Shakhobidin Zoirov (born 3 March 1993) is an Uzbekistani
professional boxer
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. As an
amateur
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he won gold medals at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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and the
2019 World Championships, both in the
flyweight
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Boxing
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Professional boxing
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division.
Amateur career
Olympic result
Rio 2016
*Round of 32: Defeated
Brendan Irvine (Republic of Ireland) 3–0
*Round of 16: Defeated
Antonio Vargas
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(USA) 3–0
*Quarter-finals: Defeated
Elvin Mamishzada
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(Azerbaijan) 3–0
*Semi-finals: Defeated
Yoel Finol
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(Venezuela) 3–0
*Final: Defeated
Mikhail Aloyan
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(Russia) 3–0
World Championship result
2019 Yekaterinburg
*Round 1: Defeated Yhlas Gylychjanov (Turkmenistan) 5–0
*Round 2: Defeated Rodrigo Marte (Dominican Republic) 5–0
*Round 3: Defeated Azat Usenaliev (Kyrgyzstan) 5–0
*Quarter-finals: Defeated
Daniel Asenov
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(Bulgaria) 5–0
*Semi-finals: Defeated
Billal Bennama (France) 5–0
*Final: Defeated
Amit Panghal
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(India) 5–0
Asian Games result
2014 Incheon
*Preliminaries 2: Defeated Chang Yong (China) 3–0
*Quarter-finals: Defeated
Gaurav Bidhuri
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(India) 3–0
*Semi-finals: Defeated
Muhammad Waseem
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Early life
Muhammad Wa ...
(Pakistan) 3–0
*Final: Defeated by
Ilyas Suleimenov
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References
Living people
Olympic boxers for Kazak ...
(Kazakhstan) 2–1
Professional career
Zoirov made his professional debut on 5 April 2019 against Anthony Holt, scoring a
knockout
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(KO) victory within the first minute of the opening round.
His second fight came on 18 May 2019 against Mishiko Shubitidze. Zoirov knocked his opponent down twice en route to a first-round
technical knockout
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(TKO) victory. He next fought Sandeep Singh Bhatti on 12 July 2019. Zoirov was taken the distance for the first time in his professional career, winning via
unanimous decision
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(UD) over four rounds.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Uzbekistani male boxers
Olympic boxers for Uzbekistan
Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Uzbekistan
Olympic medalists in boxing
Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 2014 Asian Games
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Flyweight boxers
Super-bantamweight boxers
Southpaw boxers
People from Bukhara Region
Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century Uzbekistani people