Roman Alexandrovich Karmazin (born January 2, 1973) is a Russian former professional boxer. He held the IBF Light Middleweight title.
Professional career Karmazin suffered his first loss in 2002, a twelve-round decision against Javier Castillejo of Spain in Castiliejo's hometown. His only draw came early in his career in an eight-round fight against Javier Martinez in Avilés, Spain. Karmazin also has a no-contest against former title contender Jason Papillion. The 2004 bout was halted when Papillion was cut by an accidental headbutt in the fourth round.
In 2004, Karmazin outworked Keith Holmes to a majority decision in an IBF title eliminator.
A consistent puncher, Karmazin won the IBF Light Middleweight championship through steady work that led to a lopsided unanimous decision over Kassim Ouma. On July 8, 2006, nearly a year after his last fight, Karmazin lost his title to Cory Spinks.
Karmazin's corner includes world-class trainer Freddie Roach.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes48Loss Osumanu AdamaTKO9 (12), Oct 7, 201147Loss40–4–2 Daniel GealeTKO12 (12), Oct 31, 201046Draw40–3–2 Sebastian SylvesterSD12Jun 5, 201045Win40–3–1 Dionisio MirandaKO10 (12), Jan 8, 201044Win39–3–1 Luiz Augusto Dos SantosTKO4 (10), May 9, 200943Win38–3–1 Antwun EcholsTKO7 (10), Mar 21, 200942Win37–3–1 Bronco McKartUD12Dec 20, 200841Loss36–3–1 Alex BunemaTKO10 (12), Jan 19, 200840Win36–2–1 Alejandro GarcíaKO3 (12), Nov 23, 200739Win35–2–1 James Obede ToneyTKO4 (10), Jan 6, 200738Loss34–2–1 Cory SpinksMD12Jul 8, 200637Win34–1–1 Kassim OumaUD12Jul 14, 200536Win33–1–1 Keith HolmesMD12Apr 2, 20053532–1–1 Jason PapillionND4 (8), 15 May 200434Win32–1–1 David WalkerTKO3 (12), Oct 4, 200333Win31–1–1 Michael RaskKO2 (12)Jun 13, 200332Win30–1–1 Jorge AraujoTKO5 (12), Feb 7, 200331Loss29–1–1 Javier CastillejoUD12Jul 12, 200230Win29–0–1 Sergey TatevosyanUD8Apr 10, 200229Win28–0–1 Viktor FesechkoPTS6Jul 21, 200128Win27–0–1 Mike AlgoetPTS8Mar 10, 200127Win26–0–1 Orhan DelibașRTD3 (12), Jun 3, 200026Win25–0–1 Nico ToririTKO2 (8)Mar 10, 200025Win24–0–1 Anthony FieldsKO2 (10)Jan 29, 200024Win23–0–1 Simon MokoenaUD8Dec 25, 199923Win22–0–1 Alejandro De LeonTKO5 (8)Nov 1, 199922Win21–0–1 Yuri EpifantsevTKO4 (8)Oct 7, 199921Win20–0–1 Andrey PlekhanovTKO4 (8)Sep 9, 199920Win19–0–1 Alexey UstyantsevTKO2 (8)Jun 10, 199919Win18–0–1 Juan Italo MezaPTS8Mar 5, 199918Win17–0–1 Hugo SclarandiUD8Dec 25, 199817Win16–0–1 Bahre AhmetiTKO4 (8)Nov 1, 199816Win15–0–1 Bahre AhmetiPTS6Oct 3, 199815Win14–0–1 Robert FrazierUD8Jun 9, 199814Win13–0–1 Jeff JohnsonTKO2 (12)Mar 14, 199813Win12–0–1 Jesus GutierrezTKO12 (12)Dec 13, 199712Win11–0–1 Ruslan KonstandiRTD4 (8), Oct 17, 199711Win10–0–1 Teimuraz KekelidzeUD8Jul 28, 199710Win9–0–1 Andrian LukachevKO4 (6)May 28, 19979Win8–0–1 Roman BabaevUD8Apr 5, 19978Win7–0–1 Jorge RegleroTKO1 (6)Mar 18, 19977Win6–0–1 Juan Ramon MedinaPTS8Feb 14, 19976Win5–0–1 Viktor OrlovTKO5 (6)Feb 2, 19975Draw4–0–1 Javier MartinezPTS8Dec 20, 19964Win4–0 Andrey VerpakhovskyyTKO3 (6)Nov 25, 19963Win3–0 Eduard TsvetkovTKO1 (6)Oct 20, 19962Win2–0 Vadim SolodovTKO3 (6)Oct 11, 19961Win1–0 Eduard GavazaTKO2 (4)Aug 17, 1996
See also List of world light-middleweight boxing champions
References
External links
Official site Filmed interview 2010-03-19 Quotes 2008-01-14 Article «Roman Karmazin bout is Finest hour» on NYDaylyNews.com 2008-01-08