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Mihai Nistor
Mihai Nistor (born 5 November 1990) is a Romanian professional boxer. A southpaw, he is best known for stopping Anthony Joshua at the 39th European Amateur Boxing Championships in 2011. As an amateur, Nistor competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the round of 16 by the Jordanian Hussein Ishaish. Nistor competed in the semi-professional World Series of Boxing 2013 to 2018, representing Astana Arlans, Italia Thunder, and Fighting Roosters. He had 157 fights as an amateur and finished with a record of 138-19. In 2019 Nistor started his professional career. Amateur career International highlights 2009 – Arena Cup (Pula, Croatia) 5th place – 91KG * 1/4: Lost to Marko Calic (Croatia) RSCI 2 2010 – Sportaccord World Combat Games (Beijing, China) 2nd place – +91KG * 1/4: Defeated Andrew Jones (Wales) 7:1 * 1/2: Defeated Tomasz Duszak (Poland) 9:1 * Finals: Lost to Zhang Zhilei (China) AB 3 2011 – Bocskai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erbiceni
Erbiceni is a Commune in Romania, commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bârlești, Erbiceni, Spinoasa, Sprânceana and Totoești. Natives *Constantin Erbiceanu *Marius Simionescu References {{Iaşi County Communes in Iași County Localities in Western Moldavia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italia Thunder
250px, LA Matadors vs. Moscow Dynamo in Hollywood, CA on 4 December 2011. Both amateur boxers compete without vests or head guards. The World Series of Boxing or WSB was an international boxing tournament that allowed amateur boxers to compete professionally while maintaining amateur status and Olympic eligibility. It was organized by AIBA from 2010 to 2018. AIBA confirmed in 2019 that the league had ceased operations amid mounting financial losses. History The World Series of Boxing had a precursor in the International Boxing League, a short-lived U.S. venture established in November 1969 after the first U.S.—Soviet boxing dual meet in 1969. The league functioned until 1971 and hosted several exhibition tours of the Soviet boxing team across the United States to cities where IBL teams were located. Bill Daniels was the boss of the league. The league folded due to the unprofitable nature of amateur boxing in North America. Format Unlike in amateur boxing at the start of the Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magomed Omarov (boxer)
Magomed Shakhbanovich Omarov (russian: Магомед Шахбанович Омаров, born 16 October 16, 1989) is a Russian Super Heavyweight amateur boxer best known to win the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He also qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London, where he reached the quarter-final but lost to Azeri World Champion Magomedrasul Majidov. Career Southpaw Omarov, as 19-year-old, grasped the gold medal at 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships, held in Ankara, Turkey, in June 2011 by upsetting 2008 Olympic Champion Roberto Cammarelle. Omarov was sent to the Olympics instead of world class local rival Sergei Kuzmin. He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics at the European Qualifying Event, held in April 2012. In London he beat American Dominic Breazeale but ran into Azeri World Champion Magomedrasul Majidov and lost 14:17. He won the title at the 2013 Summer Universiade. At the 2013 World Championships he beat two opponents but w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Arjaoui
Mohamed Al-Arjaoui ( ar, محمد العرجاوي, born 6 June 1987) is a Moroccan heavyweight amateur boxer who won the African Championships in 2015. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ... Olympics but was eliminated in the first or second bout on all occasions. References External links * * * 1987 births Living people Heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Morocco Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Mohammedia Moroccan male boxers Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Morocco Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Morocc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Usyk
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk ( uk, Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович У́сик; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the unified WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles since 2021, and the ''Ring'' magazine heavyweight title since 2022. Previously he held the undisputed cruiserweight championship from 2018 to 2019, being the first boxer in that division to hold all four major world titles. Usyk is widely regarded as one of the greatest Ukrainian boxers of all time. With his victory over Anthony Joshua in 2021, Usyk became one of only three boxers to have unified the cruiserweight world titles and become a world heavyweight champion, joining Evander Holyfield and David Haye. As an amateur, Usyk won heavyweight gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics. He turned professional in 2013 and won the undisputed cruiserweight championship in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemente Russo
Clemente Russo (born 27 July 1982) is an Italian amateur boxer, best known for winning gold at the 2007 and 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight (201 lbs limit). He currently boxes for the Italia Thunder team in the World Series of Boxing league. He also signed up for the AIBA professional league, the APB, which launched in autumn 2013. Personal life Russo works as a police officer. He is married to former international judo competitor Laura Maddaloni; they have a daughter. Career Russo qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by finishing in second place at the 1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. At the Games Russo, who works as a policeman and who hails from Campania, fought at light heavyweight. He ran right into eventual winner Andre Ward from the USA and was eliminated early. He moved up to the 201 lbs category and exited early at the World championships 2005 and the European championships 2006. In 2007 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magomedrasul Medzhidov
Mahommedrasul Majidov ( az, Məhəmmədrəsul Məcidov) (born 27 September 1986) is an Azerbaijani Professional boxing, professional boxer. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and gold at the 2011, 2013 and 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships, World Championships, all in the super heavyweight division. Amateur career At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships the hard hitting Majidov stopped Uzbek Sardor Abdullayev in the round of 16 and Cuban favorite Erislandy Savon who he dropped heavily in the quarter-finals. In the semis he beat Kazakh Ivan Dychko 16:9. In the final he edged out Englishman Anthony Joshua 22:21. At the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's super heavyweight#Results, 2012 Olympics he stopped Meji Mwamba and European champion Magomed Omarov (boxer), Magomed Omarov from Russia 17:14 and looked on his way to beat defending champion Roberto Cammarelle, he was leading 8:6 after the first round but the Italian fought back to win 13: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Pfeifer
Erik Pfeifer (born 22 January 1987) is a German professional boxer who has held the WBO European heavyweight title since 2019. As an amateur he won bronze medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships and competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Amateur career He won his first medal in 2005, as he won the bronze medal at the Junior European Championship, in 2009 he won the Europe Championship which is not to be confused with the European Amateur Boxing Championships. In 2011, he won another bronze medal, but this time at the World Championships at super-heavyweight. He lost the semi-final to Anthony Joshua as he suffered a broken nose in the first round and as a result, the fight was stopped. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost to eventual bronze medalist, Ivan Dychko, in the first round. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he was defeated in the first round of the super-heavyweight class by Clayton Laurent Jr. of the Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Yoka
Anthony Victor James Yoka (born 28 April 1992) is a French professional boxer who has held the European heavyweight title since 2021. As an amateur he represented France at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympics, winning gold medals in the super-heavyweight division. Amateur career Yoka won the gold medal against future WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker in the super heavyweight division at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. At the 2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost the final to Filip Hrgović. In 2011 he lost at the European (Senior) Championships to Olympic Champion Roberto Cammarelle. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he outpointed Jasem Delavari from Iran but was knocked out by Cuban Erislandy Savón. At the 2012 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament he beat three opponents before getting stopped by Magomed Omarov. In 2015, Yoka first missed a chance to get the gold at the 2015 European Games but still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Wallin
Einar Otto Wallin (born 21 November 1990) is a Swedish professional boxer. He held the WBA Continental heavyweight title in 2017 and won the European Union heavyweight title in 2018. As of October 2022, Wallin is ranked as the world's sixth-best active heavyweight by Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and ninth by ESPN. Amateur career Wallin comes from a working-class family. His father and one of his brothers boxed, and he began boxing when he was 15. As an amateur, he won the Swedish championship for beginners in 2008. There were few heavyweights available to fight in Sweden, where professional boxing was banned until 2007, so Wallin would often fight whoever and whenever in order to stay active. In 2009, Wallin won a bronze medal at the Swedish Youth National Championships in the heavyweight division, and won the Ruska Tournament in the super-heavyweight division. In 2010, Wallin won silver at the Swedish National Championships, and silver at the Haringey Box Cup, losing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Kuzmin (boxer)
Sergey Vasilevich Kuzmin (born 24 June 1987) is a Russian professional boxer who held the WBA Intercontinental heavyweight title from 2018 to 2019. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2010 European Championships. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost to unsung Mohamed Arjaoui Professional career Kuzmin vs. Dawejko On 9 March 2019, Kuzmin faced Joey Dawejko. Kuzmin won the fight via majority decision, 96–94, 96-94 and 95–95 on the scorecards. Kuzmin vs. Hunter In his next bout, Kuzmin faced Michael Hunter. Hunter was ranked #9 by the WBA, #10 by the IBF, #12 by the WBO and #14 by the WBC. Hunter won the fight convincingly on the scorecards, 117–110, 117-110 and 117–110. Kuzmin vs. Bakole In his next bout, Kuzmin fought Martin Bakole. Bakole managed to secure the victory via unanimous decision victory, 98–92, 97-93 and 96–94 on the scorecards. Professional boxing record {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" , - ! !Resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Hrgović
Filip Hrgović (born 4 June 1992) is a Croatian professional boxer who has held the WBC International title in 2018 and the IBF International title in 2020. As an amateur he won the gold medal at the 2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships and bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics. As of December 2021, '' The Ring'' ranks him as the #9 heavyweight in the world. Early life Filip was born on 4 June 1992 in Zagreb, Croatia, to Petar and Iva Hrgović. His father, who was born in Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina worked for Croatian Motorways, while his mom, a native of the Croatian capital Zagreb is a graduate in kinesiology and was focused on raising Filip and his four other siblings. Hrgović recalls being overweight as a child, even earning the nickname "fatty" along the way. He would often end up in trouble and be reprimanded for it. Filip's first sport was basketball at age 8, which he took up as a means to lose weight. He even managed to win the national championship with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
