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1st AIBA European 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from February 25 – March 1, 2008 in Roseto degli Abruzzi-Pescara, Italy. During the tournament 250 boxers from 40 countries competed for 26 Olympic qualifying places in 11 different weight categories. Qualifying 40 teams participated in this tournament: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (ENG - 7), (SCO - 4), (WAL - 2) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ''Number in ( ) is total boxer in each country Competition System The competition system of the 1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament is the knockout round system. Each boxer fights one match per round. Medal summary Medal table Key to AIBA decisions References1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying TournamentMedal and points ranking See also * 1st AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament {{DEFAULTSORT:1st Aiba European 2008 Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olexandr Klyuchko
Oleksandr Klyuchko (Ukrainian: Олександр Ключко) (born July 11, 1984 in Mykolaiv) is an amateur boxer from Ukraine who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He has qualified for the 2008 Olympics. Career At the European Championships he won against Domenico Valentino 30:18 and future world champion Frankie Gavin 42:26, but lost to Olympic champion Alexey Tishchenko 29:42 and took bronze. At the World Championships 2007 he defeated Asian champion Hu Qing 26:13 but lost against by Colombian Darley Perez 10:13. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics by defeating Daouda Sow and Azerbaijani boxer Ramal Amanov in the semifinal of a European qualifying tournament. In his Olympic debut he lost to Hu Qing of China, 8:10. At the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships at Moscow, Russia he won the bronze medal. In the semifinals he lost to Hrachik Javakhyan from Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andranik Hakobyan (boxer)
Andranik Hakobyan ( hy, Անդրանիկ Հակոբյան, born 6 October 1981 in Vagharshapat, Armenian SSR) is a Swiss amateur boxer with Armenian roots. He is a World Cup winner, World silver medalist and two-time Olympian. Biography Andranik Hakobyan was born on 6 October 1981. Hakobyan participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He won in the first round of the Olympic tournament, but lost in the second. In late 2008, Andranik got the right to compete at the 2008 Boxing World Cup in Moscow. The tournament brought together the best amateur boxers in all weight classes. Hakobyan was able to show all his capability and won the Cup in the middleweight (75 kg) category. Hakobyan won a silver medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan. After winning five straight matches, he lost to Abbos Atoev in the finals. Hakobyan won independent Armenia's first silver medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships The IBA World Boxing Championships, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Degale
James Frederick DeGale (born 3 February 1986) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2019. He held the IBF super-middleweight title twice between 2015 and 2018, and regionally the European and British super-middleweight titles between 2010 and 2012. DeGale represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics as an amateur, winning a gold medal in the middleweight division. He also won silver at the 2007 and 2008 EU Championships, and bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. By later becoming IBF champion, he became the first British boxer in history to win both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title. Background Born to a black Grenadian father and a white English mother, DeGale started amateur boxing at the Trojan club at the age of 10 before moving to Dale Youth boxing club. As a boy he soon acquired the nickname "Chunky", a name that has followed him throughout his career. The predominantly southpaw Londoner fights as a switch hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Terbunja
Naim Terbunja (born 28 September 1984 in Pristina, Yugoslavia – in present-day Kosovo) is a Swedish professional boxer of Kosovar-Albanian descent who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight. Terbunja lost his round of 32 match against Matvey Korobov 18 points to 6. Terbunja captured the prestigious National Golden Gloves championship in Salt Lake City, winning five bouts in seven days. Capping that stretch, he defeated the top-ranked fighter in the country - Luis Arias of Wisconsin - 3-2, in the finals of the 165-pound division As an amateur boxer, Terbunja represented Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is name .... Professional boxing record Notes References External links Qualifier* http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/05/1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Joe Saunders
Billy Joe Saunders (born 30 August 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is the first fighter from the Travelling community to win world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO middleweight title from 2015 to 2018 and the WBO super-middleweight title from 2019 to 2021. At regional level he held the European, British, and Commonwealth middleweight titles between 2012 and 2015. Saunders represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics as an amateur, reaching the second round of the welterweight bracket. In the same year, he won gold at the EU Championships. On 19 December 2015, Saunders made history by competing in the first world title fight contested between two members of the travelling community with his opponent Andy Lee; Saunders won the bout by majority decision to become WBO middleweight champion. Early life Originally from Cheshunt, Saunders grew up in a Romanichal travelling community near Hatfield, Hertfordshire. His great-grandfather, Absol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olexandr Stretskiy
Olexandr Stretskyy, also known as Oleksandr Stretskiy, (born 6 May 1986) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who competes as a middleweight. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the welterweight division of the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships and thereby qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2008 Olympics. Amateur career European Championships results 2006 *Defeated Borna Katalinić (Croatia) *Defeated Samuel Matevosyan (Armenia) *Lost to Andrey Balanov (Russia) 31-11 Olympic Games results 2008 *Defeated Gilbert Lenin Castillo (Dominican Republic) 9-6 *Lost to Tureano Johnson Taureano Dexter Johnson (variously known as Tureano, Toureano, Taureno, or Jhonson; born 12 February 1984) is a Bahamian professional boxer who held the WBC Silver middleweight title in 2015. As an amateur he qualified for the 2008 Olympics. ... (Bahamas) 4-9 Professional boxing record External links2006 European Championships Results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magomed Nurutdinov
Magomed Nurutdinov/Mahamed Nurudzinau (born February 5, 1982) is a Belarusian amateur boxer who boxed at the Olympics 2008 at welterweight and later became European champion. At the 2005 World Championships he beat Konstantin Buga, Adam Trupish and Neil Perkins but lost the final to Cuban Erislandi Lara. At the 2006 European Championships he was edged out by little-known Zoran Mitrovic, at the 2007 World Championships he won two bouts then was outclassed 6:26 by local hero and eventual winner Demetrius Andrade. At the Olympics he was upset by John Jackson 2:4. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships at Moscow, Russia after losing in the Semifinals against Alexis Vastine from France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egidijus Kavaliauskas
Egidijus Kavaliauskas (born June 29, 1988) is a Lithuanian professional boxer who challenged for the WBO welterweight title in 2019. At regional level, he held the WBC– NABF welterweight title from 2017 to 2019 and the WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title in 2018. As an amateur, he represented Lithuania at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships. Biography Kavaliauskas participated in 2008 at the Summer Olympics, but lost his first fight to bronze-winning Frenchman Alexis Vastine. In 2009 the boxer successfully started in the world championship and was among the eight strongest. In 2011 He won a gold medal in the Lithuanian championship. In the same year, Kavaliauskas participated in the world championship, where he reached the semifinals. In the finals competition, the athlete suffered a hand injury and won a bronze medal for not finishing the fight. Selected as the best of 2011 Lithuanian boxer. Amateur career * 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Joe Joyce
John Joe Joyce (born 17 October 1987) is an Irish amateur boxer who represented Ireland in the 2008 Olympic Games in the light welterweight division. Joyce was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath. Joyce is a national Irish boxing champion who competed in the light welterweight and welterweight division. In the 2008 Olympic games he defeated Gyula Kate of Hungary by a score of 9–5, but lost via countback the round of 16 to eventual gold medallist Felix Diaz of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ... in a match that was scored at a tie (11-11). 2008 Olympic Games Boxing Results. Retrieved August 14, 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyula Káté
Gyula Káté (born February 3, 1982 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian amateur boxer best known for winning two bronze medals at European Championships and one at the World Championships. Career In 2000 he won the World Junior Championships against Boris Georgiev. At the 2003 World Championships he lost in the semifinal to Mario Kindelan and won lightweight bronze. In 2004 he won lightweight bronze at the European Championships. At the Olympics he lost his first match against Jong Sub-Baik. At the 2004 World University Boxing Championships he won the 64 kg title, the start of his competing at junior welterweight. At the 2007 World Championships he beat Myke Carvalho but lost early to Gennadiy Kovalev. In 2006 he won a bronze medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships after he was beaten in the semifinals by Russia's Oleg Komissarov. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics at Light-welterweight by beating Lithuanian boxer Egidijus Kavaliauskas in the semifinal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
