Vitali Tajbert Explained

Vitali Tajbert
Height:	5 ft 5.5 in
Weight:	Super-featherweight
Nationality:	German
Birth Date:	25 May 1982
Birth Place:	Mikhaylovka, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Style:	Orthodox
Total:	26
Wins:	24
Ko:	6
Losses:	2

Vitali Tajbert (born 25 May 1982) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2013. He held the WBC super-featherweight title in 2010 (having held the interim title from 2009 to 2010) and the European Union title in 2008. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships, a gold medal at the 2004 European Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, all in the featherweight division.

Amateur results

• 1999 won a bronze medal at the Junior European Championships in Rijeka, Croatia at Bantamweight.
• 2000 won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Budapest at Bantamweight.
  • Defeated Yuguang Zhang (China) RSC-2
  • Defeated Yusni Barzaga (Cuba) PTS (27-13)
  • Defeated Yevgeni Kybalyuk (Ukraine) PTS (19-8)
  • Defeated Haruyton Tovmasyan (Armenia) PTS (15-6)
  • Defeated Murat Chrachev (Russia) PTS (23-3)
• 2001 represented Germany at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast at Bantamweight.
  • Lost to Afansy Poskachine (Russia) PTS (9-10)
• 2002 represented Germany at the European Championships in Perm, Russia. Result was:
  • Lost to Waldemar Cucereanu (Romania) PTS (15-29)
• 2003 won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok at Featherweight.
  • Defeated Cheng Tong Shou (China) RSCI
  • Defeated Bekzod Chidrov (Uzbekistan) PTS (26-14)
  • Defeated Oleg Jefimovich (Ukraine) PTS (35-19)
  • Defeated Abdusalom Khasanov (Tajikistan) PTS (19-17)
  • Lost to Galib Jafarov (Kazachstan) PTS (35-43)
• 2004 won the gold medal at the European Championships 2004 in Pula, Croatia at Featherweight.
  • Defeated Sedat Tasci (Turkey) PTS (48-13)
  • Defeated Viorel Simion (Romania) PTS (65-41)
  • Defeated Mikhail Bernadski (Belarus) PTS (45-24)
  • Defeated Khedafi Djelkhir (France) RSCO-3
• 2004 won a bronze medal representing Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at Featherweight.
  • Defeated Daniel Brizuela (Argentina) RSCO-3
  • Defeated Khedafi Djelkhir (France) PTS (40-26)
  • Defeated Luis Franco (Cuba) PTS (34-26)
  • Lost to Song Guk Kim (North Korea) PTS (24-29)
• 2005 won the gold medal at the Military World Championships in Pretoria at Featherweight.
  • Defeated V. Anghel (Romania) PTS (24-5)
  • Defeated Y. Uruzbayev (Kazachstan) PTS (24-12)
  • Defeated Thongtheang Khlongchan (Thailand) PTS (30-28)
  • Defeated Sergej Ignatyev (Russia) PTS (25-14)

Professional career

Tajbert turned professional in 2005 and compiled a record of 18-1 before facing and defeating Mexican boxer Humberto Mauro Gutiérrez, to win the WBC interim Super Featherweight title. Tajbert was promoted to full champion after Humberto Soto won the WBC lightweight title.^[1] Tajbert lost the title in his second defence to Japanese boxer Takahiro Ao.^[2]

Professional boxing record

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
26	Win	24–2	Mikheil Avakyan	UD	6	24 Aug 2013
25	Win	23–2	Michael Dufek	UD	6	12 Oct 2012
24	Win	22–2	Jose Luis Graterol	UD	8	28 Jan 2012
23	Win	21–2	Andrey Kostin	UD	6	24 Sep 2011
22	Loss	20–2	Takahiro Ao	UD	12	26 Nov 2010
21	Win	20–1	Héctor Velázquez		9 (12),	22 May 2010
20	Win	19–1	Humberto Mauro Gutiérrez	UD	12	21 Nov 2009
19	Win	18–1	Rudy Encarnacion	UD	6	6 Jun 2009
18	Loss	17–1	Sergey Gulyakevich	UD	12	5 Dec 2008
17	Win	17–0	Ermano Fegatilli	UD	8	29 Aug 2008
16	Win	16–0	Antonio Joao Bento	UD	12	5 Jul 2008
15	Win	15–0	Jesus Garcia Escalona	UD	12	29 Feb 2008
14	Win	14–0	Youssouf Djibaba	TKO	10 (10),	7 Dec 2007
13	Win	13–0	Petr Petrov	UD	8	20 Oct 2007
12	Win	12–0	Younes Amrani	TKO	7 (8),	28 Jul 2007
11	Win	11–0	Jairo Moura dos Santos	UD	8	30 Mar 2007
10	Win	10–0	Alessandro Di Meco		1 (6),	16 Feb 2007
9	Win	9–0	Kirkor Kirkorov	UD	6	5 Dec 2006
8	Win	8–0	Fabian Valentin Martinez	UD	6	21 Nov 2006
7	Win	7–0	Wladimir Borov	UD	6	19 Sep 2006
6	Win	6–0	Adolphe Avadja	UD	4	29 Jul 2006
5	Win	5–0	Pablo Ernesto Oliveto	UD	6	27 May 2006
4	Win	4–0	Dzmitri Rabikau	KO	1 Personal life Tajbert and his family migrated from Kazakhstan as ethnic Germans to Stuttgart in 1992. See also List of world super-featherweight boxing champions External links Website of Vitali Tajbert News and Pictures of Vitali Tajbert

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vitaly Tajbert Grabs Humberto Soto's Old WBC Title. 17 March 2010 . Boxingscene. 2022-05-07.
2. Web site: Hozumi Hasegawa and Takahiro Aoh Win in Japan. 26 November 2010 . Bad left hook. 2022-05-07.