13 Facts About Sergei Kobozev

Sergey Kobozev was a Russian boxer, who challenged for the WBC Cruiserweight title in 1995.

Sergei Kobozev is known as a first boxer to defeat John Ruiz.

Sergei Kobozev proved to be a tough slugger, but his career ended early after he was killed by the Russian mafia.

Sergei Kobozev was scheduled to fight Orlin Norris on March 12,1995, for the WBA World Cruiserweight title, but the fight didn't happen.

Shortly thereafter he was given another title shot opportunity at a rematch scheduled for December 13 for which he was training, he had three big matches coming up, but on November 8,1995, Sergei Kobozev was reported missing by his girlfriend Lina Cherskikh.

Later surfaced that Sergei Kobozev was murdered by Russian mafia after a bar scuffle at Brooklyn's Paradise Club the weekend of November 3,1995.

Sergei Kobozev had been a captain in the Soviet Army and held a degree in chemistry from the Institute of Moscow, before he made his name as a cruiserweight on the Soviet national boxing team.

In 1990 Sergei Kobozev went to the United States, he lived in a fourth-floor apartment on 16th Street in a working-class section of Sheepshead Bay with his live-in companion Yelena Cherskikh, and her 7-year-old son, Vitaly.

Sergei Kobozev was managed by Thomas Gallagher and trained by Peter Kahn.

Sergei Kobozev received a shot at the WBC title vacated by recently retired Anaclet Wamba, for which Kobozev fought Marcelo Fabian Dominguez in Paris and lost via a controversial decision.

Early in November 1995 Sergei Kobozev started training for a December 13 rematch versus Marcelo Fabian Dominguez to whom he lost a split decision, but soon he disappeared.

Sergei Kobozev disappeared in November 1995, just 2 weeks after losing a close split decision for the WBC Cruiserweight title, his very first career loss.

Sergei Kobozev was allegedly murdered by two reputed Russian mobsters, Alexander Nosov and Vasiliy Ermichine.