (19-7)
**Defeated [[Justin Rowsell]] (Australia) PTS (21-15)
**Lost to [[Marco Rudolph]] (Germany) PTS (14-19)
*'''1992''' Grigorian represented the Unified Team (Former Soviet Union) at the Barcelona [[Olympic Games]] as a Lightweight. Results were:
**Defeated [[Oscar Palomino]] (Spain) 11-10
**Lost to [[Hong Sung-Sik]] (South Korea) 3-9

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Oscar De La Hoya]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Acelino Freitas]]|
years=1996 Apr 13 – 2004 Jan 3
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grigorian, Artur}}
[[Category:Armenian Boxers]]
[[Category:Armenian World Champions]]
[[Category:1992 Olympians]]
[[Category:Soviet Olympians]]
[[Category:World Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:Uzbekistani World Champions]]
[[Category:Southpaw World Champions]]