Mukhtarkhan Qabylanbekuly Dildabekov ( kk, Мұхтархан Қабыланбекұлы Ділдәбеков, ''Mūhtarhan Qabylanbekūly Dıldäbekov''; born March 19, 1976) is a
Kazakh boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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, best known to win the silver medal in the Super Heavyweight division (+91 kg) at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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.
Career
At the
1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships
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in
Houston, Texas
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he also won silver losing to
Sinan Şamil Sam
Sinan Şamil Sam (23 June 1974 – 30 October 2015) was a Turkish heavyweight professional boxer( Azerbaijani origin). As a professional boxer, Sam won the EBU,WBC
international and WBC Mediterranean titles in the heavyweight division. Accordi ...
.
In 2000 at the Olympics he lost to the
Briton
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Audley Harrison
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. On his way to the final he has beaten
Cuba
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Alexis Rubalcaba
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and the
Uzbek fighter
Rustam Saidov
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Career
In Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics, h ...
.
Results:
*Defeated
Grzegorz Kiełsa
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Amateur career
He fought at both the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships, 2000 and 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships, 2002 European Boxing Ch ...
(Poland) 16-5
*Defeated
Alexis Rubalcaba
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(Cuba) 25-12
*Defeated
Rustam Saidov
Rustam Saidov (Рустам Саидов; born 6 February 1978) is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who competed in the Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.
Career
In Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics, h ...
(Uzbekistan) 28-22
*Lost to
Audley Harrison
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(Great Britain) 16-30
He won gold at the Asian Games 1998 but had to settle for silver in 2002 and 2006 losing twice to Saidov. 2004 he finished third.
2003 at the world championships he lost to
Sebastian Köber
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.
He beat him at the Olympics in Athens 2004, but lost to in an early round to eventual winner
Alexander Povetkin
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. Dildabekov qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in first place at the
1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in
Guangzhou
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,
PR China
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. In the decisive final match of the event he defeated Kyrgyzstan's
Ruslan Abasov Ruslan may refer to:
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.
References
sports-reference
1976 births
Living people
People from Shymkent
Super-heavyweight boxers
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Kazakhstan
Olympic boxers of Kazakhstan
Place of birth missing (living people)
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 1998 Asian Games
Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games
Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games
Kazakhstani male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
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