Samir Mammadov ( az, Samir Məmmədov; born May 15, 1988) is a

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from

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, who won the silver medal in the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 2006 European Championships in

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and bronze at the 2007 World Championships.

Career

At the Euros 2006 he beat

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and Jérôme Thomas but lost to Georgi Balakshin. At the Junior World Championships 2006 he competed as a bantamweight but lost to Uzbek

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. At the

2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The competition is under the super ...

he dropped to flyweight and beat the Puerto Rican PanAmerican Games Gold medalist

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to reach the semifinals, where he was defeated by

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References

Euro 2006

Chicago results
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