Ando Hakob

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The Baden boxer Ando Hakob is the reigning Swiss super-lightweight champion.
Ando Hakob

Ando Hakob (born March 6, 1989 in Yerevan , Armenian SSR as Andranik Hakobyan ) is a Swiss professional boxer from Baden AG .

Life

Ando Hakob was born as the son of the Armenian electrical engineer Hrachik Hakobyan († 2015) and Silva Shachbazian in the Armenian capital Yerevan. Hakob grew up in poor conditions. He spent the first seven years in Yerevan and on his grandparents' farm in the Aparan region . In 1996 he and his family fled to Germany through Belarus and Poland . After three years, the asylum application was rejected. His family left Germany and traveled on to France and Spain. In August 1999 the family successfully applied for asylum in Switzerland. In 2011 Ando Hakob completed an apprenticeship as a commercial clerk .

Beginnings and amateur career

Ando Hakob started boxing when he was 18. A year later, on November 20, 2008, he won his first amateur boxing match . In the years up to 2010, another 18 amateur fights followed. In 2010 he won the Swiss light welterweight championship by defeating Riccardo Silva Ramos, who was much more experienced with 85 fights, with 16:12 points. In 2011 Hakob played his first international tournament in Paris and came second after victories against Italy and Germany. In 2012 Hakob moved to the Singen Boxing Club, where he remained undefeated for more than a year and won fights at other international tournaments. His record is 62 wins in 67 amateur fights (62-5-0). After a shoulder operation, Ando Hakob switched to professional boxing in 2014.

Professional career

Ando Hakob played his first professional boxing match in Frankfurt. He won it in the first round after a knockout . He won his second professional fight in Hanover in the second round, also by knockout. Ando Hakob can now look back on ten professional fights, all of which he has won. His co-balance is 50%. This battle balance is unique in Switzerland. Ando Hakob ranks 278th in the welterweight world ranking of the independent platform BoxRec. He has been the reigning Swiss super-lightweight champion since his win against Cedric Kassongo in November 2017.

List of professional fights

14 wins (including 6 wins by knockout, 5 wins on points), 1 defeat, 2 draws
Result
 opponent
 Type
 Round
 date
 place
victory BulgariaBulgaria Kemal Faik KO 1 2015-07-11 GermanyGermany Frankfurt , Germany
victory TurkeyTurkey Ahmet Ramazan Acar TKO 1 2015-08-15 GermanyGermany Hanover , Germany
victory GermanyGermany Mazen Girke UD 6th 2015-10-02 GermanyGermany Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg , Germany
victory HungaryHungary Istvan Szucs PTS 4th 2015-12-05 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Spreitenbach , Switzerland
victory IranIran Reza Rahimi TKO 2 2016-05-22 GermanyGermany Koenigs Wusterhausen , Germany
victory HungaryHungary Gyula Vajda PTS 12 2016-06-18 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Basel , Switzerland
victory Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Jovica Kokot TKO 3 2017-05-06 GermanyGermany Koenigsbrunn , Germany
victory FranceFrance Chaquib Fadli PTS 12 2017-05-27 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Olten , Switzerland
victory GeorgiaGeorgia Giorgi Gviniashvili KO 5 2017-10-07 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bern , Switzerland
victory SwitzerlandSwitzerland Cedric Kassongo PTS 10 2017-11-24 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva , Switzerland

Others

Ando Hakob often provokes his opponents on social media platforms and in the ring. The American sports broadcaster 120 Sports called him the fastest boxer in the world. From 2009 to 2011 Hakob was a member of the Swiss Boxing Team. On February 17, 2018, Ando Hakob was supposed to play an international professional match against Innocent Anyanwu from the Netherlands. Since Anyanwu's HIV test was not up to date, the fight did not take place. Instead, a show fight was held against the French boxer Mevludin Sulejmani from Strasbourg , which Ando Hakob won.

Web links

Commons : Ando Hakob  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ News. Accessed February 14, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ Compass - From refugee boy to professional boxer . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . ( srf.ch [accessed on February 14, 2018]).
  3. ↑ A busy life: Ando Hakob has always fought his way through . In: az Badener Tagblatt . January 23, 2017 ( badenertagblatt.ch [accessed February 14, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Singing Boxing Club. Retrieved on February 14, 2018 (German).
  5. ↑ a b Ando Hakob. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on February 14, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.konzept2.ch  
  6. ↑ This man from Baden wants to become one of the best boxers in the world . In: az Badener Tagblatt . October 1, 2015 ( badenertagblatt.ch [accessed on February 14, 2018]).
  7. ↑ a b BoxRec: Ando Hakob. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Historic boxing success: Ando Hakob is Swiss champion . In: az Aargauer Zeitung . February 14, 2018 ( aargauerzeitung.ch [accessed February 15, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Baden boxer Ando Hakob: The man with two faces . In: ot Oltner Tagblatt . May 26, 2017 ( oltnertagblatt.ch [accessed on February 14, 2018]).
  10. ↑ This man from Baden impresses the sports world: They call him the fastest boxer in the world . In: az Badener Tagblatt . February 12, 2017 ( badenertagblatt.ch [accessed February 14, 2018]).
  11. ↑ The fight was over before it started: Ando Hakob's opponents were not allowed to compete . In: az Badener Tagblatt . February 20, 2018 ( badenertagblatt.ch [accessed February 22, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Hakob, Ando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hakobyan, Andranik (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss boxer
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Yerevan , Armenia