1. Artur Razmikovich Grigorian is a retired Armenian-Uzbek professional boxer.
14 Facts About Artur Grigorian
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Artur Grigorian defended his title against record-breaking 17 boxers, and held it for seven years, six months and twenty days; nearly as long as record holder Benny Leonard held his lightweight title.
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Artur Grigorian defeated Shane Mosley and won a gold medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle City.
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Artur Grigorian won a silver medal at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships and competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
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On 23 July 1994, Artur Grigorian defeated Turkish boxer Senturk Ozdemir by a fifth-round technical knockout and won the vacant German International lightweight title.
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On 1 April 1995, Artur Grigorian defeated Antonio Strabello and became the WBO Inter-Continental champion.
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Artur Grigorian faced Puerto Rican Antonio Rivera on 13 April 1996, for the vacant WBO lightweight title.
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Artur Grigorian won by knocking Rivera out in the twelfth round and became the new WBO lightweight champion.
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Artur Grigorian avenged his amateur defeat by stopping Rudolph in the sixth round.
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Artur Grigorian would continue to defend his title a total of seventeen times, a new record in the lightweight division.
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Artur Grigorian was just one more defense away from becoming the longest reigning lightweight champion, but ultimately lost his belt to Acelino Freitas by unanimous decision on 3 January 2004.
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Artur Grigorian had surgery on his right shoulder prior to the bout.
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Artur Grigorian retired later that year after winning one more bout.
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On 24 February 2009, at the age of 41, Artur Grigorian came out of retirement for one more bout in which he won a six-round unanimous decision against Bulgarian Kirkor Kirkorov.