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Georgian boxer

Koba Gogoladze
Koba Gogoladze (right) versus Antonio Davis (left)
Born კობა გოგოლაძე (1973-01-07) January 7, 1973 (age 51)Poti, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Georgian
Other names The Cobra
Statistics
Weight(s) Super Featherweight
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 23
Wins 20
Wins by KO 8
Losses 3
Draws 0
No contests 0

Koba Gogoladze (born January 7, 1973, in Poti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti) is a professional boxer from Georgia. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics as a lightweight, losing on points in the quarterfinals to Leonard Doroftei.

Koba Gogoladze

Medal record
Representing Georgia
Men’s Boxing
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Budapest Lightweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Minsk Lightweight

Professional career

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Gogoladze turned professional in 1999, boxing mainly in England, although he did also fight once in Cyprus (winning the minor World Boxing Federation (WBF) International Lightweight title) and twice in his native Georgia. He took two years off, and moved to Philadelphia. He faced stiffer competition in the US, recording his first loss against Almazbek Raiymkulov. After two more bouts, he faced Scotland's Alex Arthur for the interim WBO title where he was stopped by a 10th round TKO. A final loss, to Ji-Hoon Kim, this time a 1st round TKO, closed out his career.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Gogoladze, Koba (21 July 2007). "SUPERB ARTHUR ON HIS WAY TO THE TOP". mirror.
  2. ^ G, Koba (5 July 2006). "Tessitore: Translation? It all makes sense in the ring". ESPN.com.
  3. ^ Hickman, Niall (22 November 2007). "Arthur is all set to be crowned king". Express.co.uk.
  4. ^ G, Kobas. "Arthur: I've nothing to prove". Sky Sports. No. 8 August 2015.