Yuri Yakovlevich Arbachakov (russian: Юрий Яковлевич Арбачаков; born October 22, 1966) is a Russian former

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who competed from 1990 to 1997. He held the WBC

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title from 1992 to 1997.

Amateur career

Yuri Arbachakov was born on October 22, 1966, in the village of Ust-Kezes,

Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...

into a Shor family. Arbachakov was an amateur boxing star in the

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. He won both world and European amateur championships during his amateur career, and lost only 21 of 186 amateur fights.

Professional boxing career

Arbachakov emigrated to

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as part of the

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program, along with

Orzubek Nazarov Orzubek Nazarov (born August 30, 1966 in Kant, Kyrgyz SSR) is a boxer of Uzbek ethnicity, who won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno. He is a former WBA Lightweight Champion. Career As an amateur Nazarov ...

. He trained with the Kyoei boxing gym, and fought almost all of his fights in Japan. He made his professional debut in February, 1990, under the name "Yuri Chakov", in the

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division. In 1991, his gym changed his ring name to "Yuri Ebihara," (after former world champion

Hiroyuki Ebihara was a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1959 to 1969. He held the WBA, WBC, and '' The Ring'' flyweight titles from 1963 to 1964 and the WBA flyweight title again in 1969. Yuri Arbachakov used the ring name Yuri Ebihara in h ...

) and in July of that year, he won the Japanese flyweight title in his seventh professional bout, by 1st-round knockout. He defended the title once before returning it. In June, 1992, he challenged

Muangchai Kittikasem Nattawut Jantaweemol ( th, ณัฐวุฒิ จันทรวิมล, born 11 November 1968), later Muangchai Jantaweemol ( th, เมืองชัย จันทรวิมล), known professionally as Muangchai Kittikasem ( th, เ� ...

for the WBC and lineal flyweight titles, and won by 8th-round knockout. He would go on to defend his titles nine times over five years. After winning the world titles, he took out "Ebihara" from his ring name, and began fighting as "Yuri Arbachakov." He made this change because "Ebi" closely resembles the Russian word for "

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." In August, 1996, he made his 9th defense by 8th-round KO, but injured his right hand during the fight. The injury forced him into a long period of inactivity. His 10th defense was scheduled for November, 1997, over a year since his last fight.

Chatchai Sasakul Chatchai Sasakul ( th, ฉัตรชัย สาสะกุล; ; born February 5, 1970) is a Thai former professional boxer who competed between 1991 to 2008. He held the WBC flyweight title from May 1997 to December 1998. Aside from being ...

had become the WBC flyweight interim champion during Arbachakov's inactivity, and the two had previously fought in September, 1995, with Arbachakov emerging victorious by decision. However, Sasakul won the rematch by 12-round decision, and Arbachakov announced his retirement after the fight. His professional record was 23-1-0 (16KOs).

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Yuri Arbachakov - CBZ Profile
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Amateur career

Professional boxing career

Professional boxing record

See also

References

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