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CO noa By JOSE LAMBIET nd auce Mcquillan Daily Hews Staff Writers A Russian boxer's disappearance became more mysterious yesterday when police found his empty They noticed his car Friday car outside a Brooklyn diner. His trainer, Peter Kahn, said Kobozev started jogging last week for a Dec. 13 match and a possible $100,000 rematch with Marcelo Domin-guez, who beat him in a split decision in Paris on Oct 24. His live-in girlfriend, Lina, who declined to give her last name, said Kobozev withdrew from an ATM last Wednesday. He was going to take her 7-year-old son to a karate class that evening.

But he never returned from a repair shop where he had taken his car. Police ask that anyone with information call (800) 577-TIPS or 61st Precinct detectives at (718) 627-6621. adds to the suspicion." Mottle ruled out rumors that Kobozev had contacts with the Russian mob. "We looked into it and he doesn't seem to have ties to Russian organized crime," he said. Kobozev, a leading cruiser-weight from Sheepshead Bay, had been upset over losing a fight in Paris last month that ended his unbeaten record at 22-0.

But his live-in girlfriend, his manager and his trainer all said he was coping well with his first professional loss. "It's like losing a football game. Don't forget it's his first loss, but he's a man," said his Thomas Gallagher. i SB! morning, but had no reason to report it. Detectives are, scouring for leads in the disappearance of Kobozev, who had an upcoming shot at a $100,000 title fight "There's no indication of foul play," said Capt.

Joseph Mottle. "It's just that he doesn't fit the profile of a missing person, unless there is something suspicious and the car found unattended Sergei Kobozev, 31, a world-ranked boxer who had three big matches coming up, vanished Wednesday after leaving an auto repair shop. Cops found his locked black-and-white 1983 Chevy Blazer in the parking lot of a 24-hour diner in Bensonhurst where he occasionally ate. But staffers at the Petrina Diner didn't remember seeing the muscle-bound 6-footer recently, police said. j.a Srgi Kobozev i mm- BODY OF WORK: Cindy Crawford video is target of suit.

taiTffoirall Sim DausiaiHfc 4 mbmw MMaJca daily news CRASH SITE: Cops investigate Brooklyn wreck, in which a man was killed at intersection where contractors had removed a stop sign, SDgDD Dfi(o ODD fefiglO irGD- LOS ANGELES Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been hit with a copyright infringement suit by a record company alleging she ripped off a tune for use in her popular exercise video. In court papers filed yesterday. Virgin Records Ltd. says Crawford and her producers used the recording "Big Wheels in Shanty Town" in the "Cindy Crawford Shape Your Body Workout" but failed to pay royalties. "By copying, manufacturing and selling the infringing video, defendants have made profits and have not paid plaintiffs any royalties and have not accounted for the exploitation of plaintiffs copyrighted work," the suit states.

The suit seeks an injunction to stop further reproduction or sale of the workout tape and to impound all copies. Virgin and 10 Music which own rights to the song and the album it came from, want unspecified damages from Crawford, Good Times Home Video Corp. and other producers of her tape. Crawford's lawyers have not responded to the suit Michelle Caruso 2 this situation creates another accident" Police said Lugo was killed in the 8 p.m. accident when his head crashed through the sunroof of his car as it overturned and landed on him.

They said Lugo was traveling south on Brooklyn Ave. The 1983 Oldsmobile was heading west on Midwood St The two occupants of the Oldsmobile, who were not identified, suffered minor injuries. They were taken to Kings County Hospital and were being evaluated late last night Borak said alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the accident He said the drivers of both cars had clean records. By JOSE LAHCTIET 1 Oatty News Staff Writer A Brooklyn man was killed last night in a traffic accident that may have occurred because a construction company did not put a stop sign back after removing it while installing pipes, police said. Police said Reinaldo Lugo, .39, of Brooklyn was crushed to death after his 1993 BMW was slammed by an Oldsmo-bile at Midwood St and Brooklyn Ave.

inFlatbush. The Oldsmobile came through the intersection because the stop sign that should have been on Midwood St. had been removed last week, police said. "There should have been a stop sign there to stop the Oldsmobile," Officer-Eric Borak, an accident said. "The BMW had the right-of-way.

We don't know where the sign is." Angry residents said construction workers were replacing underground pipes at the intersection last week. Neither cops nor residents could say which construction company had performed the work. "I stop at the intersection even without a sign because I've lived here for years," said Carl Joseph, who lives a few feet from the intersection. "But for someone who is not familiar with the area, it is very dangerous," he said. "The city has got to do something before.