Karo Murat Explained

Karo Murat
Real Name:Karapet Muradyan
Weight:
Height:5feet
Reach:700NaN0
Nationality:Armenian
German
Birth Date:2 September 1983
Birth Place:Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Stance:Orthodox
Total:39
Wins:34
Ko:23
Losses:4
Draws:1

Karapet Muradyan (Armenian: Կարապետ Մուրադյան; born 2 September 1983), best known as Karo Murat (Armenian: Կարո Մուրատ), is a German Armenian professional boxer who held the IBO light-heavyweight title in 2018. At regional level, he held the European super-middleweight title from 2008 to 2009 and the light-heavyweight version in 2017.

Boxing career

Early professional career

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.[1]

European super middleweight champion

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.[2]

Light heavyweight

Having achieved success at super middleweight, Murat moved up to light heavyweight and fought Serhiy Demchenko to win the vacant WBO light heavyweight title via unanimous decision on 29 August 2009 in Halle.[3] [4] His first defence against Guyana's Sean Corbin resulted in a second round stoppage win on 30 January 2010. Murat successfully defended his title once more on 1 May 2010 beating Tommy Karpency over 12 rounds, knocking him down in the second, in Oldenburg, Germany.[5] On 18 September 2010 Murat faced Nathan Cleverly in a WBO light heavyweight title eliminator, losing for the first time in his career by a tenth-round TKO. The bout was waved off by the referee as the 10th round was about to commence, following a doctor's inspection in the corner between rounds. There were no bruises or blood on Karo's face and he was instantly furious at the referee's poor decision. He rebounded from the defeat on 12 February 2011 with an eight-round points win over Christian Cruz[6] and followed this on 7 May 2011 winning the IBF version of the Inter-continental title against American boxer Otis Griffin with an 11th round stoppage.[7] He made his first defence of the title in a rematch against Spaniard Gabriel Campillo on 1 October 2011 in a fight which was also billed as an IBF title eliminator with the fighters earning a draw, the first of Murat's career.[2] Murat then faced the IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins on 26 October 2013 in Atlantic City, and lost by unanimous decision.[2] On 1 July 2017, Murat upset the previously undefeated Dominic Bösel (24–0) with an eleventh round TKO and won the vacantEBU light heavyweight title.[8] Murat defeated Travis Reeves by TKO in the 12th round to win the vacant IBO light heavyweight title on 24 March 2018.[9]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
37Loss32–4–1Sven FornlingUD1215 Dec 2018
36Win32–3–1Travis ReevesTKO12 (12), 24 Mar 2018
35Win31–3–1Dominic BoeselTKO11 (12), 1 Jul 2017
34Win30–3–1Yevgeni MakhteienkoTKO12 (12), 17 Sep 2016.
33Win29–3–1Esteban Hillman TababaryTKO1 (10), 4 Jun 2016
32Win28–3–1Aleksandar TodorovicPTS613 Feb 2016
31Loss27–3–1Sullivan BarreraKO5 (12), 12 Dec 2015
30Win27–2–1Benjamin SimonTKO7 (12), 25 Apr 2015
29Win26–2–1Leo TchoulaTKO4 (10), 31 Oct 2014
28Loss25–2–1Bernard HopkinsUD1226 Oct 2013
27Win25–1–1Sandro SiproshviliTKO7 (8), 2 Jun 2012
26Draw24–1–1Gabriel CampilloSD121 Oct 2011
25Win24–1Otis GriffinTKO11 (12), 7 May 2011
24Win23–1Christian CruzUD812 Feb 2011
23Loss22–1Nathan CleverlyTKO9 (12), 18 Sep 2010
22Win22–0Tommy KarpencyUD121 May 2010
21Win21–0Shawn CorbinTKO2 (12), 30 Jan 2010
20Win20–0Serhiy DemchenkoUD1229 Aug 2009
19Win19–0Cristian SanaviaTKO10 (12), 28 Feb 2009
18Win18–0Gabriel CampilloMD1220 Sep 2008
17Win17–0Cristian SanaviaUD1212 Apr 2008
16Win16–0Sergey KharchenkoTKO10 (12), 16 Feb 2008
15Win15–0Emiliano CayetanoTKO7 (8), 29 Dec 2007
14Win14–0Gabor BaloghTKO1 (8)24 Nov 2007
13Win13–0Szabolcs RimovszkyKO2 (8), 15 Sep 2007
12Win12–0Jermain MackeyUD818 Aug 2007
11Win11–0Sergey BotnikovKO4 (4), 30 Jun 2007
10Win10–0Mustapha StiniRTD2 (6), 26 May 2007
9Win9–0Nicolas PerilloUD68 May 2007
8Win8–0Sergey GribkovUD624 Mar 2007
7Win7–0Pavels LotahsUD63 Mar 2007
6Win6–0Mirko SinovcicTKO1 (6)17 Feb 2007
5Win5–0Yves RomainvilleKO1 (6), 20 Jan 2007
4Win4–0Biagio PateraUD416 Dec 2006
3Win3–0Petr RykalaTKO1 (4)18 Nov 2006
2Win2–0Tanju GuenesKO1 (4), 4 Nov 2006
1Win1–0Matus SestakKO1 (4), 23 Sep 2006

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emiliano Cayetano professional record . BoxRec . 3 August 2010.
  2. Web site: Karo Murat professional record . BoxRec . 3 August 2010.
  3. News: Murat vacates Euro belt to move up to light heavyweight . . 21 August 2009 . 25 July 2010.
  4. News: Karo Murat: It Was Hard To Part With Champion Of Europe Belt . Armtown . 21 August 2009 . 25 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022112539/http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20090821/35503/ . 22 October 2012 . dead .
  5. News: Murat beats Karpency and retains belt . PanARMENIAN.Net . 3 May 2010 . 25 July 2010.
  6. News: Bonnett . Derek . 14 February 2011 . On the Move: SecondsOut World Rankings 2/13/11 . Seconds Out . 18 February 2011.
  7. News: Local boxer beaten in Germany . The Sacramento Bee . 8 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110602233722/http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/08/3610573/asdfdasfhasdfadhlfjksdhasjj.html . 2 June 2011 . dead .
  8. News: Karo Murat Shocks Dominic Boesel To Capture EBU Title . Boxing Scene . 1 July 2017 . 1 July 2017.
  9. News: Sukachev . Alexey . 24 March 2018 . Karo Murat Stops Reeves in Twelfth To Win Vacant IBO Belt . Boxing Scene . 24 March 2018.