# Magomed Kurbanov (boxer)

Magomed Ramazanovich Kurbanov (Магоме́д Рамаза́нович Курба́нов; 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. The Mosley fight was rescheduled for September but Mosley would pull out once again due to the same back injury.
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. 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

| 26 fights | 25 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 13 | 1 |
| By decision | 12 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 26 | Loss | 25–1 | Israil Madrimov | TKO | 5 (12), 2:20 | 8 Mar 2024 | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | For vacant WBA light-middleweight title |
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Michel Soro | SD | 12 | 5 May 2023 | KRK Uralets Arena, Ekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Johan Gonzalez | UD | 10 | 11 Dec 2022 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Patrick Teixeira | UD | 10 | 9 Jul 2022 | KRK Uralets Arena, Ekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Liam Smith | UD | 12 | 7 May 2021 | KRK Uralets Arena, Ekaterinburg, Russia | Won vacant WBO International light middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Dmitry Mikhaylenko | TKO | 2 (10), 1:47 | 7 Nov 2020 | RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Ilya Ochkin | KO | 1 (10), 1:25 | 22 Aug 2020 | RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Ismail Iliev | UD | 10 | 7 Mar 2020 | RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Diego Chaves | UD | 12 | 2 Nov 2019 | RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia | Won vacant WBO International light middleweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Damian Ezequiel Bonelli | UD | 10 | 22 Feb 2019 | KRK "Uralets", Ekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Juan Carlos Rodríguez | UD | 10 | 13 Oct 2018 | Ekaterinburg Expo, Ekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Charles Manyuchi | UD | 10 | 19 Aug 2018 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Nikolozi Gviniashvili | RTD | 7 (10), 3:00 | 22 Apr 2018 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Akinori Watanabe | TKO | 8 (12), 1:15 | 15 Dec 2017 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Retained WBO International light middleweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Štěpán Horváth | UD | 12 | 9 Sep 2017 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Won vacant WBO International light middleweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Virgilijus Stapulionis | TKO | 9 (10), 2:34 | 5 May 2017 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Won vacant WBO Intercontinental light middleweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Szabolcs Szabo | KO | 2 (8), 2:19 | 17 Dec 2016 | Yekaterinburg Expo, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Won vacant WBO Youth light middleweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Dennis Laurente | UD | 10 | 18 Nov 2016 | KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Retained WBC Asian Boxing Council Silver light middleweight title Won vacant WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council light middleweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Davi Eliasquevici | TKO | 3 (10), 1:53 | 11 Jul 2016 | KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Retained WBC Asian Boxing Council Silver light middleweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Manuk Dilanyan | TKO | 9 (10), 0:45 | 6 May 2016 | KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Won vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council Silver light middleweight title |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Omar Marabayev | TKO | 3 (6), 1:51 | 5 Mar 2016 | Sports Palace, Beloyarsk, Russia | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Ivan Antropov | TKO | 2 (6), 1:38 | 16 Nov 2015 | PNTZ Palace of Culture, Pervouralsk, Russia | |
| 4 | win | 4–0 | Alexey Evchenko | UD | 6 | 26 Sep 2015 | Arena (ex Rings), Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 3 | win | 3–0 | Shavkat Madaminov | UD | 2 (8), 2:12 | 10 Sep 2015 | Ambar, Tolyatti, Russia | |
| 2 | win | 2–0 | Maxim Potapov | RTD | 3 (8), 3:00 | 30 Jul 2015 | Ambar, Tolyatti, Russia | |
| 1 | win | 1–0 | Charlan Takam | TKO | 2 (4), 1:46 | 19 Jun 2015 | Vodoley, Yekaterinburg, Russia | |