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Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov
Gaydarbek Abdulovich Gaydarbekov (russian: Гайдарбек Абдулович Гайдарбеков) (born October 6, 1976 in Kaspiysk, USSR) is a Russian boxer of Avar heritage, who has won two Olympic medals in Middleweight including the gold medal at the 2004 games. He qualified for the Athens Olympics by winning the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. Today he is perhaps best known for defeating future boxing superstar Gennady Golovkin in the 2004 Olympic finals. Despite his brilliant amateur pedigree, he never turned professional. Amateur highlights *Russian Champion 1999, 2001 and 2002 *1994 2nd place as a Flyweight at the Junior World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Results were: **Defeated A. Kopanov (Kazakhstan) PTS (15-2) **Defeated A. Mahdi (Algeria) DSQ-2 **Defeated Borislav Nikolov (Bulgaria) RSC-2 **Defeated Jesus Vega (USA) PTS (11-8) **Lost to Alexander Jimenez (Cuba) PTS (3-11) *1998 2nd place as a Light Middleweight at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1867. Chandler won, becoming known as the American middleweight champion. The first middleweight fight with gloves ''may'' have been between George Fulljames and Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey (no relation to the more famous heavyweight Jack Dempsey). Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of , . Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion =BoxRec= As of , . Longest reigning world middleweight champions Below is a list of longest reigning middleweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pula, Croatia
Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula, with a population of 52,411 in 2021. It is known for its multitude of ancient Roman buildings, the most famous of which is the Pula Arena, one of the best preserved Roman amphitheaters. The city has a long tradition of wine making, fishing, shipbuilding, and tourism. It was the administrative centre of Istria from ancient Roman times until superseded by Pazin in 1991. History Pre-history Evidence of the presence of '' Homo erectus'' one million years ago has been found in the cave of Šandalja near Pula. Pottery from the Neolithic period (6000–2000 BC), indicating human settlement, has been found around Pula. In the Bronze Age (1800–1000 BC), a new type of settlement appeared in Istria, called 'gradine', or Hill-to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zsolt Erdei
Zsolt Erdei (born 31 May 1974) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2004 to 2009 (making eleven consecutive defences against ten different opponents), and the WBC cruiserweight title from 2009 to 2010. Erdei is the first boxer from Hungary to win world titles in two weight divisions. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 2000 Olympics. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Amateur career * 1997 World Champion in Budapest * 1998 and 2000 European Champion * Representing Hungary, won the Middleweight bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney * Amateur Record: 212-20 *1996 Olympic Results **Defeated Juan Pablo López (Mexico) RSC 3 (2:20) **Lost to Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey) 8-9 *2000 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Middleweight (75 kg) **Defeated Vladislav Vizilter (Kyrgyzstan) RSC-3 **De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Lacy
Jeffrey Scott Lacy (born May 12, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2015. He held the IBF super middleweight title from 2004 to 2006, and the IBO super middleweight title from 2005 to 2006. Lacy rose to prominence in the early to mid-2000s as a feared puncher in the division, with his physique and knockout record making him one of boxing's top-rated prospects at the time. Amateur career Lacy had over two hundred fights as an amateur, winning the 1999 National PAL amateur champion at 165 pounds, the 1998 U.S. National amateur champion at 165 pounds, and the 1998 National PAL amateur champion at 165 pounds. Lacy fought at the 1996 Eastern Olympic Trials, stopping Kenneth Head in the first round. In the quarter-finals, Lacy defeated Rubin Williams. In the semi-finals, Lacy lost to Darnell Wilson and finished third. In the 1997 National Golden Gloves, Lacy again defeated Rubin Williams, but lost against Randy Griffin in the semi-finals and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eromosele Albert
Eromosele Albert (born 27 July 1974) is a Nigerian former professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... Professional boxing record References External links Eromosele Albertat BoxStat.co * * * 1974 births Living people Nigerian male boxers Olympic boxers for Nigeria Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Boxers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Middleweight boxers African Games medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Benin City African Games silver medalists for Nigeria Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukas Wilaschek
Lukas Wilaschek (born April 30, 1981 in Katowice, Upper Silesia, Poland) is a German boxer who won several medals at major events as an amateur. He is now a professional boxer and an undefeated fringe contender. Amateur career 2002 he lost the Euro junior middleweight final to Russian Andrey Mishin, in 2004 he competed at middleweight and lost again to a Russian in Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov. At the 2004 Olympics he lost early to Oleg Mashkin Oleg Mashkin (born 30 May 1979) is a Ukrainian boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of .... Professional career The lanky counterpuncher turned pro in 2004 and won 20 bouts against nondescript opposition displaying only moderate power. External links2002 Euro [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Miller (boxer)
Paul James Miller (born 15 November 1978 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is a boxer from Australia, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the Men's 75 kg Division. There he was beaten by Vugar Alekperov of Azerbaijan in the second round, after defeating Dominica's Jerson Ravelo. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Olympic results 
*Defeated (Dominican Republic) 8–7
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Utkirbek Haydarov
Utkirbek Haydarov (Уткирбек Хайдаров; born January 25, 1974, in Andijon) is an Uzbekistani boxer who competed in the light heavyweight (81 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. Career The aggressive southpaw won the middleweight world title six years earlier in Houston but lost his first match at the Olympics 2000 and moved up in weight. He qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he defeated Turkmenistan's Shokhrat Kurbanov. At light heavyweight he also won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang, People's Republic of China after having Olympic results 2000 (as a middleweight) *Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Russia) 10–11 2004 (as a Light heavyweight) *Defeated Isaac Ekpo (Nigeria) 21–11 *Defeated Abdelhani Kensi (Algeria) 31–19 *Defeated Ihsan Yildirim Tarhan (Turkey) 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Hernández Sierra
Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight (< 67 kg) division during the 1990s. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in , . After having won silver at his Olympic debut he repeated that feat in , |
Jermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He remains the most recent undisputed middleweight champion, having won the WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, ''Ring'' magazine, and lineal titles in 2005 by beating Bernard Hopkins, and in doing so ending Hopkins' twelve-year reign as middleweight champion. This made Taylor the first, and to date, only male boxer in history to claim each title from all four major boxing sanctioning organizations in a single fight. He once again defeated Hopkins six months later, making him the only fighter to have defeated Hopkins twice. He retired as a world champion in the months that followed his capture of the IBF middleweight title for a second time, after making a substantial recovery from a brain injury sustained earlier in his career. Taylor made his professional debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Hikal
Mohamed Hikal (born January 10, 1979) is an Egyptian boxer. He won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division (75 kg) at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He competed in four Olympic Games from 2000-2012. Career Hikal won the gold medal in the welterweight division at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. He also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There, Hikal was defeated in the second round of the welterweight (69 kg) division by Russia's eventual bronze medalist, Oleg Saitov. Hikal subsequently moved up to middleweight, and later managed to upset defending world champion Gennady Golovkin and win the bronze medal in the middleweight (75 kg) division at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2008 Olympics, he lost his first bout to James DeGale. At the 2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Jimenez
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
