Ali Ismayilov (born May 8, 1974) is a boxer from

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

and the current WBO Latino Cruiserweight champion.

Amateur

Ismayilov won the bronze medal at light heavyweight at the

1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Houston, United States from August 15 to August 29. The tenth edition of this competition, a year before the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, was organised by the world governing ...

in Houston, Texas. He won a bronze medal at the

European Amateur Boxing Championships The European Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Europe, organised by the continent's governing body EUBC, which stands for the ''European Boxing Confederation''. The first edition of the tournament t ...

, followed by early loss at the

2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

. Ismayilov qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

Baku, Azerbaijan Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world an ...

. He then participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he defeated Washington Silva but lost in the second round of the Light heavyweight (81 kg) division by Greece's

Elias Pavlidis Elias Pavlidis (born May 4, 1978, in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk), sometimes written Helias or Ilias Pavlidis, is a Greek amateur boxer best known to compete at the Athens Olympics 2004. He was born in Russia. Career At the 2003 World Championship ...

Pro

He turned pro as a cruiser and is 11-1 as of 2007, his loss a stoppage by

Vadim Tokarev Vadim Tokarev (born 29 February 1972) is a US-based Russian professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2008. Professional career Born in Yekaterinburg, Tokarev began his professional career in 2000 and won his first 15 fights in a row. He has a ...

. He became Golden belt champion in 2008 when he defeated Luciano Torres.

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1974 births Living people Azerbaijani male boxers Cruiserweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Azerbaijan Sportspeople from Donetsk AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists {{Azerbaijan-boxing-bio-stub