Yuri Arbachakov

Description: Sport: Boxing / Sports Topic: Boxers & Coaches

Newest Review: ... for, to Yuri Ebihara, after the former Japanese world champion (Hiroyuki Ebihara-Who was the first world Flyweight champion, with the WBC, and was also recognised by RING and WBA). A 7th stoppage win (against Hyun Ki Lee, in round 4) lead to Yuri to get a shot at the Japanese Flyweight title in his 8th fight (sometimes incorrectly mentioned as his 7th) against Takahiro Mizuno. Mizuno was ... more

... overwhelmed in the first and stopped after an early blitz, handing the Armenian amateur star his first professional trinket. After 2 successive 5th round KO defences of his title he went looking for bigger fish to fry and had two fights with Samanchai Chal...more

Read Reviews for Yuri Arbachakov

Yuri Arbachakov: Yuri who? (870 words)
by - written on 29/05/09 (Very useful, 21 readings)
Rating:

Boxing at the lower weights is often a forgotten part of the sport, with a highly blas view in the modern western world of the likes of the great flyweights such as Armenian great Yuri Arbachakov. Yuri was arguably the first true great exponent to the professional ranks that the former USSR gave the world, and what a fighter he was. Yuri started like most in the amateur ranks, for the USSR in the 1980's and reaching the pinnacle of his amateur career with a gold medal in the World Boxing Championships held in Moscow in 1989, which was coupled with a win in the European Championships the same year in Athens, both medals coming in the Flyweight ... Read the complete review

Read 1 review

Write a review