Serik Sapiyev ( kk, Серік Жұманғалиұлы Сәпиев, born November 16, 1983) is an

amateur boxer Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...

from

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 ...

who won the world title in the light welterweight (-64 kg) division in 2005 and 2007 and Olympic Gold 2012 at welterweight. Sapiyev has signed up for the new

AIBA The International Boxing Association (IBA), previously known as the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), is an independent sport organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate cha ...

professional league, called AIBA Pro Boxing (APB), which will launch in autumn 2013. He won the Val Barker Trophy for best boxer at the London Olympic Games in 2012. Now he works as general director of WSB.

Career

Light Welterweight

The fleetfooted southpaw counterpuncher defeated

Dilshod Mahmudov Dilshod Mahmudov (Дильшод Махмудов; born November 30, 1982) is a retired professional boxer from Uzbekistan who won several medals in international tournaments. Career Formally of Uzbekistan, Dilshod Mahmudov is now based at BHS ...

at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He also won bronze at the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

after losing to Thailand's Olympic Gold medallist Manus Boonjumnong whom he knocked down in the fight but still lost 18–22. 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 reached the final by beating Manus conqueror

Masatsugu Kawachi is a Japanese boxer best known to win Bronze at the 2007 world championships at light welterweight. Career At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he sensationally upset Olympic champion Manus Boonjumnong in the first round before being ...

where he won against Russian fellow southpaw

Gennady Kovalev Gennady Gennadiyevich Kovalev (russian: Геннадий Геннадиевич Ковалёв; born 17 May 1983 in Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai) is a boxer from Russia. Career Southpaw Kovalev won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing ...

20:5.
At the 2008 Olympics (results) he once again lost to defending champion Manus Boonjumnong 5:7 and moved up in weight.

Welterweight

At the

2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Milan, Italy, from September 1, 2009 to September 12, 2009, in the Mediolanum Forum. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The competition was under the supervision of the ...

he was upset in the semis by Russian southpaw

Andrey Zamkovoy Andrey Viktorovoich Zamkovoy ( rus, Андрей Викторович Замковой, , ɐnˈdrʲeɪ̯ zəmkɐˈvoɪ̯; born 4 July 1987) is a Russian amateur boxer, best known for winning gold at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Care ...

and won Bronze. At the

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 22 to October 10, 2011. The competition ran under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur ...

he won Silver, losing to Ukrainian

Taras Shelestyuk Taras Oleksandrovych Shelestyuk ( ua, Тарас Олександрович Шелестюк; born 30 November 1985) is a Ukrainian professional boxer signed with Banner Promotions. He is 16–0 with 10 knockouts as a professional and is trained ...

. Serik Sapiyev won Olympic gold (Results) and the Val Barker Trophy for best boxer at London 2012. This time he defeated Andrey Zamkovoy in the semis and beat Fred Evans in the final.

World Amateur championship results

2005 *Defeated Pavol Hlavacka (Slovakia) 37-13 *Defeated

Karl Dargan Karl Sharif Dargan (born June 17, 1985) is an American boxer. Nicknamed "The Dynamite", Dargan is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2007 Pan Am Games in the Men's Light Welterweight. Career Amateur Dargan began boxing at age seven in 1 ...

(United States) 37-26 *Defeated Mykola Semenyaga (Ukraine) 27-15 *Defeated Emil Magerramov (Azerbaijan) 41-23 *Defeated

(Uzbekistan) 39-21 2007 *Defeated Milan Piperski (Serbia) 22-6 *Defeated Eduardo Mendoza (boxer) (Nicaragua) RSCO 2 *Defeated

Kevin Bizier Kevin Bizier (born 12 August 1984) is a Canadian professional boxer who has challenged once for the IBF welterweight title, in 2016. Amateur career His amateur performance allowed him to become the Fighting pride of Quebec City. Bizier was 7 ...

(Canada) RSCO 3 *Defeated Morteza Sepahvandi (Iran) AB 4 *Defeated

(Japan) RSCO 3 *Defeated

(Russia) 20-5

References

External links

AIBA Bio
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sapiyev, Serik 1983 births Living people Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in boxing Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Karaganda Region Kazakhstani male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games