Zaurbek Baysangurov
Zaurbek Musaevich Baysangurov (born 2 March 1985) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014. He is a former WBO and IBO light middleweight champion, having held the IBO title twice between 2010–2015 and the WBO title between 2011 and 2013. He held the European title between 2007–2008 and the WBA Inter-Continental title between 2009 and 2010.
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| Real name | Заурбек Мусаевич Байсангуров | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 10 1⁄2 in (179 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 70 1⁄2 in (179 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 2, 1985 Achkhoy-Martan, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amateur career
In 2001, Baysangurov won the gold medal at the 2001 Russian Cadet National Championships in Rostov in June,[1] he then won the gold medal at the 2001 Cadet European Championships in Liverpool, England in July,[2] and went on to win a bronze medal at the 2001 Cadet World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan in October.[3]
In 2002, Baysangurov won the gold medal at the 2002 Russian Junior National Championships in Tyumen in May,[4] and went on to win a bronze medal at the 2002 Junior World Championships in Santiago de Cuba in September.[5]
In 2003, Baysangurov won the gold medal at the 2003 Junior European Championships in Warsaw, Poland in August.[6]
Amateur highlights
- 2002 Junior World Championships bronze medalist.
- Defeated Aslan Bayramov (Azerbaijan)
- Defeated Hwang Ryong (South Korea)
- Defeated Juan de Dios Navarro (Mexico)
- Lost to Vilier Quinones (Cuba)
- 2003 Junior European Championships gold medalist.
- Defeated Mindaugas Spakauskas (Lithuania)
- Defeated Dian Petrov (Bulgaria)
- Defeated Stefan Dragomir (Romania)
- Defeated Sergiy Derevyanchenko (Ukraine)
- Defeated Rakhib Beylarov (Azerbaijan)
Professional career
Zaurbek Baysangurov made his professional debut in 2004 at the age of 20. He won the IBF Youth middleweight title in 2005, and held the IBF Youth light middleweight title from 2005 to 2006, and amassed a record of 14 wins with all but two by stoppage.
On 23 September 2006, Baysangurov faced Marco Antonio Rubio for the vacant WBC International title in Kyiv, Ukraine. Baysangurov was dropped by Rubio in the first round but bounced back to win the fight by unanimous decision outboxing his opponent to win the remaining eleven rounds on the judges' scorecards.[7]
In May 2007, the EBU announced Baysangurov would face off against French boxer Hussein Bayram for the vacant European light middleweight title.[8] On 7 July, he won the competitive bout by unanimous decision in Cologne, Germany. Two judges awarded the fight 114-113 and another 115-113 for Baysangurov.[9]
In December 2008 he lost via an upset 5th-round KO to former The Contender star Cornelius Bundrage.
Professional boxing record
| 30 fights | 29 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 21 | 1 |
| By decision | 8 | 0 |
| By disqualification | 0 | 0 |
| Draws | 0 | |
| No contests | 0 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 30 | Win | 29–1 |  Guido Nicolas Pitto |
TKO | 12 (12), 2:58 | 2014-04-12 |  Ice Palace Terminal, Brovary, Ukraine |
Won vacant IBO Super welterweight title. |
| 29 | Win | 28–1 |  Lukas Konecny |
UD | 12 | 2012-10-06 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine |
Retained WBO Super welterweight title. |
| 28 | Win | 27–1 |  Michel Soro |
UD | 12 | 2012-05-12 | Ice Palace Terminal, Brovary, Ukraine |
Retained IBO & WBO Super welterweight titles. |
| 27 | Win | 26–1 |  Mike Miranda |
KO | 1 (12), 0:51 | 2011-07-30 | Sportpalace, Odessa, Ukraine |
Won interim WBO Super welterweight title. |
| 26 | Win | 25–1 |  Richard Gutierrez |
TKO | 12 (12), 2:36 | 2010-12-04 | Ice Palace Terminal, Brovary, Ukraine |
Won vacant IBO Super welterweight title. |
| 25 | Win | 24–1 |  Eugenio Monteiro |
RTD | 3 (8), 3:00 | 2010-10-16 |  O2 World Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
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| 24 | Win | 23–1 |  Frank Shabani |
RTD | 5 (12), 3:00 | 2009-12-19 | Sport Palace Yunost, Zaporozhye, Ukraine |
Retained WBA Inter-Continental Super welterweight title. |
| 23 | Win | 22–1 |  Eromosele Albert |
UD | 12 | 2009-08-15 |  Dynamo, Grozny, Russia |
Retained WBA Inter-Continental Super welterweight title. |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 |  Cristian De Martinis |
KO | 1 (12), 2:36 | 2009-05-30 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine |
Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Super welterweight title. |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 |  Mikheil Khutsishvili |
RTD | 1 (8), 3:00 | 2009-04-22 | Sport Palace Lokomotiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine |
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| 20 | Loss | 19–1 |  Cornelius Bundrage |
TKO | 5 (12), 2:35 | 2008-12-13 | SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany |
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| 19 | Win | 19–0 |  Ion Gonța |
RTD | 7 (12), 3:00 | 2008-07-12 | Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany |
Retained EBU European Super welterweight title. |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Roman Dzhuman |
TKO | 8 (12), 1:24 | 2008-03-23 | Sportpalace Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine |
Retained EBU European Super welterweight title. |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 |  Gheorghe Danut |
UD | 10 | 2008-02-21 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine |
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| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Hussein Bayram |
UD | 12 | 2007-07-07 | Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany |
Won vacant EBU European Super welterweight title. |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 |  Marco Antonio Rubio |
UD | 12 | 2006-09-23 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine |
Won vacant WBC International Super welterweight title. |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 |  Laszlo Buranyi |
KO | 3 (10), 2:43 | 2006-04-08 | AKKO International, Kyiv, Ukraine |
Retained IBF Youth Super welterweight title. |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 |  John Chibuta |
TKO | 9 (10), 2:23 | 2006-01-28 | Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany |
Retained IBF Youth Super welterweight title. |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Juan Manuel Alaggio |
TKO | 9 (10), 1:02 | 2005-12-10 | Leipziger Arena, Leipzig, Germany |
Won IBF Youth Super welterweight title. |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 |  Daniel Urbanski |
RTD | 8 (10), 3:00 | 2005-09-16 | Sportpalace Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine |
Won IBF Youth Middleweight title. |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 |  Aliaksandr Shnip |
TKO | 5 (10) | 2005-07-14 | Night Club Milenium, Lviv, Ukraine |
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| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Stephane Talliana |
TKO | 1 (8), 1:33 | 2005-04-23 | Arena Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany |
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| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Vladimir Zavgorodniy |
TKO | 4 (6), 2:42 | 2005-02-24 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine |
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| 7 | Win | 7–0 |  Adnan Oezcoban |
RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 2005-02-12 | Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany |
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| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Pablo Martin Paoliello |
UD | 6 | 2004-11-20 | BigBox, Kempten, Germany |
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| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Oleksandr Matviichuk |
UD | 6 | 2004-09-24 | Sportpalace, Odessa, Ukraine |
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Andrey Tylilyuk |
TKO | 2 (6), 2:48 | 2004-09-17 | Dynamo Bar, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Dzmitri Kashkan |
TKO | 2 (6) | 2004-07-16 | Entertainmnt Center Aurora, Vitebsk, Belarus |
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Siarhei Navarka |
KO | 2 (4), 1:59 | 2004-07-06 | Krylia Sovetov, Moscow, Russia |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Andrey Gibalo |
TKO | 3 (4), 0:57 | 2004-06-26 | Zviozdniy Hall, Feodosia, Crimea, Ukranie |
Professional debut |
References
- "2001 Russian Cadet National Championships in Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast" (PDF).
- "2001 Cadet European Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England".
- "2001 Cadet World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan".
- "2002 Russian Cadet National Championships in Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast".
- "2002 Junior World Boxing Championships in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba".
- "2003 Junior European Boxing Championships in Warsaw, Poland".
- "Россиянин Заур Байсангуров стал обладателем пояса чемпиона WBC". Regnum News Agency. 24 September 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Право на бой Байсангуров – Байрам выиграла украинская сторона". BoxNews.com.ua. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Байсангуров – чемпион Европы!". BoxNews.com.ua. 7 July 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
External links
- Boxing record for Zaurbek Baysangurov from BoxRec
- World junior championships results 2002
- Bio
- Doghouse article
| Sporting positions | ||||
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| Regional boxing titles | ||||
| Vacant Title last held by Domenico Spada |
IBF Youth middleweight champion 16 September 2005 – 2005 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Grzegorz Proksa | ||
| Vacant Title last held by Reda Zam Zam |
IBF Youth light middleweight champion 12 October 2005 – 2006 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Salvatore Annunziata | ||
| Vacant Title last held by Joachim Alcine |
WBC International light middleweight champion 30 May 2006 – 2007 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Vincent Vuma | ||
| Vacant Title last held by Michele Piccirillo |
European light middleweight champion 7 July 2007 – 2008 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Jamie Moore | ||
| Vacant Title last held by Shane Mosley |
WBA Inter-Continental light middleweight champion 30 May 2009 – 2010 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Siarhei Rabchanka | ||
| Minor world boxing titles | ||||
| Vacant Title last held by Attila Kovács |
IBO light middleweight champion 4 December 2010 – 2012 Stripped |
Vacant Title next held by Himself | ||
| Vacant Title last held by Himself |
IBO light middleweight champion 12 April 2014 – 2015 Stripped |
Vacant Title next held by Erislandy Lara | ||
| Major world boxing titles | ||||
| Vacant Title last held by Alfredo Angulo |
WBO light middleweight champion Interim title 30 July 2011 – 5 October 2011 Promoted |
Vacant Title next held by Lukáš Konečný | ||
| Preceded by Serhiy Dzyndzyruk Stripped |
WBO light middleweight champion 5 October 2011 – June 2013 Stripped |
Vacant Title next held by Demetrius Andrade | ||