Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (born February 28, 1971) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

-born Turkish former

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who competed from 2001 to 2007. As an amateur, he participated at the

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, where he was stopped in the second round of the light welterweight (63,5 kg) division by Cuba's

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. At the

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he was stopped in the second round by Belarus'

Sergey Bykovsky Sergey Bykovsky (russian: Серге́й Быковский; born May 30, 1972) is a boxer from Belarus, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships i ...

. Süleymanoğlu won silver medals in the same division at the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 European Championships, as well as a gold medal at the 1993 European Championships.

Amateur highlights

*1993: World Championships in Tampere, Finland as a Light Welterweight: **Defeated Vukasin Dobrasinovic (Yugoslavia) 12-2 **Lost to

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(Cuba) RSC 2 *1993: 1st place at Mediterranean Games in Narbonne, France as a Light Welterweight: **Defeated

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(Tunisia) points **Defeated

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(France) points **Defeated Laureano Leyva (Spain) 4-2 *1993: Winner at the European Championships in Bursa, Turkey as a Light Welterweight: **Defeated Jason Williams (Gal) 14-3 **Defeated Peter Richardson (England) 8-5 **Defeated

(France) 10-6 **Defeated

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(Armenia) 12-3 **Defeated

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(Germany) 5-2 *1995: 2nd place at World Championships in Berlin, Germany as a Light Welterweight: **Defeated Zoran Didanovic (Yugoslavia) 8-4 **Defeated Besik Vardzelashvili (Georgia) 5-8 **Defeated Bulat Niazymbetov (Kazakhstan) 9-4 **Defeated

(Germany) 10-3 **Lost to

(Cuba) 4-7 *1996: 2nd place at European Championships in Vejle, Denmark as a Light Weltwerweight: **Defeated

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(Romania) 14-12 **Defeated Joszef Matolcsi (Hungary) 5-0 **Defeated

(France) 11-8 **Defeated

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(Bulgaria) 6-4 **Lost to

(Germany) 4-6 *1996: Represented Turkey at the Olympic Games in Atlanta as a Light Welterweight: **Defeated

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(Guinea) 21-5 **Lost to

(Cuba) 1-23 *1997: Competed in the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Light Welterewight: **Lost to Benameur Meskine (Algeria) 3-5 *1998: 2nd place at European Championships in Minsk, Belarus as a Light Welterweight: **Defeated

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(Denmark) 8-2 **Defeated

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(Poland) 8-2 **Defeated

(Belarus) 6-3 **Lost to

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(Romania) 3-9 *1999: Competed at the World Championships in Houston, United States as a Welterweight: **Lost to

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(Romania) 5-9 *2000: 3rd place at European Championships in Tampere, Finland as a Light Welterweight: **Defeated Spiridon Ioanidis (Greece) 6-3 **Defeated

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(Poland) 6-2 **Lost to

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(Russia) 6-11 *2000: Represented Turkey at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia as a Light Welterweight: **Defeated

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(Canada) 9-3 **Lost to

(Belarus) 38-40

Professional record

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Terrance Cauthen Terrance Davin Cauthen (born May 14, 1976) is an American boxer. Nicknamed "Heat", Cauthen won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Cauthen grew up in Trenton, New Jersey and trained in Philadelphia.Longman, Jere"BO ...

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Jesús Soto Karass Jesús Soto Karass (born October 15, 1982) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2018. who has challenged once for the WBA interim welterweight title in 2013. His older brother is José Luis Soto Karass, also a profes ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Suleymanoglu, Nurhan 1971 births Fenerbahçe boxers Welterweight boxers Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Turkey Living people Turkish male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games