Artur Beterbiev
| Artur Beterbiev Артур Бетербиев | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Real name | Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Light-heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 185 cm (73 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
21 January 1985 Khasavyurt, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev (Russian: Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian professional boxer. As an amateur he competed at light-heavyweight and heavyweight,[1] winning a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships, gold at the 2009 World Championships, as well as gold at the 2006 and 2010 European Championships. Beterbiev is from Dagestan, of Chechen descent, but currently fights out of his adopted home town of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2]
Amateur career
The aggressive puncher Beterbiev won the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships beating Irishman Kenneth Egan and Ismail Sillakh among others. He beat southpaw Egor Mekhontsev but lost to two-time world champion Evgeny Makarenko in 2006. In 2007 he beat future unified light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev in semi-finals. Eventually beating Evgeny Makarenko in finals to qualify for the World championships. In the finals of the World Championship he faced little-known Uzbek southpaw Abbos Atoev but lost in an upset.[3]
At the Olympics 2008 he beat Kennedy Katende 15:3 then fell controversially to local boxer Zhang Xiaoping who went on to win the gold medal.
In Milan he beat young Cuban Jose Larduet and Uzbek Elshod Rasulov for the 2009 world championship title.
Heavyweight 201lbs/91kg
At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Heavyweight he lost to eventual winner Oleksandr Usyk 13:17.
At the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight he edged out Michael Hunter but lost again by 13:17 to Usyk.
Professional career
Beterbiev won his professional debut via a second round TKO over Christian Cruz at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada on July 8, 2013.
Beterbiyev vs Cloud
On September 27, 2014, Beterbiyev would face off against former IBF Light Heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud for the vacant NABA Light Heavyweight championship. After a tentative opening minute from both fighters, Beterbiyev opened up and began landing powerful shots that visibly rocked Cloud. In the final minute, the Russian would drop his opponent three times via devastating and concussive combinations. This was the first time Cloud had ever been dropped in his professional career. Beterbiyev would close the show in round two, landing multiple hard shots to the head that dropped Cloud, this time for the ten count.
Beterbiyev vs Campillo
After stopping light heavyweight prospect Jeff Page Jr. in two rounds, Beterbiyev would face off against former IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Gabriel Campillo. Both men began the bout cautiously, although Beterbiyev dropped Campillo late in the first round. The Russian slowly wore down his foe with multiple straight rights to the body. Finally in the fourth, Beterbiyev would land a straight/uppercut hybrid that would hit Campillo square on the chin, and followed it up with a perfunctory left hook before walking to his corner while his opponent slid to the canvas, barely conscious. The PSI detector in his gloves stated that the first punch landed with 973 lbs of force.
Beterbiyev vs Johnson
Beterbiyev made his record a perfect 9-for-9 with nine knockouts as Alexander Johnson became his latest victim on June 12, 2015 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Using a vicious overhand right, Beterbiyev knocked Johnson down twice in the fifth and a third time in the seventh before getting him for good at 1:38 of the round, clobbering him with a left hook and finishing him off with a booming overhand right that put Johnson through the ropes down and out.[4]
Personal life
Beterbiev was born in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, and is of Chechen descent. He currently resides in Montreal, Canada, and is married with three children (1 boy and 2 girls). He is currently promoted by Groupe Yvon Michel and advised by Al Haymon, following his move to Canada in May 2013.[5]
Professional boxing record
| 9 fights, 9 wins (9 knockouts), 0 losses[6] | ||||||||
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 10 | N/A | N/A |  Ezequiel Maderna |
N/A | – (12) | 4 Jun 2016 |  Centre Bell, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| 9 | Win | 9–0 |  Alexander Johnson |
TKO | 7 (10), 1:38 | 12 Jun 2015 | UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, US |
Retained WBA–NABA light heavyweight title; Won vacant WBO International light-heavyweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 |  Gabriel Campillo |
KO | 4 (12), 0:37 | 4 Apr 2015 | Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
Retained IBF North American light-heavyweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jeff Page Jr. |
TKO | 2 (10), 2:21 | 19 Dec 2014 | Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
Retained WBA–NABA light-heavyweight title; Won vacant IBF North American and vacant WBO–NABO light-heavyweight titles |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Tavoris Cloud |
KO | 2 (12), 0:38 | 27 Sep 2014 | Centre Bell, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Won vacant WBA–NABA light-heavyweight title |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 |  Alvaro Enriquez |
TKO | 1 (6), 2:38 | 22 Aug 2014 | Complexe Sportif Sportscene, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Gabriel Lecrosnier |
TKO | 4 (6), 2:44 | 18 Jan 2014 | Centre Bell, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Billy Bailey |
KO | 1 (6), 2:49 | 30 Nov 2013 | Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Rayco Saunders |
RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 28 Sep 2013 | Centre Bell, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Christian Cruz |
TKO | 2 (4), 2:21 | 8 Jun 2013 | Centre Bell, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Professional debut |
Titles in boxing
| Achievements | ||
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| Regional titles | ||
| Vacant Title last held by Eleider Álvarez |
WBA–NABA light-heavyweight champion September 27, 2014 – present |
Incumbent |
| Vacant Title last held by Grzegorz Soszyński |
IBF North American light-heavyweight champion December 19, 2014 – present |
Incumbent |
| Vacant Title last held by Gabriel Campillo |
WBO–NABO light-heavyweight champion December 19, 2014 – June 2015 |
Vacant Title next held by Sean Monaghan |
| Vacant Title last held by Robin Krasniqi |
WBO International light-heavyweight champion June 12, 2015 – present |
Incumbent |
References
- ↑ "Artur Beterbiyev Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ↑ http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/artur-beterbiev
- ↑ "AIBA World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Results" (PDF). AIBA. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/beterbiev-vs-johnson
- ↑ http://news.yahoo.com/former-boxing-world-champion-beterbiev-signs-promoter-michel-222141837.html
- ↑
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