Ivan Kirpa (born March 6, 1978 in

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) is a Russian

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from

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. He won his first 19 fights, before losing to

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on points on May 8, 2003. Kirpa then won his next four fights against Tigran Saribekyan, Alexei Korobka, Sergey Zimnevich and then Jose Leonardo Corona, 32 months after his last bout.

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