Ali Eren Demirezen (born 2 April 1990) is a Turkish professional boxer who held the

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European

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title from 2018 to 2019. As an

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he won a silver medal at the

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, Turkey.

Amateur career

At the

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, Kazakhstan, he was eliminated already in the first round. In 2015, he competed at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria. He was eliminated in the quarterfinals, however, was qualified to participate at the

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the same year. He was defeated by Joe Joyce from England in the Section 2 quarterfinals of the

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in Doha, Qatar. He earned a quota spot for

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after taking a bronze medal at the

2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were held from April 9 to April 17, 2016 in the Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall at İlkadım, Samsun, T ...

in Samsun, Turkey.

Professional boxing record

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* * * * * 1990 births Sportspeople from Samsun Turkish male boxers Super-heavyweight boxers Fenerbahçe boxers Living people Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Turkey Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Turkey 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-boxing-bio-stub