Karo Murat
| Karo Murat | |
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Murat in 2008
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Karen Muratyan |
| Rated at |
Super middleweight Light heavyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 10 1⁄2 in (1.79 m) |
| Reach | 70 in (178 cm) |
| Nationality | German Armenian |
| Born |
2 September 1983 Iraq |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 34 |
| Wins | 30 |
| Wins by KO | 17 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 1 |
Karo Murat (Armenian: Կարո Մուրատ, born Karen Muratyan (Armenian: Կարապետ Մուրադյան; 2 September 1983) is an Armenian-German professional boxer and world title challenger. He is a former European super middleweight champion and the current IBF International light heavyweight champion.
Murat made his professional debut in Hessen, Germany on 23 September 2006 defeating Matus Sestak. Three more fights during his debut year resulted in three more wins including a victory in Austria on 18 November. A very busy 2007 saw Murat fight another eleven times again winning on each occasion and travelling to Russia, Spain, Austria and Switzerland and well as fighting a number of times in Germany. Of his victories during the year, of particular note were wins over Jermain MacKay on 18 August 2007 at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin and Emiliano Cayetano at the Seidensticker Halle in Bielefeld on 29 December 2007. Both fighters had boasted only one defeat so far in their careers with Mackay and Cayetano both former Caribbean champions.
On 16 February 2008, in his first fight of the year, Murat defeated Sergey Kharchenko at the Nuremberg Arena to lift the EBU-EE Super Middleweight title via stoppage in the 10th round. In his next fight, Murat travelled to Neubrandenburg to fight for the full European belt against Cristian Sanavia on 12 April 2008, winning with a 12-round unanimous decision. A first defence in Bielefeld on 20 September 2008 resulted in a majority points win over Spain's Gabriel Campillo before meeting Sanavia again on 28 February 2009. The re-match again in Neubrandenburg saw Murat once again come out on top, this time stopping Sanavia in the 10th round and registering a second successful defence of the title.
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