Matt Korobov Boxing News

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight champion Jorge Linares (27-0, 18 KO’s) stopped challenger Josafat Perez (12-2, 7 KO’s) in the 8th round on Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros, Nuevo Laredo, in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Linares, 23, looked far from impressive in most of the rounds throwing few punches and [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten Russian middleweight prospect Matt Korobov (6-0, 5 KOs) defeated American Loren Myers (7-5, 2 KOs) by a harder than expected four round unanimous decision on the Saturday night on the undercard of the WBO welterweight title bout between Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten Russian middleweight prospect Matt Korobov (5-0, 5 KOs) kept his perfect knockout string intact with an impressive 2nd round TKO over journeyman Anthony Bartinelli (20-13-2, 13 KOs) on Saturday night on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Korobov, 26, a two [...]

By Manuel Perez: The undercard of the Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao bout on May 2nd is going to be loaded with nothing but utter mismatches with light middleweight James Kirkland (25-0, 22 KOs) facing Michael Walker (19-1-2, 12 KOs), and WBC super featherweight champion Humberto Soto will be defending his title against Canadian Benoit [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated Russian middleweight prospect Matt Korobov (4-0, 4 KOs) kept his perfect record and knockout string alive on Saturday night with a last second knockout in the 4th round against his crafty opponent Cory Jones (4-5, 1 KOs) at Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. Korobov, 26, with seconds to [...]

At today’s weigh-in from New York, former welterweight champion Miguel Cotto came in at 146, one pound under for his clash for the vacant WBO welterweight title on Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden. His opponent, Britain’s Michael Jennings, came in at 146.5.

By Dave Lahr: Undefeated Russian middleweight Matt Korobov (3-0, 3 KOs) made short work of his opponent Roberto Florentino (3-4, 3 KOs), knocking him out in the 1st round on Saturday night at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Korobov, 26, a World amateur middleweight champion in 2005 and 2007 for Russia and also [...]