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Vitali Boot
Vitali Boot is a German amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal at super heavyweight at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships. There he beat Poland's Grzegorz Kielsa (20:14), but lost to eventual winner Ruslan Chagaev. Boot won the German championships seven times. He defeated world class Sebastian Köber Sebastian Köber (born 28 May 1979) is a German boxer, who won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Three years later, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he once again finished in ... in the final of the German championships 2002 but lost to him 12:18 in the final 2003. In 2004 he became German champion by defeating Ibrahim Altingul. External links2001 results Heavyweight boxers Living people German male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub ...
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Boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial ar ...
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World Amateur Boxing Championships
The IBA World Boxing Championships, and the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships (previously known as AIBA), are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA), which is the sport governing body. Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, they are the highest level of competition for the sport. The championships were first held for men in 1974 and the first women's championships were held over 25 years later in 2001. Both championships are held separately on biennial schedules. Since 1989 the men's championships are held every odd year; the women's championships were held in even years between 2006 and 2018 and switched to a nominal odd-year schedule in 2019. Men's editions As of 1 August 2021, men are grouped into 13 weight classes as follows: * 46–48 kg ( Minimumweight) * 48–51 kg (Flyweight) * 51–54 kg (Bantamweight) * 54–57 kg (Featherweight) * 57–60 kg (Lightweight) * 60–63.5 kg (Light welterweight) * 63.5–67 kg ...
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2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from June 3 to June 10. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing International Boxing Association (AIBA). Medal winners Medal table External linksResults {{WC Amateur Boxing World Amateur Boxing Championships AIBA World Boxing Championships 2001 Sports competitions in Belfast World Amateur Boxing Championships Boxing in Northern Ireland 2000s in Northern Ireland 21st century in Belfast 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships The IBA World Boxing Championships, and the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships (previously known as AIBA), are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA), which is the sport governing body. A ...
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Grzegorz Kielsa
Grzegorz Kielsa (born 26 May 1979) is a Canada-based Polish professional boxer. Amateur career He fought at both the 2000 and 2002 European Boxing Championships but did not gain a medal at either. Kielsa represented Poland at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He lost to the Kazakhstan's Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov in his first fight, Dildabekov went on to win the silver medal. At the 2003 World championships in Bangkok he beat China's Zhang Zhilei in the first round but lost to eventual winner Alexander Povetkin in the next round. Amateur Boxing Highlights *2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia at Superheavyweight. Results were: ** Lost to Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (KAZ) PTS (16-5) *2003 at the World Championships in Bangkok at Superheavyweight. Results were: ** Defeated Zhang Zhilei (China) PTS (22-8) ** Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS (20-9) Professional career Debut fight Kielsa has fought all of his professional bouts in Canada. His first fight as a pr ...
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Ruslan Chagaev
Ruslan Shamilevich Chagaev ( tt-Cyrl, Руслан Шамил улы Чагаев; uz, Ruslan Shamilovich Chagayev; russian: Руслан Шамилович Чагаев); born 19 October 1978) is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2016. He held the WBA heavyweight title twice and was the first Asian boxer to win a world heavyweight title by any of the four major sanctioning bodies. As of October 2021, BoxRec ranks Chagaev as the seventh greatest Asian fighter of all time, pound for pound. He was ranked in the world's top 10 heavyweights by BoxRec from 2004 to 2013, reaching a career high ranking of third from 2005 to 2007, and as a top 10 heavyweight or contender by '' The Ring'' magazine at the conclusion of each year between 2006 and 2015. Chagaev is one of a few professional boxers to resume his amateur boxing career after a few professional bouts in 1997. He was reinstated as an amateur by the AIBA the following year as his professional b ...
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Sebastian Köber
Sebastian Köber (born 28 May 1979) is a German boxer, who won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Three years later, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he once again finished in third place. Amateur * German Super Heavyweight Champion 2003, German Junior Champion 1996, 1997 Heavyweight 201 lb/91 kg limit *1997 won the European Junior Championships at Heavyweight in Birmingham (England), beating Aleksander Jacenko (Ukraine) in the final. *2000 competed at the European Championships in Tampere, Finland. Result was: ** Lost to Jackson Chanet (France) PTS *2000 won a bronze medal in the Sydney Olympics at Heavyweight, representing Germany. Results were: ** Defeated Magomed Aripgadjiev (Azerbaijan) PTS (9-4) ** Defeated Mark Simmons (Canada) RSC-3 ** Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) PTS (8-19) *2001 competed at the World Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland at Heavyweight. Lost the quarterfinal to David Haye on ...
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Heavyweight Boxers
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, and the World Boxing Organization. In 2020, the World Boxing Council increased their heavyweight classification to 224 pounds (102 kg; 16 st) to allow for their creation of the bridgerweight division. Historical development Because this division had no weight limit, it has been historically vaguely defined. In the 19th century, for example, many heavyweight champions weighed or less (although others weighed 200 pounds). In 1920, the light heavyweight division was formed, with a maximum weight of . Any fighter weighing more than 175 pounds was a heavyweight. The cruiserweight division (first for boxers in the 175–190 pound range) was established in 1979 and recognized by the various boxing organizations i ...
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Living People
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German Male Boxers
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * ...
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AIBA World Boxing Championships Medalists
The International Boxing Association (IBA), previously known as the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), is an independent sport organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships. IBA consists of five continental confederations — AFBC, AMBC, ASBC, EUBC, OCBC. The association includes 203 national boxing federations. IBA was recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the international governing body for the sport of boxing until 2019, when the IOC suspended its recognition of the federation. Names * from August 24, 1920 — the International Federation of Amateur Boxers (Fédération Internationale de Boxe Amateur, FIBA); * from November 28, 1946 — Amateur International Boxing Association, AIBA; * On November 22, 2007, as part of the AIBA reform, the name was changed to the current one, — International Boxing Association - but the abbreviated name was decided to remain the same. * ...
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