Koba Gogoladze (born January 7, 1973 in

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) is a professional

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from

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. He competed in the

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as a lightweight, losing on points in the quarterfinals to

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Olympic career

*1996 Lightweight competitor at Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States. Results were: *# First Round — Defeated Ri Chol (North Korea), 17-9 *# Second Round — Defeated Julio Gonzalez Valladares (Cuba), 14-9 *# Quarter Finals — Lost to

(Romania), 8-17

Professional career

Gogoladze turned professional in 1999, boxing mainly in

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, although he did also fight once in

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(winning the minor World Boxing Federation (WBF) International Lightweight title) and twice in his native Georgia. He took two years off, and moved to

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. He faced stiffer competition in the US, recording his first loss against Almazbek Raiymkulov. After two more bouts, he faced

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for the interim WBO title where he was stopped by a 10th round TKO. A final loss, to Ji-Hoon Kim, this time a 1st round TKO, closed out his career.

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1972 births Living people Olympic boxers for Georgia (country) Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Male boxers from Georgia (country) AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Lightweight boxers 20th-century people from Georgia (country) People from Poti Sportspeople from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti {{Georgia-boxing-bio-stub