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Giorgio Petrosyan

1985 - Today

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Gevorg "Giorgio" Petrosyan (Armenian: Գևորգ Պետրոսյան; born December 10, 1985) is an Armenian-Italian former kickboxer who competed in the middleweight division. Nicknamed "The Doctor", he is noted for supreme technical skills, ringsmanship, and defensive prowess which has seen him defeat some of the best strikers in the world while taking little damage. As of September 2022, he is ranked the #5 lightweight and #6 pound-for-pound kickboxer in the world by Combat Press, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest kickboxers of all time. After immigrating to Italy from Armenia at thirteen years old, Petrosyan began his professional career as a Muay Thai fighter at sixteen, starting out as a -54 kg/119 lb bantamweight before moving up through the weight classes and settling at the -70 kg/154 lb middleweight division, taking numerous titles along the way. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Giorgio Petrosyan is the 292nd most popular boxer (up from 301st in 2024), the 106th most popular biography from Armenia (up from 114th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Armenian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Giorgio Petrosyan ranks 292 out of 496. Before him are Arnold Vanderlyde, Mary Kom, Tomasz Adamek, Utkirbek Haydarov, Felix Sturm, and Vic Darchinyan. After him are Jorge Eliécer Julio, Juan Carlos Lemus, Stipe Drews, Clemente Russo, Sinan Şamil Sam, and Bakhodir Jalolov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Giorgio Petrosyan ranks 445. Before him are Jessica Lucas, Vânia Fernandes, Kornel Saláta, David Gallagher, Alexander Dale Oen, and Andrey Batt. After him are Asmaa Mahfouz, Tomáš Hubočan, Otman Bakkal, Birkan Sokullu, Rafael Bastos, and Havana Brown.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Giorgio Petrosyan ranks 106 out of 163. Before him are Artashes Minasian (1967), Narine Abgaryan (1971), Armen Darbinyan (1965), Parg (1994), Artur Ayvazyan (1973), and Vic Darchinyan (1976). After him are Sergei Alifirenko (1959), Mnatsakan Iskandaryan (1967), Gabriel Sargissian (1983), Emmy (1984), Karen Asrian (1980), and Mariam Petrosyan (1969).

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Among BOXERS In Armenia

Among boxers born in Armenia, Giorgio Petrosyan ranks 4. Before him are Vladimir Yengibaryan (1932), Arthur Abraham (1980), and Vic Darchinyan (1976). After him are Susi Kentikian (1987), Hrachik Javakhyan (1984), Mikhail Aloyan (1988), Hovhannes Bachkov (1992), Artem Harutyunyan (1990), and Davit Chaloyan (1997).

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