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Muslim Gadzhimagomedov
Muslim Gamzatovich Gadzhimagomedov (russian: Муслим Гамзатович Гаджимагомедов; born 14 January 1997) is a Russian professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Association (WBA) bridgerweight title since July 2024. As an amateur, Gadzhimagomedov won a gold medal at the 2019 World Championships and 2019 European Games. Gadzhimagomedov also won silver medals at both the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2017 European Championships. Amateur career Olympic result Tokyo 2020 *Round of 16: Defeated Abdelhafid Benchabla (Algeria) 5–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Ammar Abduljabbar (Germany) 5–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated David Nyika (New Zealand) 4–1 *Final: Defeated by Julio César La Cruz (Cuba) 5–0 World Championship results Hamburg 2017 *First round: Defeated Jeysson Monroy (Colombia) 5–0 *Round of 16: Defeated by Bektemir Melikuziev (Uzbekistan) 4–1 Yekaterinburg 2019 *Round of 32: Defeated Berat Acar (Turkey) 5–0 *Round of 16: Defeated David Nyik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiserweight (boxing)
Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class (boxing), weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. Professional boxing The current weight limit for the division is . When originally established, the weight limit was . The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division. While many great heavyweight champions (such as Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis) weighed around 190 pounds in their career, during the 1970s it became fairly standard that fit heavyweight boxers weighed at least . It was felt by many boxing authorities that asking men weighing between and to fight these larger men was unfair. The WBC was the first boxing organization to recognize the cruiserweight division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2019 European Games – Men's 91 Kg
The men's heavyweight 91 kg boxing event at the 2019 European Games in Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ... was held from 21 to 30 June at the Uruchie Sports Palace. Results Final Top half Bottom half References External linksDraw Sheet {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing At The 2019 European Games Men's 91kg Men 91 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheavon Clarke
Cheavon Clarke (also named Cheavan Clarke, born 14 December 1990) is a Jamaican-born British professional boxer. He competed for Jamaica in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. After that he changed his allegiance to Great Britain / England, then went on to win a silver medal in the 2017 European Championships. In May 2019, Clarke was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. He also competed at the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia, where he lost by unanimous decision to Muslim Gadzhimagomedov Muslim Gamzatovich Gadzhimagomedov (russian: Муслим Гамзатович Гаджимагомедов; born 14 January 1997) is a Russian professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Association (WBA) bridgerweight title since July 2024 ... in the quarterfinals. Professional boxing record Notes References 1990 births Living people British male boxers Jamaican male boxers Black British sportspeople English people of Jamaican d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bektemir Melikuziev
Bektemir Rozmatjon Ogli Meliqoziyev (born 13 April 1996) is an Uzbek professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics as a middleweight. Amateur career Olympic result Rio 2016 *Round of 16: Defeated Daniel Lewis (Australia) 3–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Vikas Krishan Yadav (India) 3–0 *Semi-final: Defeated Misael Rodríguez (Mexico) 3–0 *Final: Defeated by Arlen López (Cuba) 3–0 World Championship results Doha 2015 *Round of 32: Defeated Zaal Kvachatadze (Georgia) KO *Round of 16: Defeated Christian M'billi (France) 2–1 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Petr Khamukov (Russia) 2–1 *Semi-finals: Defeated Michael O'Reilly (Republic of Ireland) 2–1 *Final: Defeated by Arlen López (Cuba) 2–1 Hamburg 2017 *Round of 16: Defeated Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (Russia) 4–1 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Yerik Alzhanov (Kazakhstan) 3–2 *Semi-final: Defeated by Joe Ward (Republic of Ireland) 3–2 Professional career On 13 June 2019, Melik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeysson Monroy
Jeysson Monroy Varela (born March 14, 1985) is a Colombian professioal boxer, model, and actor. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's light heavyweight, but was defeated in the first round by Boško Drašković of Montenegro. Jeysson plans to be a professional boxer by 2016. He is part of the cast of the Colombian reality TV show Desafío 2016: Súper Humanos He was born in Medellin, Colombia but raised in Bogota. He began his career at the age of 14 but it was not until he turned 18 that he decided to dedicate his life to boxing. He has represented Colombia in many national and international competitions such as WSB, the National Games of Colombia and the Pan American Games. He has been boxing national champion of Colombia 12 times in total. He obtained second place in the National Games in 2004 and later obtained first place in 2007 and 2008. In 2010 and 2011, he won the Central American and South American Games. Finally in 2015 he won a gold medal for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio César La Cruz
Julio César De La Cruz Peraza (born 11 August 1989) is a Cuban professional boxer. As an amateur he won gold medals at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, and the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Amateur career At the 2011 World Championships, he captained the Cuban national team, where he beat number 1 seeded Egor Mekhontsev from Russia on points (21–15) in semi-final, and defeated Adilbek Niyazymbetov from Kazakhstan after 3 rounds by 17–13 finishing score in final, being the 4th World amateur boxing champion boxer from Camagüey. He grasped the gold medal at 2011 Pan American Games in which Cuba national team topped the medal table with 8 golds and 1 silver. He beat Carlos Gongora of Ecuador in the semi-finals and Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino of Brazil in the final on points (22–12). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was upset by Falcão Florentino in the quarterfinals in a rematch from the 2011 Pan American Games. At the 2013 World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Nyika
David Kieran Nyika (born 7 August 1995) is a New Zealand professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at both the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as competing at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships. Nyika and Sarah Hirini were the New Zealand flag bearers at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Nyika gained significant media attention after an incident during the Round of 16 at the 2020 Summer Olympics in which Moroccan boxer Youness Baalla attempted to bite Nyika's ear. Amateur career 2020 Summer Olympics On July 27, 2021, Nyika won a Round of 16 match against Moroccan Youness Baalla in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. In what was described by commentators as a "disgraceful act", during the third round, Baalla attempted to bite Nyika. The biting incident overshadowed the competition as New Zealand media reported that it "marred" Nyika's Olympic debut. The incident drew comparisons to Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield's 1997 fight in which Tyson repeatedly bit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammar Abduljabbar
Ammar Riad Abduljabbar (born 1 October 1995) is a German boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. A native of Iraq, he moved to Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ... in 2010 and became a German citizen in 2018. References External links * 1995 births Living people German male boxers Olympic boxers for Germany Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics German people of Iraqi descent Iraqi emigrants to Germany Naturalized citizens of Germany Sportspeople from Hamburg {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelhafid Benchabla
Abdelhafid Benchabla ( ar, عبد الحفيظ بن شبلة; born 26 September 1986, in Zemmouri) is an Algerian amateur boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is the current World Series of Boxing Light heavyweight champion. Career At the Arab Championships 2007 he lost the semifinal to Mourad Sahraoui. At the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Benchabla won the silver medal after losing in the final to Ramadan Yasser of Egypt. In 2008, Benchabla qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after beating Bastir Samir of Ghana at the AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament 2008 in Algiers, Algeria. he beat Mourad Sahraoui of Tunisia in the final. At the Olympics he won the rematch with Kassel but lost 7:12 to eventual winner Zhang Xiaoping. In 2009, Benchabla won silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy, after losing in the light heavyweight final to Bosko Draskovic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgerweight
Bridgerweight is a weight class in professional boxing created and used by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The weight is named after six-year-old American Bridger Walker, who saved his four-year-old sister from a stray dog in July 2020. History After presenting Bridger Walker with a championship belt and naming him an "Honorary Champion" in July 2020, the WBC announced the establishment of bridgerweight four months later on November 9. Established for boxers weighing between and , the division sits between the WBC's cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said of the decision to create the new weight: "We have decided to create a new division called Bridger, as it is the bridge necessary to serve the large number of boxers who are between 200 and 224-pounds. This name is inspired by that hero of humanity, that six-year-old boy who heroically saved his four-year-old sister from an attack by a wild dog during the pandemic; yes, this new division is i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBA awards its world championship title at the professional level. Founded in the United States in 1921 by 13 state representatives as the NBA, in 1962 it changed its name in recognition of boxing's growing popularity worldwide and began to gain other nations as members. By 1975, a majority of votes were held by Latin American nations and the organization headquarters had moved to Panama. After being located during the 1990s and early 2000s in Venezuela, the organization offices returned to Panama in 2007. It is the oldest of the four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory authority to guarantee the fighters' safety. Most high-profile bouts obtain the endorsement of a sanctioning body, which awards championship belts, establishes rules, and assigns its own judges and referees. In contrast with amateur boxing, professional bouts are typically much longer and can last up to twelve rounds, though less significant fights can be as short as four rounds. Protective headgear is not permitted, and boxers are generally allowed to take substantial punishment before a fight is halted. Professional boxing has enjoyed a much higher profile than amateur boxing throughout the 20th century and beyond. Professional boxing was banned in Cuba from 1961 to April 2022. So was also the case in Sweden between 1970 and 2007, and Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
