Garbis Zakaryan
Turkish boxer (1930–2020)
- Born
- 2 June 1930, Istanbul
- Died
- 25 January 2020, Istanbul
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- welterweight
- Occupation
- boxer
Garbis Zakaryan (Armenian: Կարպիս Զաքարեան), (June 2, 1930 – 25 January 2020) was a Turkish and European welterweight boxing champion of Armenian ethnicity. He was the first Turkish professional boxer. He was nicknamed "Demir Yumruk" ("Iron Fist").
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.