Garbis Zakaryan

Garbis Zakaryan, (born June 2, 1930 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish and European welterweight boxing champion. He is the first Turkish professional boxer.[1]

Life and career

Of Armenian descent, he studied at the local Armenian Esayan school.[2] His father couldn't work because of poor health and his mother would make the entire household living from knitting.[1] He left school at 5th grade and began working as a newspaper salesman.[1] He began his boxing career in 1944 at the Boğaziçi Turnuvası (Bosporus Tournament).[2] He became the Istanbul and Turkey champion at 48 kg in 1947 and 1948. He then represented the Turkish National Team for the first time in 1949 against Spain. He became the first Turkish professional boxer in 1951. Zakaryan retired in 1966. He then worked as a boxing trainer including European champion, Cemal Kamaci.

Zakaryan went on to lose his European champion title in March 1957.

Zakaryan was Middle-East champion in 1964.

Record

28 Wins (6 knockouts), 8 Losses (1 knockouts), 5 Draws[3]
Res. Record Opponent Type Date Location Notes
Draw32-13-6Italy Franco Nenci PTS1966-04-15 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win1-1Italy Piero Morgia TKO1965-12-09 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win0-1Lebanon Maroun Jeres PTS1965-08-14 Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon
Win5-5-3Tunisia Abdulha Mohamed Djen Doubi TKO1965-03-20 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win4-6France Jean-Claude Labreuille PTS1964-12-02 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win2-1-2Germany Lothar Kremer PTS1964-09-17 France Paris, France
Win2-1-2Germany Lothar Kremer PTS1964-09-17 France Paris, France
Win0-0Lebanon Maroun Jeres KO1964-06-08 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Middle Orient Middleweight Title
Win3-17-6Italy Mario Della Corte PTS1964-04-09 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win39-29-11France Rene Brunet PTS1963-11-18 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win66-65-20France Jean Ruellet PTS1963-08-19 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win38-26-10France Rene Brunet TKO1963-03-27 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win1-0-2France Charles Attali PTS1960-10-12 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Draw1-0-1France Charles Attali PTS1960-03-18 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win0-1-0Syria Mohammed Salah Mousri PTS1959-10-08 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Loss38-15-4Brazil Paulo Sacoman PTS1957-11-22 Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
Win11-7-6France Brahim Kettani PTS1957-11-10 France Paris, France
Loss34-2-2Argentina Martiniano Pereyra TKO1956-10-20 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss44-1-2Argentina Cirilo Gil PTS1956-09-22 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss48-7-2France Idrissa Dione PTS1956-08-18 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win14-3-2Ivory Coast Ousmane Cisse PTS1956-04-08 Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon
Loss7-0-0France Jacques Nervi PTS1956-03-17 France Granville, France
Win16-1-0France Michel François PTS1956-03-03 France Paris, France
Win22-6-2Turkey Ziyaris Taki KO1955-07-30 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Turkish Welterweight Title
Win22-6-2France Ahmed Belarbi II PTS1955-06-05 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Draw0-1-0Greece Jan Papadopulos PTS1955-05-15 Egypt Alexandria, Egypt
Win19-7-8Germany Karl Oechsle PTS1955-03-27 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
WinGreece Emmanuel Lambidis PTS1955-02-27 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
WinGreece Jan Papadopulos PTS1954-11-02 Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon
Loss34-2-0France Idrissa Dione PTS1954-02-05 Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon
Loss33-2-0France Idrissa Dione PTS1954-01-23 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
WinFrance Brahim Kettani PTS1954-01-12 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win22-30-7France Emmanuel Clavel RTD1953-10-03 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win15-3-2Turkey Ziyaris Taki PTS1953-08-18 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Turkish Welterweight Title
Win9-22-4France Robert Astoine PTS1953-04-30 France Paris, France
Draw16-15-31Germany Freddi Teichmann PTS1953-04-17 Germany Berlin, Germany
Win22-8-4Morocco Charles Dhery PTS1953-03-14 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win8-18-4France Leandre Mateos PTS1953-01-13 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win8-18-4Greece Michel Lambidis PTS1951-12-23 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
Win5-0-0Turkey Ziyaris Taki PTS1951-05-02 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Precise date is uncertain. This fight is from a record provided by Leo Vollnhofer, Vienna.
Loss2-0-0Turkey Ziyaris Taki PTS1951-03-10 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Precise date is uncertain. This fight is from a record provided by Leo Vollnhofer, Vienna.
Draw5-6-2France Ali Amrane PTS1950-10-18 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey

References

  1. 1 2 3 SOYKAN, TİMUR (21 October 2012). "Türkiye'nin ilk profesyonel boksörü BÜYÜK GARBİS". Posta (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 İstepanyan, Torkom (1967). Hepimize bir bayrak: Hâtırat--inceleme (in Turkish). Tarla. p. 118. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Professional Boxing Record. Boxrec. Retrieved on 2012-05-19.

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