Magomed Ramazanovich Kurbanov (; born 3 August 1995) is a Russian professional boxer who fights as a light middleweight. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2008 Youth World Championships.
Early life Magomed Kurbanov was born on 3 August 1995, in the village of Pervomayskoye, Kayakentsky District, Dagestan, Russia, into a simple Avar family.
When he was 12, he and his mother moved to Khanty-Mansiysk, a town in western Siberia. His uncle took him to a boxing gym. His first trainer was Alexander Sleptsov. Then he went to Yugra Boarding College of Olympic Reserve.
Career As an amateur, Kurbanov won titles at the national level, as well as the 2008 Youth World Championship. Kurbanov turned pro in 2015 under Russian promotional outfit RCC Boxing. He made his professional debut on June 19, 2015, winning by technical knockout against Cameroonian boxer Charlan Takam.
After winning his first six pro bouts, Kurbanov defeated Manuk Dilanyan by TKO in May 2016 for his first regional belt. Kurbanov won three more bouts during 2016, winning more regional and minor belts from various sanctioning bodies, and scoring at least one knockdown in each fight.
Kurbanov reached an agreement to fight former three-division world champion Shane Mosley in May 2017, but a month before the fight Mosley pulled out due to injury. Kurbanov instead faced Virgilijus Stapulionis, whom he defeated by TKO in the 9th round.Magomed Kurbanov Drills Vurgilijus Stapulionis in Nine Rounds. BoxingScene.com The Mosley fight was rescheduled for September but Mosley would pull out once again due to the same back injury.Shane Mosley No Longer Going To Fight Kurbanov in Russia. BoxingScene.com
In September 2017, Kurbanov defeated number 5 WBO contender Štěpán Horváth by unanimous decision (116–112, 115–112, 115–113). Kurbanov was knocked down for the first time during this fight.Magomed Kurbanov Defeats Stepan Horvath For WBO Regional. BoxingScene.com He acquired a vacant WBO International light middleweight title.
In December 2017, he defended his title against Akinori Watanabe, in Yekaterinburg city, and won by a technical knockout in the eighth round.
Personal life Today he lives in the city of Yekaterinburg.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Loss26–2Pavel SosulinSD1205 Jul 202527Win26–1Aslanbek KozaevTKO6 (10), 11 Mar 202426Loss25–1Israil MadrimovTKO5 (12), 8 Mar 202425Win25–0Michel Soro125 May 202324Win24–0Johan GonzalezUD1011 Dec 202223Win23–0Patrick TeixeiraUD109 Jul 202222Win22–0Liam SmithUD127 May 202121Win21–0Dmitry MikhaylenkoTKO2 (10), 7 Nov 202020Win20–0Ilya OchkinKO1 (10), 22 Aug 202019Win19–0Ismail IlievUD107 Mar 202018Win18–0Diego ChavesUD122 Nov 201917Win17–0Damian Ezequiel BonelliUD1022 Feb 201916Win16–0Juan Carlos RodríguezUD1013 Oct 201815Win15–0Charles ManyuchiUD1019 Aug 201814Win14–0Nikolozi GviniashviliRTD7 (10), 22 Apr 201813Win13–0Akinori WatanabeTKO8 (12), 15 Dec 201712Win12–0Štěpán HorváthUD129 Sep 201711Win11–0Virgilijus StapulionisTKO9 (10), 5 May 201710Win10–0Szabolcs Szabo2 (8), 17 Dec 20169Win9–0Dennis LaurenteUD1018 Nov 20168Win8–0Davi EliasqueviciTKO3 (10), 11 Jul 20167Win7–0Manuk DilanyanTKO9 (10), 6 May 20166Win6–0Omar MarabayevTKO3 (6), 5 Mar 20165Win5–0Ivan AntropovTKO2 (6), 16 Nov 20154win4–0Alexey EvchenkoUD626 Sep 20153win3–0Shavkat Madaminov2 (8), 10 Sep 20152win2–0Maxim Potapov3 (8), 30 Jul 20151win1–0Charlan Takam2 (4), 19 Jun 2015
References
External links Magomed Kurbanov on VK