Vladimer Chanturia (born July 1, 1978) is a

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who competed in the Heavyweight (91 kg) division at the

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and won the

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Amateur highlights

*1996 competed at the 1996 Junior World Championships in Havana, Cuba as a Light Heavyweight. Result was: **Lost to Khodor Zaher RSC-3 *2000 won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney as a Heavyweight. Results were: **Defeated Mustafa Mahmoud Amrou (Egypt) RSCI-4 **Defeated

Ruslan Chagaev Ruslan Shamilevich Chagaev ( tt-Cyrl, Руслан Шамил улы Чагаев; uz, Ruslan Shamilovich Chagayev; russian: Руслан Шамилович Чагаев); born 19 October 1978) is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who c ...

(Uzbekistan) PTS (18-12) **Lost to

Sultan Ibragimov Sultan-Ahmed Magomedsalihovich Ibragimov (russian: Султан-Ахмед Магомедсалихович Ибрагимов, av, Султан-АхӀмад МухӀаммадсалихӀазул вас Ибрагьимов; born 8 March 1975 ...

(Russia) PTS (4-19)

Pro career

Chanturia turned pro in 2006 and won his first nine bouts against countrymen but showed only limited power.

Mixed Martial Arts

Chanturia was defeated by

Alistair Overeem Alistair Cees Overeem (born 17 May 1980) is a Dutch professional heavyweight mixed martial artist and kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight division of Glory. He is a former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Heavyweight C ...

in Fighting Network Rings, his only MMA bout.

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