David Graf (boxer)

David Graf
Data
Birth Name	Vahagn Sahakjan
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	German
birthday	January 12, 1989
place of birth	Yerevan
style	Left delivery
size	1.90 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	11
Victories	10
Knockout victories	7th
Defeats	1

David Graf (born January 12, 1989 in Yerevan , real name: Vahagn Sahakjan) is a German professional boxer of Armenian origin in the cruiserweight division .

Amateur career

Vahagn Sahakjan boxed as an amateur for VfL Sindelfingen , was the international German junior light heavyweight champion in 2005 and 2006, and German U-21 heavyweight champion in 2008. In addition, he won nine Württemberg and two South German championships in four weight classes.

He was also used in the national team, where he competed in country comparison matches against boxers from Ireland, England and France, among others. His greatest international success was a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 20th European Junior Championships in Sombor, Serbia .

At the 2016 Olympics , he was eliminated in the first fight against Yamil Peralta .

successes

• 2002 Wuerttemberg youth champion in the light middleweight division
• 2003 Wuerttemberg junior middleweight champion
• 2003 International Wuerttemberg Junior Middleweight Champion
• 2004 Württemberg cadet champion in the light heavyweight division
• 2004 International Wuerttemberg cadet champion in the light heavyweight division
• 2005 Wuerttemberg junior light heavyweight champion
• 2005 tournament winner at the "Hessen Cup von Weilburg & Leun"
• 2005 international South German junior light heavyweight champion
• 2005 international German junior light heavyweight champion
• 2006 Wuerttemberg junior light heavyweight champion
• 2006 international South German junior light heavyweight champion
• 2006 international German junior light heavyweight champion
• 2007 Wuerttemberg junior heavyweight champion
• 2007 3rd place Junior European Heavyweight Championship (semi-final defeat against Vitalij Kudukhow)
• 2007 Württemberg heavyweight champion
• 2007 tournament winner at the "International Brandenburg Junior Cup of Frankfurt"
• 2008 3rd place EU heavyweight championship (semi-final defeat against Con Sheehan)
• 2008 tournament winner at the "International U-21 Tournament von Mühlheim"
• 2008 3rd place German heavyweight championship (semi-final defeat against Lukas Schulz )
• 2008 German U-21 heavyweight champion

Professional career

On April 1, 2011 he signed a professional contract with Sauerland Event in Berlin and fights under the stage name David Graf. He made his professional debut just one day after signing the contract in the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle against Oļegs Lopajevs from Latvia and won by knockout in the first round.

On September 7, 2013, he lost in Scotland on points to Stephen Simmons.

AIBA Pro Boxing (APB)

Since June 2015, Graf started in the newly founded professional area "APB" of the IOC recognized world association AIBA. Graf won his first fight against Yamil Peralta with 2-1 judges votes, then won against Terwel Pulew (3-0) in July and lost to Anton Pinschuk (3-0) in November. At the end of 2015, Graf was in the heavyweight ranking behind Alexei Jegorow ( Russia ), Clemente Russo ( Italy ) and Anton Pinschuk ( Kazakhstan ). Since the APB champion Yegorow had to give up his starting place for association-internal reasons and a Kazakhs with Vasily Levit was already qualified, the third place in the ranking was enough for Graf to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games .

Web links

• Boxing Sindelfingen (PDF; 2.1 MB)
• Profile at BoxRec