Khurshid Tadjibayev/Hoorshid Tojibaev (13 November 1989) is an Uzbek professional and former amateur boxer who competed at bantamweight at the 2008 Olympics and at lightweight at the 2016 Olympics.
He qualified for the 2008 Olympics by beating fighters like
Han Soon Chul
Han Soon-Chul (; born December 30, 1984) is an amateur boxer from South Korea who won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and competed at the 2006 Asian Games in the Bantamweight (-54 kg) division winning the silver medal. At the 2010 A ...
.
In Beijing, he upset German veteran
Rustamhodza Rahimov 11:2 but lost to
Bruno Julie from Mauritius 4:16.
Tojibaev continued his boxing career after the 2008 Olympics, earning a bronze medal at lightweight at the 2010 Asian Games in China. There, he won his opening three bouts (two by TKO) before losing a decision to India's
Vikas Krishan Yadav
Vikas Krishan Yadav (born 10 February 1992) is an Indian boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, the hub of some of India's best boxers. He won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category and a gold medal in 75 kg we ...
, who went on to win the gold.
Tojibaev went on to compete with mixed success in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) and with great success in AIBA professional boxing (APB). He won the 60kg APB World Championship by avenging a loss to champion Berik Abdrakhmanov, who had previously won gold at the Asian Championships and bronze at the World Championships. In the APB, Tojibaev also posted victories over future Olympian,
Charly Suarez
Charly Coronel Suarez (born August 14, 1988) is a Filipino professional boxer. He is the current WBA Asia Super Featherweight Champion. As an amateur, Suarez represented the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), of ...
, and future Olympic gold medalist,
Robson Conceição
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. As APB champion, Tojibaev automatically qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
In Rio, he scored victories over
Hakan Erşeker
Hakan Erşeker (born 5 July 1994) is a Qatari boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrim ...
of Qatar and hot prospect
Joe Cordina
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of Great Britain, before dropping a close decision in a rematch with Brazil's Conceicao, who eventually won the gold medal.
After the 2016 Olympics, Tojibaev turned professional.
Professional boxing record
External links
Yahoo
Living people
1989 births
Bantamweight boxers
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Uzbekistan
Asian Games medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games
Uzbekistani male boxers
Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
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