Vitali Tajbert (born 25 May 1982) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2013. He held the WBC super-featherweight title in 2010 (having held the interim title from 2009 to 2010) and the European Union title in 2008. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships, a gold medal at the 2004 European Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, all in the featherweight division.
Amateur results 1999 won a bronze medal at the Junior European Championships in Rijeka, Croatia at Bantamweight. 2000 won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Budapest at Bantamweight. Defeated Yuguang Zhang (China) RSC-2 Defeated Yusni Barzaga (Cuba) PTS (27-13) Defeated Yevgeni Kybalyuk (Ukraine) PTS (19-8) Defeated Haruyton Tovmasyan (Armenia) PTS (15-6) Defeated Murat Chrachev (Russia) PTS (23-3) 2001 represented Germany at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast at Bantamweight. Lost to Afansy Poskachine (Russia) PTS (9-10) 2002 represented Germany at the European Championships in Perm, Russia. Result was: Lost to Waldemar Cucereanu (Romania) PTS (15-29) 2003 won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok at Featherweight. Defeated Cheng Tong Shou (China) RSCI Defeated Bekzod Chidrov (Uzbekistan) PTS (26-14) Defeated Oleg Jefimovich (Ukraine) PTS (35-19) Defeated Abdusalom Khasanov (Tajikistan) PTS (19-17) Lost to Galib Jafarov (Kazachstan) PTS (35-43) 2004 won the gold medal at the European Championships 2004 in Pula, Croatia at Featherweight. Defeated Sedat Tasci (Turkey) PTS (48-13) Defeated Viorel Simion (Romania) PTS (65-41) Defeated Mikhail Bernadski (Belarus) PTS (45-24) Defeated Khedafi Djelkhir (France) RSCO-3 2004 won a bronze medal representing Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at Featherweight. Defeated Daniel Brizuela (Argentina) RSCO-3 Defeated Khedafi Djelkhir (France) PTS (40-26) Defeated Luis Franco (Cuba) PTS (34-26) Lost to Song Guk Kim (North Korea) PTS (24-29) 2005 won the gold medal at the Military World Championships in Pretoria at Featherweight. Defeated V. Anghel (Romania) PTS (24-5) Defeated Y. Uruzbayev (Kazachstan) PTS (24-12) Defeated Thongtheang Khlongchan (Thailand) PTS (30-28) Defeated Sergej Ignatyev (Russia) PTS (25-14)
Professional career Tajbert turned professional in 2005 and compiled a record of 18-1 before facing and defeating Mexican boxer Humberto Mauro Gutiérrez, to win the WBC interim Super Featherweight title. Tajbert was promoted to full champion after Humberto Soto won the WBC lightweight title. Tajbert lost the title in his second defence to Japanese boxer Takahiro Ao.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes26Win24–2Mikheil AvakyanUD 624 Aug 201325Win23–2Michael DufekUD 612 Oct 201224Win22–2Jose Luis GraterolUD 8 28 Jan 201223Win21–2Andrey KostinUD6 24 Sep 201122Loss20–2Takahiro AoUD 1226 Nov 201021Win20–1Héctor Velázquez9 (12), 22 May 201020Win19–1Humberto Mauro GutiérrezUD 12 21 Nov 200919Win18–1Rudy EncarnacionUD 6 6 Jun 200918Loss17–1Sergey GulyakevichUD 125 Dec 200817Win17–0Ermano FegatilliUD8 29 Aug 200816Win16–0Antonio Joao BentoUD125 Jul 200815Win15–0Jesus Garcia EscalonaUD12 29 Feb 200814Win14–0Youssouf DjibabaTKO10 (10), 7 Dec 200713Win13–0Petr PetrovUD 8 20 Oct 200712Win12–0Younes AmraniTKO 7 (8), 28 Jul 200711Win11–0Jairo Moura dos SantosUD830 Mar 200710Win10–0Alessandro Di Meco1 (6), 16 Feb 20079Win9–0Kirkor KirkorovUD 6 5 Dec 20068Win8–0Fabian Valentin MartinezUD 6 21 Nov 20067Win7–0Wladimir BorovUD619 Sep 20066Win6–0Adolphe AvadjaUD429 Jul 20065Win5–0Pablo Ernesto OlivetoUD627 May 20064Win4–0Dzmitri RabikauKO 1 {4), 29 Apr 20063Win3–0Alain Rakow428 Feb 20062Win2–0Julio BorgesKO1 (4), 7 Jan 20061Win1–0Robert Zsemberi1 (4), 3 Dec 2005
Personal life Tajbert and his family migrated from Kazakhstan as ethnic Germans to Stuttgart in 1992.
See also List of world super-featherweight boxing champions
References
External links
Website of Vitali Tajbert News and Pictures of Vitali Tajbert