Vitali Tajbert (born 25 May 1982) is a German former

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who competed from 2005 to 2013. He held the WBC

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title in 2010 (having held the

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from 2009 to 2010) and the

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title in 2008. As an

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, he won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships, a gold medal at the 2004 European Championships, and a bronze medal at the

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, all in the

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division.

Amateur results

*1999 won a bronze medal at the Junior European Championships in Rijeka, Croatia at Bantamweight. *2000 won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Budapest at Bantamweight. **Defeated Yuguang Zhang (China) RSC-2 **Defeated Yusni Barzaga (Cuba) PTS (27-13) **Defeated Yevgeni Kybalyuk (Ukraine) PTS (19-8) **Defeated Haruyton Tovmasyan (Armenia) PTS (15-6) **Defeated Murat Chrachev (Russia) PTS (23-3) *2001 represented Germany at the

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at Bantamweight. **Lost to Afansy Poskachine (Russia) PTS (9-10) *2002 represented Germany at the European Championships in Perm, Russia. Result was: **Lost to Waldemar Cucereanu (Romania) PTS (15-29) *2003 won the silver medal at the

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at Featherweight. **Defeated Cheng Tong Shou (China) RSCI **Defeated Bekzod Chidrov (Uzbekistan) PTS (26-14) **Defeated Oleg Jefimovich (Ukraine) PTS (35-19) **Defeated

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(Kazachstan) PTS (35-43) *2004 won the gold medal at the European Championships 2004 in Pula, Croatia at Featherweight. **Defeated

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(Turkey) PTS (48-13) **Defeated

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(Romania) PTS (65-41) **Defeated Mikhail Bernadski (Belarus) PTS (45-24) **Defeated

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(France) RSCO-3 *2004 won a bronze medal representing Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at Featherweight. **Defeated Daniel Brizuela (Argentina) RSCO-3 **Defeated

(France) PTS (40-26) **Defeated Luis Franco (Cuba) PTS (34-26) **Lost to Song Guk Kim (North Korea) PTS (24-29) *2005 won the gold medal at the Military World Championships in Pretoria at Featherweight. **Defeated V. Anghel (Romania) PTS (24-5) **Defeated Y. Uruzbayev (Kazachstan) PTS (24-12) **Defeated Thongtheang Khlongchan (Thailand) PTS (30-28) **Defeated Sergej Ignatyev (Russia) PTS (25-14)

Professional career

Tajbert turned professional in 2005 and compiled a record of 18-1 before facing and defeating Mexican boxer Humberto Mauro Gutiérrez, to win the WBC interim Super Featherweight title. Tajbert was promoted to full champion after Humberto Soto won the WBC lightweight title. Tajbert lost the title in his second defence to Japanese boxer Takahiro Ao.

Professional boxing record

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Takahiro Ao is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2018. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC featherweight title in 2009 and the WBC super-featherweight title from 2010 to 2012. Professional caree ...

, UD , 12 , 26 Nov 2010 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 21 , Win , 20–1 , style="text-align:left;", Héctor Velázquez , , 9 (12), , 22 May 2010 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 20 , Win , 19–1 , style="text-align:left;",

Humberto Mauro Gutiérrez Humberto Mauro Gutiérrez (born 8 November 1988) is a Mexican professional boxer. Professional career On 22 August 2009, Gutiérrez won the interim WBC super featherweight title against Belarusian Sergey Gulyakevich. He fought and lost the tit ...

, UD , 12 , 21 Nov 2009 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 19 , Win , 18–1 , style="text-align:left;", Rudy Encarnacion , UD , 6 , 6 Jun 2009 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 18 , Loss , 17–1 , style="text-align:left;", Sergey Gulyakevich , UD , 12 , 5 Dec 2008 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 17 , Win , 17–0 , style="text-align:left;", Ermano Fegatilli , UD , 8 , 29 Aug 2008 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 16 , Win , 16–0 , style="text-align:left;", Antonio Joao Bento , UD , 12 , 5 Jul 2008 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 15 , Win , 15–0 , style="text-align:left;", Jesus Garcia Escalona , UD , 12 , 29 Feb 2008 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 14 , Win , 14–0 , style="text-align:left;", Youssouf Djibaba , TKO , 10 (10), , 7 Dec 2007 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 13 , Win , 13–0 , style="text-align:left;", Petr Petrov , UD , 8 , 20 Oct 2007 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 12 , Win , 12–0 , style="text-align:left;", Younes Amrani , TKO , 7 (8), , 28 Jul 2007 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 11 , Win , 11–0 , style="text-align:left;", Jairo Moura dos Santos , UD , 8 , 30 Mar 2007 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 10 , Win , 10–0 , style="text-align:left;", Alessandro Di Meco , , 1 (6), , 16 Feb 2007 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 9 , Win , 9–0 , style="text-align:left;",

Kirkor Kirkorov Kirkor Kirkorov (; born March 4, 1968, as Krikor Kirkorian) is a retired Bulgarian boxer who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Featherweight Di ...

, UD , 6 , 5 Dec 2006 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 8 , Win , 8–0 , style="text-align:left;", Fabian Valentin Martinez , UD , 6 , 21 Nov 2006 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 7 , Win , 7–0 , style="text-align:left;", Wladimir Borov , UD , 6 , 19 Sep 2006 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 6 , Win , 6–0 , style="text-align:left;", Adolphe Avadja , UD , 4 , 29 Jul 2006 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 5 , Win , 5–0 , style="text-align:left;", Pablo Ernesto Oliveto , UD , 6 , 27 May 2006 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 4 , Win , 4–0 , style="text-align:left;", Dzmitri Rabikau , KO , 1 {4), , 29 Apr 2006 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 3 , Win , 3–0 , style="text-align:left;", Alain Rakow , , 4 , 28 Feb 2006 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 2 , Win , 2–0 , style="text-align:left;", Julio Borges , KO , 1 (4), , 7 Jan 2006 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 1 , Win , 1–0 , style="text-align:left;", Robert Zsemberi , , 1 (4), , 3 Dec 2005 , style="text-align:left;", ,

Personal life

Tajbert and his family migrated from Kazakhstan as ethnic Germans to

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in 1992.

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