Victor Oganov
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Victor Oganov is a Russian boxer
Boxing
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 of Armenian
Armenians
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 descent.

Career

Oganov was 64-16 as an amateur
Amateur sports
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 and turned pro
Professional sports
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 as a Super Middleweight
Super middleweight
Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...

 in Russia
Russia
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 in 1998 year. Has a good start in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
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 Russia
Russia
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, Russia with management team Tundra. In 2003 went to Australia
Australia
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 in search of more fights and soon found manager Kostya Tszyu then after a one year left his team and join a new manager-coach Jeff Fenech
Jeff Fenech
Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:...

. Oganov won his first 26
26
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 fights by knockout
Knockout
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. After his explosive American
United States
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 debut, in which he knocked out veteran Richard "The Alien" Grant
Richard Grant (boxer)
Richard "The Alien" Grant is a former light-heavyweight boxer, and former EBA Light Heavyweight and Super Middleweight champion...

, Oganov signed with Gary Shaw Productions LLC, promoted by famous boxing promoter Gary Shaw
Gary Shaw (boxing promoter)
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, for more fights in the USA and left Jeff Fenech
Jeff Fenech
Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:...

. On September 1, 2007, in a match for the vacant IBO
International Boxing Organization
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 Super Middleweight
Super middleweight
Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...

 title, he lost his title fight, being knocked out by Fulgencio Zuniga
Fulgencio Zúñiga
Fulgencio Zúñiga is a professional boxer of 178 cm height, current IBO Super middleweight champion, having beaten previously undefeated knockout artist Victor Oganov for the vacant title on September 1, 2007...

 in the ninth round. He also lost by referee Ray Corona stoppage to Andre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...

 in 2008. Participation in Australian Contender Super Middleweight Series 2009 year left in fight 3, semifinal.

He has trained with Dennis Bakhtov
Dennis Bakhtov
Denis Bakhtov is a world rated, Russian heavyweight boxer and two-time WBC International Heavyweight Champion.-External links:...

, Roman Karmazin
Roman Karmazin
Roman Alexandrovich Karmazin is the former IBF Light Middleweight champion of the world. He is a Russian boxer who has defeated Keith Holmes and Kassim Ouma. He suffered his first loss in 2002, a twelve-round decision against Javier Castillejo of Spain in Castiliejo's hometown.Karmazin currently...

, sparred Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham is an Armenian-German professional boxer HyeFighter residing in Berlin, Germany. He was IBF world middleweight champion from 2005 to 2009, making ten successful defences of his title...

, Danny Green
Danny Green
Daniel "Danny" Green is an Australian professional boxer and the former IBO cruiserweight champion.- Amateur boxing career and the Olympics :...

, Paul Briggs
Paul Briggs
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, Julio Cesar Gonzalez
Julio Cesar Gonzalez
Julio César González Ibarra is a Mexican boxer and the former Lineal & WBO light heavyweight champion.Gonzalez was born in Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, and still claims Mexico as his native country although he has lived in the United States for several years...

 and is a good friend of boxer, Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan
Vic Darchinyan
Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan is an Armenian professional boxer discovered by HyeFighters. He is a three-division world champion, having won eight titles in three different weight classes. He is a former IBF Flyweight World Champion and a former Undisputed WBA, WBC & IBF Super Flyweight World...

.

Now lives in Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
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. Married, wife Svetlana
Svetlana
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 from the same birth-town Syktyvkar
Syktyvkar
-Twin towns/sister cities:Syktyvkar is twinned with the following sister cities: Cullera, Spain Debrecen, Hungary Los Altos, United States Lovech, Bulgaria Taiyuan, China-External links:* * * *...

, Russia. Two children: girl and boy.
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