Zhan Kossobutskiy


Zhan Sergeevich Kossobutskiy is a Kazakh professional boxer who has held the WBC International heavyweight title since May 2022.
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Professional boxing career

Kossobutskiy made his professional debut against Edgars Kalnars on 23 September 2017, and won by a first-round technical knockout. He amassed an 11-0 record during the next two years, winning all but one of the fights by stoppage.
Kossobutskiy faced Agron Smakici for the vacant IBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title on 11 November 2019. He won the fight by knockout, stopping the Croatian cruiserweight with just 20 seconds left in the first round. Kossobutskiy Abraham Tabul in a non-title bout on 6 March 2020. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout. Kossobutskiy next faced Kamil Sokolowski on 4 August 2020, in his final fight of the year. He won the fight by knockout, stopping Sokolowski midway through the tenth and last round of the bout.
Kossobutskiy was expected to face Pavel Sour for the vacant WBA International heavyweight title on 20 February 2021, at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany. Sour was forced to withdraw from the title fight after testing positive COVID-19 and was replaced by Onoriode Ehwarieme. Kossobutskiy knocked Ehwarieme down once in the third round, before finishing him in the fourth. After capturing the WBA secondary title, Kossobutskiy signed a promotional deal with Frank Warren.
Kossobutskiy made his first title defense against Joey Dawejko on 21 August 2021, at the same venue and location in which he had won the secondary WBA belt. The bout was broadcast domestically in Germany by BILD+ and internationally as a FITE TV pay-per-view. Kossobutskiy won the fight by a second-round left hook knockout. Dawejko later claimed the finishing shot had landed to the back of his head, although the referee didn't seem to agree with him.
Kossobutskiy faced former WBC world title challenger Johann Duhaupas for the vacant WBC International heavyweight title on 21 May 2022. He won the fight by a fifth-round stoppage, as Duhaupas retired from the bout before the start of the sixth round. On Aug 26 2023 Kossobuskiy fought Efe Ajagba. He disgracefully hit Ajagba low and was DQ from the fight in the fourth round.
3 Days after the fight Kossobutskiy would say that “After receiving numerous low-blow-shots by my opponent, I got out of control, lost my professionalism and tried to do vigilantism.” Kossobutskiy has not returned since.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
20Loss19–1Efe Ajagba4, 0:3326 Aug 2023Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
19Win19–0Hussein MuhamedKO3, 1:355 Nov 2022Rudolf Weber-Arena, Oberhausen, GermanyRetained WBC International heavyweight title
18Win18–0Johann DuhaupasRTD5, 3:0021 May 2022Inselparkhalle, Wilhelmsburg, GermanyWon vacant WBC International heavyweight title
17Win17–0Alexis GarciaTKO5, 0:5019 Feb 2022Universum Gym, Hamburg, GermanyWon vacant WBC International Silver heavyweight title
16Win16–0Joey DawejkoKO2, 2:0721 Aug 2021Universum Gym, Hamburg, GermanyRetained WBA International heavyweight title
15Win15–0Onoriode EhwariemeKO4, 1:1320 Feb 2021Universum Gym, Hamburg, GermanyWon vacant WBA International heavyweight title
14Win14–0Kamil SokolowskiKO10, 1:464 Aug 2020DiaMond, Minsk, Belarus
13Win13–0Abraham TabulTKO2, 1:306 Mar 2020Caesars Palace, Bluewaters Island, Dubai, UAE
12Win12–0Agron SmakiciKO1, 2:4011 Nov 2019Kuppel, Hamburg, GermanyWon vacant IBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title
11Win11–0Osborn MachimanaKO1, 2:5916 Oct 2019Korston Club, Moscow, Russia
10Win10–0Williams OcandoTKO2, 1:2024 Apr 2019Zhuravinka Club, Minsk, Belarus
9Win9–0Srdan GovedaricaTKO1, 2:3429 Jan 2019Astoriya Riverside Club, Minsk, Belarus
8Win8–0Aliaksandr NiakhaichykTKO2, 1:1729 Nov 2018Zhuravinka Club, Minsk, Belarus
7Win7–0Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko627 Sep 2018Crazy Horse Club, Minsk, Belarus
6Win6–0Irakli Gvenetadze1, 3:0017 Jun 2018Parkovy Convention Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
5Win5–0Gogita GorgiladzeTKO2, 0:1325 May 2018Prime Hall, Minsk, Belarus
4Win4–0Maksym PedyuraTKO1, 1:5022 Feb 2018Crazy Horse Club, Minsk, Belarus
3Win3–0Oleksandr Nesterenko1, 2:0221 Dec 2017USC Soviet Wings, Moscow, Russia
2Win2–0Aleh ZablotskiTKO4, 1:4421 Nov 2017Zhuravinka Club, Minsk, Belarus
1Win1–0Edgars Kalnars1, 2:4223 Sep 2017Palace of Culture, Barysaw, Belarus