Yuri Barashian
# Yuri Barashian

Yuri Barashian (Ukrainian: Юрій Барашян (born October 18, 1979 in Feodosiya, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who held the European light-heavyweight title and challenged for the WBA light-heavyweight title in 2008.

## Professional career

Barashian won the European light-heavyweight title in February 2008 with a knockout win over Thomas Ulrich. Following the win, he was ranked as a top contender for the WBA light-heavyweight title. He faced Hugo Garay in July 2008, but lost a unanimous decision. In his next bout, Barashian challenged WBO champion Zsolt Erdei but was again defeated via unanimous decision. The bout would have been contested for Erdei's title, but Barashian missed the weight limit, making it a non-title bout.

## Professional boxing record

| 37 fights | 28 wins | 9 losses |
| - | - | - |
| By knockout | 19 | 2 |
| By decision | 9 | 7 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 37 | Win | 28–9 | Roman Sergienko | RTD | 4 (8), 3:00 | 20 May 2016 | Theodoros Boxing Club, Kharkov, Ukraine | |
| 36 | Loss | 27–9 | Taylor Mabika | TKO | 4 (8) | 30 May 2015 | Libreville, Gabon | |
| 35 | Loss | 27–8 | Yury Kashinsky | RTD | 7 (10), 3:00 | 28 Nov 2014 | Sport Palace, Barnaul, Russia | |
| 34 | Loss | 27–7 | Ruslan Fayfer | UD | 8 | 26 Sep 2014 | Basket-Hall, Krasnodar, Russia | For vacant WBC Baltic Silver cruiserweight title |
| 33 | Loss | 27–6 | Arturs Kulikauskis | UD | 6 | 23 Feb 2013 | Studio 69, Riga, Latvia | |
| 32 | Win | 27–5 | Juan Manuel Garay | MD | 8 | 21 Oct 2012 | Sport Complex "Prometey", Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine | |
| 31 | Win | 26–5 | Yuri Potanin | TKO | 6 (6) | 29 Oct 2010 | Yubileiny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 30 | Loss | 25–5 | Zsolt Erdei | UD | 12 | 10 Jan 2009 | Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany | |
| 29 | Loss | 25–4 | Hugo Garay | UD | 12 | 3 Jul 2008 | Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina | For vacant WBA light-heavyweight title |
| 28 | Win | 25–3 | Thomas Ulrich | KO | 8 (12), 0:56 | 23 Feb 2008 | Brandberge Arena, Halle, Germany | Won European light-heavyweight title |
