Avtandil Khurtsidze

Name: Avtandil Khurtsidze
Alias: Mini Mike Tyson
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birthplace: Kutaisi, Georgia
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 168cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Trainer: Alexander Likhter, Andriy Sinepupov, Andre Rozier (current)

Amateur Career

• Khurtsidze had just 10 amateur fights. In an interview, he explained this by saying “I had no interest in boxing in which fighters run from each other. That’s why I became a professional boxer.” When he was denied a spot on Georgia’s Olympic boxing team, Khurtsidze moved to Brooklyn, NY to continue his professional career. [1]

Regional & Minor Titles

• European Boxing Association (extinct) middleweight title
• WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title
• International Boxing Organization World middleweight title
• WBC Silver middleweight title
• WBO International middleweight title
• interim WBO World middleweight title

Notes

• Avtandil Khurtsidze was arrested and indicted on the 7 June, 2017 in New York as part of a federal government roundup of 33 people accused of involvement in a New York-based Georgian crime syndicate allegedly involved in racketeering, robbery and murder-for-hire, among other illicit activity. Khurtsidze's WBO world title bout with Billy Joe Saunders was shortly called off.