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Shakhram Giyasov
Shakhram Djamshedovich Giyasov (born 7 July 1993) is an Uzbek professional boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics as a welterweight. Amateur career Olympic result Rio 2016 *Round of 32: Defeated Youba Sissokho (Spain) 3–0 *Round of 16: Defeated Eimantas Stanionis (Lithuania) 3–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Mohammed Rabii (Morocco) 3–0 *Final: Defeated by Daniyar Yeleussinov (Kazakhstan) 3–0 World Championships result Hamburg 2017 *Round of 16: Defeated Yevhenii Barabanov (Ukraine) 5–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Pat McCormack (England) 5–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Ablaikhan Zhussupov (Kazakhstan) 4–1 *Final: Defeated Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) 5–0 Professional career Early career Giyasov vs. Velazquez On 10 March 2018, Giyasov made his professional debut against Nicolas Atilio Velazquez of Argentina. Giyasov won the fight after knocking Velazquez out with a left hook to the body wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super-lightweight
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional boxing In professional boxing, light welterweight is contested between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, in which boxers weigh above 61.2kg or 135 pounds and up to 63.5 kg or 140 pounds. The first champion of this weight class was Pinky Mitchell in 1946, though he was only awarded his championship by a vote of the readers of the ''Boxing Blade'' magazine. There was not widespread acceptance of this new weight division in its early years, and the New York State Athletic Commission withdrew recognition of it in 1930. The National Boxing Association continued to recognize it until its champion, Barney Ross relinquished the title in 1935 to concentrate on regaining the welterweight championship. A few commissions recognized bouts in the 1940s as being for the light welterweight title, but the modern beginnings of this championship date from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youba Sissokho
Youba Ndiaye Sissokho (born 7 November 1991) is a Senegalese-born Spanish boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was born in Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ... and moved to Majorca at six months. References External links * * * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Dakar Senegalese emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Spanish people of Senegalese descent Spanish male boxers Olympic boxers for Spain Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing European Games competitors for Spain Boxers at the 2015 European Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canelo Álvarez Vs
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Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2,909,500 (2022). It is in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. Tashkent comes from the Turkic ''tash'' and ''kent'', literally translated as "Stone City" or "City of Stones". Before Islamic influence started in the mid-8th century AD, Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic cultures. After Genghis Khan destroyed it in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th century, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, Tashkent fell to the Russian Empire; it became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Sov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darleys Pérez
Darleys Gregorio Pérez Ballesta (born September 14, 1983) is a Colombian professional boxer who held the World Boxing Association, WBA lightweight title in 2015. As an Amateur boxing, amateur he represented Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics as a lightweight. Amateur career At the South American Games 2006 he won the gold medal vs Éverton Lopes (13:11). At the PanAm Games 2007 he lost at a qualifier (13:16) and the quarterfinals of the main event to world champion Yordenis Ugás (4:8) in a tight contest. At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he upset heavy favourite Olexandr Klyuchko (13:10) and knocked out two successive opponents but lost to Kim Song Guk from North Korea in the final. He clinched a berth at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, narrowly losing to eventual gold medallist Aleksei Tishchenko at the quarter-finals stage. He turned professional in 2009 following his Olympic campaign, with an impressive amateur record of 82 wins and 7 losses. Professional ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of WBA World Champions
This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA. Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed. In December 2000, the WBA created an unprecedented situation of having a split championship in the same weight class by introducing a new title called ''Super world'', commonly referred to simply as ''Super''. The ''Super'' champion is highly regarded as the WBA's primary champion, while the ''World'' champion – commonly known as the ''Regular'' champion by boxing publications – is only considered the primary champion by the other three major sanctioning bodies ( WBC, IBF, and WBO) if the ''Super'' title is vacant. A ''Unified'' champion is a boxer that holds the ''Regular'' title and a world title from another major sanctioning body (WB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Hearn
Edward John Hearn (born 8 June 1979) is a British sports promoter who is chairman of Matchroom Sport and Professional Darts Corporation. Hearn is the son of promoter Barry Hearn, the founder of Matchroom Sport. Education Hearn was a student at the independent Brentwood School, Essex. He failed to get into sixth form at Brentwood School as he performed poorly on his GCSEs. Hearn played cricket and football to a high standard, and his father Barry petitioned the school to let him stay on for his sporting record, but the school refused. Hearn said, "I grew up thinking I was a hard nut and in Brentwood School I was. Anywhere else I was a pansy." He then went to Havering Sixth Form College in Hornchurch, which was not selective. Barry encouraged Hearn to study by promising him £1,000 for a C or better grade in his A-level subjects, which were media studies, physical education and business studies. Hearn achieved two Cs and one A. Boxing promoter Matchroom Sport was founded by Edd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matchroom Sport
Matchroom Sport is a sporting event promotions company founded by English entrepreneur Barry Hearn and run by Hearn and his son Eddie Hearn. It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool (cue sports), pool, bowling, golf, fishing, darts, table tennis, poker and gymnastics. The company is based in Brentwood, Essex. Matchroom has broadcasting agreements in the United Kingdom with Sky Sports, the BBC and ITV (TV network), ITV. History Matchroom formed in 1982 concentrating on snooker management with the likes of Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor, and Jimmy White under contract before branching out into other sports with Hearn's first foray into boxing promotion being the Frank Bruno vs. Joe Bugner heavyweight clash in 1987 in front of 35,000 people at White Hart Lane. The range of sports increased in 1994 with the Mosconi Cup, an event which sees teams from Europe and the United States compete in a 9-ball pool (cue sports), pool tournament. It h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Joshua Vs
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include '' Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; ''Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; ''Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; '' Antoine'' in French; '' Antal'' in Hungarian; and '' Antun'' or '' Ante'' in Croatian. The usual abbreviated form is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ablaikhan Zhussupov
Ablaikhan Zhussupov ( kz, Абылайхан Қайратұлы Жүсіпов; born 10 January 1997) is a Kazakhstani boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * 1997 births Living people Kazakhstani male boxers Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Abay District, East Kazakhstan Sportspeople from East Kazakhstan Region Boxers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Welterweight boxers Youth Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat McCormack (boxer, Born 1995)
Pat McCormack (born 8 June 1995) is a British boxer who is affiliated with Birtley ABC. He is the 2018 69 kg Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist. He also competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2019, McCormack was selected to compete at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus. He also competed at the World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia, where he won the silver medal after losing by split decision (4:0) to Andrey Zamkovoy in the final. In 2021, McCormack qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, going in as the No 1 seed and for many insiders he was viewed as the favourite to win the gold due to his stellar performances in previous competitions, McCormack made it to the final losing out to previous gold medallist Roniel Iglesias taking home a Silver Medal He is the twin brother of fellow boxer Luke McCormack Luke J. McCormack was the chief information officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from December 16, 2013, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniyar Yeleussinov
Daniyar Maratovich Yeleussinov (born 13 March 1991) is a Kazakh professional boxer. As an amateur he competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, winning a gold medal in 2016. He also won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games; the 2013 World Championships; and silver at the 2015 World Championships. Amateur career Yeleussinov began boxing in 1999 and is trained by his father Marat Yeleussinov. Yeleussinov kickstarted his career with gold in the 2010 Asian Games, and enjoyed a remarkable 2013 when he triumphed in both the AIBA World Championships and the Asian Championships. Twice named the AIBA Elite Men’s Boxer of the Year, he takes inspiration from legendary figures including Serik Konakbayev, Bekzat Sattarkhanov, Oscar De La Hoya and Sugar Ray Leonard, and enjoys playing football, hockey and table tennis in his spare time. Going into the 2016 Olympics, the captain of the Kazakhstan Boxing Team was the favorite to win his division, and proved his worth by winning all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
