Professional career

Sergey Tatevosyan (born January 4, 1973 in Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk

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, Russia

Russia

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) is a professional boxer

Boxing

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 from Russian Federation.

Sergey made his professional debut on January 29, 2000, when he beat countryman Alexander Komarov on technical knockout in the fourth round. On June 24, 2000, he won for the first time the Russia middleweight title to Nikolay Talalakin.
In 2003, he won vacant WBC International middleweight title by unanimous decision against Ghanaian boxer James Obede Toney. Tatevosyan faced has several future world champions, has lost to contenders Dmitry Pirog

Dmitry Pirog

Dmitry Pirog is a Russian boxer in the Middleweight division and the current WBO Middleweight Champion.-Amateur career:Dmitry used to be a chess player and wasn’t getting enough activity, so he decided to start boxing...

, Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute is a Romanian-Canadian professional boxer, currently based in Montreal, Canada. Bute is the current IBF Super Middleweight champion...

 and Carl Froch

Carl Froch

Carl Froch is an English professional boxer and is a two-time and reigning WBC super middleweight champion. He previously held the British, Commonwealth, & English titles at super middleweight.-Amateur:...

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Tatevosyan vs. Bute

Tatevosyan fought Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute is a Romanian-Canadian professional boxer, currently based in Montreal, Canada. Bute is the current IBF Super Middleweight champion...

 on January 26, 2007 in Montreal for WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title. He lost fight by unanimous decision 120-108, 119-109, 119-109 to Lucian Bute at the Bell Centre

Bell Centre

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