Matvey Korobov
Name: Matvey Korobov
Birth Name: Матвей Георгиевич Коробов
Hometown: Lantana, Florida, USA
Birthplace: Orotukan, Russia
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 180cm
Reach: 179cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Trainers: Dan Birmingham (former), Charles Mooney (current)
Managers: Cameron Dunkin, Mike Borao
Promoter: Bob Arum (Top Rank) (2008-?)
Amateur Career
Matvey Korobov is a Russian boxer who won gold at the World Amateur Championships 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 the middleweight class, winning the World Cup in 2005, as well as the European Championships in 2006. Korobov represented Russia at the 2008 Olympic Games. He was the favorite for the Gold medal but lost to 2004 Olympic champion Bakhtiyar Artayev. After the 2008 Games, he turned professional in the United States.
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