Kairat Yeraliyev ( kz, Қайрат Ерәлиев, ''Qairat Eräliev''; born 8 November 1990) is a Kazakh boxer who competes in the

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division. He won bronze medals at the 2013 World Championships and 2014 Asian Games, but was eliminated in the second round of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

At the

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in Almaty, he beat Ravzan Andreiana, Omurbek Malabekov, and Olympic Champion Robeisy Ramírez. In the semifinals he lost to Javid Chalabiyev of Azerbaijan. At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, he beat Othman Arbabi and Mohammad Al-Wadi before losing in the semifinals to

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. He won the bronze medal at the men's

event at the

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. In the 2016 Summer Olympics he fought in the men's bantamweight class, winning his first bout against Javid Chalabiyev. In the second round he lost to

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. He won the bronze medal in the men's

event at the 2017 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships. Kairat started the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships with a 5-0 win over Christopher Florez of the

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in the first round, and a 4-1 over

in the second round. In quarterfinals Yeraliyev beat Omar El-Hag of

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with a 5-0 score and in the semifinals he defeats Peter McGrail of

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to advance to the finals. In the finals, Yeraliyev fought

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of the

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, winning 3-2 and bringing home the gold medal. In 2018 he won both the Presidents Cup and the Kazakh National Championship at bantamweight. In 2021 he made his professional debut, winning a four round unanimous decision over Uzbekistan's Bakhit Abdurahimov at the Sapiyev Boxing Center in

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Professional boxing record

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* * * * Living people 1990 births Sportspeople from Shymkent Kazakhstani male boxers Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan Boxers at the 2014 Asian Games Boxers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists World boxing champions Bantamweight boxers {{Kazakhstan-boxing-bio-stub