Lazizbek Mullojonov (born 13 May 1999) is an Uzbek
professional boxer. He won a gold medal at the
2022 Asian Championships as a
super-heavyweight.
He became Olympic Champion in the
heavyweight event at the
2024 Summer Olympics
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.
Career
2021
On 29 January 2021, in Moscow (Russia) Mullojonov made his debut in the professional ring, ahead of schedule by technical knockout in the 2nd round, defeating Russian Alexander Stepanov
(2–2).
At the end of September 2021, he became the world champion at the 58th Military World Boxing Championship in
Moscow (
Russia) held under the auspices of the
International Military Sports Council, in the final, by a split decision of the judges, defeating an experienced Russian
Svyatoslav Teterin.
At the end of October – at the beginning of November 2021 in
Belgrade
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e (
Serbia), participated in the
2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships
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in the category over 92 kg. Where in
1/16 finals defeated the experienced Iranian Puria Amiri on points, in the 1/8 finals he defeated the Brit
Delicious Ori, but in the quarterfinal on points in a competitive battle he lost to the Armenian
David Chaloyan – who became the silver medalist of this world championship.
2022
In February 2022, he became the champion in the weight category over 92 kg of the prestigious international
Strandzha Cup
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held in
Sofia (
Bulgaria), where he defeated the experienced Russian
Yaroslav Doronichev, then in the semi-finals by points of victories Kazakh silt
Nurlan Saparbay, and in the final he defeated the experienced German boxer
Nelvy Tiafaka.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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Лазизбек Муллажонов
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mullojonov, Lazizbek
1999 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Fergana
Uzbekistani male boxers
Medalists in boxing
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Boxers at the 2022 Asian Games
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan
Super-heavyweight boxers
21st-century Uzbekistani sportsmen
Heavyweight boxers
Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Uzbekistan
Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Uzbekistan
Olympic medalists in boxing