Karo Murat
Murat in 2008
Born
Karapet Muradyan

(1983-09-02) 2 September 1983 (age 40)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR
NationalityArmenian
German
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)
Reach70 in (178 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights39
Wins34
Wins by KO23
Losses4
Draws1

Karapet Muradyan (Armenian: Կարապետ Մուրադյան; born 2 September 1983), best known as Karo Murat (Armenian: Կարո Մուրատ), is a German Armenian professional boxer who held the IBO light-heavyweight title in 2018. At regional level, he held the European super-middleweight title from 2008 to 2009 and the light-heavyweight version in 2017.

Boxing career

Early professional career

Murat made his professional debut in Hessen, Germany on 23 September 2006 defeating Matus Sestak. Three more fights during his debut year resulted in three more wins including a victory in Austria on 18 November. A very busy 2007 saw Murat fight another eleven times again winning on each occasion and travelling to Russia, Spain, Austria and Switzerland and well as fighting a number of times in Germany. Of his victories during the year, of particular note were wins over Jermain MacKay on 18 August 2007 at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin and Emiliano Cayetano at the Seidensticker Halle in Bielefeld on 29 December 2007. Both fighters had boasted only one defeat so far in their careers with Mackay and Cayetano both former Caribbean champions.[1]

European super middleweight champion

On 16 February 2008, in his first fight of the year, Murat defeated Sergey Kharchenko at the Nuremberg Arena to lift the EBU-EE super middleweight title via stoppage in the 10th round. In his next fight, Murat travelled to Neubrandenburg to fight for the full European belt against Cristian Sanavia on 12 April 2008, winning with a 12-round unanimous decision. A first defence in Bielefeld on 20 September 2008 resulted in a majority points win over Spain's Gabriel Campillo before meeting Sanavia again on 28 February 2009. The re-match again in Neubrandenburg saw Murat once again come out on top, this time stopping Sanavia in the 10th round and registering a second successful defence of the title.[2]

Light heavyweight

Having achieved success at super middleweight, Murat moved up to light heavyweight and fought Serhiy Demchenko to win the vacant WBO light heavyweight title via unanimous decision on 29 August 2009 in Halle.[3][4] His first defence against Guyana's Sean Corbin resulted in a second round stoppage win on 30 January 2010. Murat successfully defended his title once more on 1 May 2010 beating Tommy Karpency over 12 rounds, knocking him down in the second, in Oldenburg, Germany.[5] On 18 September 2010 Murat faced Nathan Cleverly in a WBO light heavyweight title eliminator, losing for the first time in his career by a tenth-round TKO.[2] The bout was waved off by the referee as the 10th round was about to commence, following a doctor's inspection in the corner between rounds. There were no bruises or blood on Karo's face and he was instantly furious at the referee's poor decision. He rebounded from the defeat on 12 February 2011 with an eight-round points win over Christian Cruz[6] and followed this on 7 May 2011 winning the IBF version of the Inter-continental title against American boxer Otis Griffin with an 11th round stoppage.[7] He made his first defence of the title in a rematch against Spaniard Gabriel Campillo on 1 October 2011 in a fight which was also billed as an IBF title eliminator with the fighters earning a draw, the first of Murat's career.[2] Murat then faced the IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins on 26 October 2013 in Atlantic City, and lost by unanimous decision.[2] On 1 July 2017, Murat upset the previously undefeated Dominic Bösel (24–0) with an eleventh round TKO and won the vacantEBU light heavyweight title.[8] Murat defeated Travis Reeves by TKO in the 12th round to win the vacant IBO light heavyweight title on 24 March 2018.[9]

Professional boxing record

37 fights 32 wins 4 losses
By knockout 21 2
By decision 11 2
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
37 Loss 32–4–1 Sven Fornling UD 12 15 Dec 2018 Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany Lost IBO light-heavyweight title
36 Win 32–3–1 Travis Reeves TKO 12 (12), 1:52 24 Mar 2018 Inselparkhalle, Wilhelmsburg, Germany Won vacant IBO light-heavyweight title
35 Win 31–3–1 Dominic Boesel TKO 11 (12), 2:26 1 Jul 2017 Ballsport Arena, Dresden, Germany Won vacant European light-heavyweight title
34 Win 30–3–1 Yevgeni Makhteienko TKO 12 (12), 2:46 17 Sep 2016 Goeppi, Germany Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title.
33 Win 29–3–1 Esteban Hillman Tababary TKO 1 (10), 2:50 4 Jun 2016 Autohaus Duerkop, Kassel, Germany
32 Win 28–3–1 Aleksandar Todorovic PTS 6 13 Feb 2016 ECB Boxgym, Hamburg, Germany
31 Loss 27–3–1 Sullivan Barrera KO 5 (12), 0:25 12 Dec 2015 Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California, US IBF light-heavyweight title eliminator
30 Win 27–2–1 Benjamin Simon TKO 7 (12), 2:18 25 Apr 2015 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany Won vacant IBF International light-heavyweight title
29 Win 26–2–1 Leo Tchoula TKO 4 (10), 2:48 31 Oct 2014 Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Germany
28 Loss 25–2–1 Bernard Hopkins UD 12 26 Oct 2013 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US For IBF light-heavyweight title
27 Win 25–1–1 Sandro Siproshvili TKO 7 (8), 2:21 2 Jun 2012 Herning Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark
26 Draw 24–1–1 Gabriel Campillo SD 12 1 Oct 2011 Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany Retained IBF Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
25 Win 24–1 Otis Griffin TKO 11 (12), 2:59 7 May 2011 Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
24 Win 23–1 Christian Cruz UD 8 12 Feb 2011 RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany
23 Loss 22–1 Nathan Cleverly TKO 9 (12), 3:00 18 Sep 2010 LG Arena, Birmingham, England
22 Win 22–0 Tommy Karpency UD 12 1 May 2010 Weser-Ems-Halle, Oldenburg, Germany Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
21 Win 21–0 Shawn Corbin TKO 2 (12), 2:41 30 Jan 2010 Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
20 Win 20–0 Serhiy Demchenko UD 12 29 Aug 2009 Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, Germany Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
19 Win 19–0 Cristian Sanavia TKO 10 (12), 0:05 28 Feb 2009 Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany Retained European super-middleweight title
18 Win 18–0 Gabriel Campillo MD 12 20 Sep 2008 Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, Germany Retained European super-middleweight title
17 Win 17–0 Cristian Sanavia UD 12 12 Apr 2008 Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany Won European super-middleweight title
16 Win 16–0 Sergey Kharchenko TKO 10 (12), 1:20 16 Feb 2008 Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany Won vacant European External super-middleweight title
15 Win 15–0 Emiliano Cayetano TKO 7 (8), 2:07 29 Dec 2007 Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, Germany
14 Win 14–0 Gabor Balogh TKO 1 (8) 24 Nov 2007 Stadthalle, Steyr, Austria
13 Win 13–0 Szabolcs Rimovszky KO 2 (8), 1:04 15 Sep 2007 Frankie`s BF Arena, Oberpullendorf, Austria
12 Win 12–0 Jermain Mackey UD 8 18 Aug 2007 Max Schmeling Halle, Berlin, Germany
11 Win 11–0 Sergey Botnikov KO 4 (4), 1:50 30 Jun 2007 Olympisky Sport Hall, Moscow, Russia
10 Win 10–0 Mustapha Stini RTD 2 (6), 0:24 26 May 2007 Jako Arena, Bamberg, Germany
9 Win 9–0 Nicolas Perillo UD 6 8 May 2007 Pabellon San Jose, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
8 Win 8–0 Sergey Gribkov UD 6 24 Mar 2007 Yunost, Kaliningrad, Russia
7 Win 7–0 Pavels Lotahs UD 6 3 Mar 2007 Stadthalle, Rostock, Germany
6 Win 6–0 Mirko Sinovcic TKO 1 (6) 17 Feb 2007 Universal Hall, Berlin, Germany
5 Win 5–0 Yves Romainville KO 1 (6), 1:41 20 Jan 2007 St. Jakob Halle, Basel, Switzerland
4 Win 4–0 Biagio Patera UD 4 16 Dec 2006 BigBox, Kempten, Germany
3 Win 3–0 Petr Rykala TKO 1 (4) 18 Nov 2006 Stadthalle, Steyr, Austria
2 Win 2–0 Tanju Guenes KO 1 (4), 1:23 4 Nov 2006 RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany
1 Win 1–0 Matus Sestak KO 1 (4), 1:48 23 Sep 2006 Karl Eckel Halle, Hattersheim am Main, Germany

References

  1. ^ "Emiliano Cayetano professional record". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "Karo Murat professional record". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Murat vacates Euro belt to move up to light heavyweight". PanARMENIAN.Net. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Karo Murat: It Was Hard To Part With Champion Of Europe Belt". Armtown. 21 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Murat beats Karpency and retains belt". PanARMENIAN.Net. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  6. ^ Bonnett, Derek (14 February 2011). "On the Move: SecondsOut World Rankings 2/13/11". Seconds Out. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  7. ^ "Local boxer beaten in Germany". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Karo Murat Shocks Dominic Boesel To Capture EBU Title". Boxing Scene. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  9. ^ Sukachev, Alexey (24 March 2018). "Karo Murat Stops Reeves in Twelfth To Win Vacant IBO Belt". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 24 March 2018.

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Sporting positions Regional boxing titles VacantTitle last held byKreshnik Qato European External super-middleweight champion 16 February 2008 – March 2007Vacated VacantTitle next held byStanislav Kashtanov Preceded byCristian Sanavia European super-middleweight champion 12 April 2008 – March 2009Vacated VacantTitle next held byBrian Magee VacantTitle last held byMariano Plotinsky WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight champion 29 August 2009 – 2010Vacated VacantTitle next held byDmitry Sukhotsky VacantTitle last held bySerhiy Demchenko IBF Inter-Continental light-heavyweight champion 7 May 2011 – 2012Vacated VacantTitle next held byRobert Woge VacantTitle last held byHarry Simon IBF International light-heavyweight champion 25 April 2015 – December 2015Vacated VacantTitle next held byTrent Broadhurst VacantTitle last held byRobert Stieglitz European light-heavyweight champion 1 July 2017 – 2018Vacated VacantTitle next held byDominic Boesel Minor world boxing titles VacantTitle last held byIgor Mikhalkin IBO light-heavyweight champion 24 March – 15 December 2018 Succeeded bySven Fornling
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