Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (born October 7, 1987) is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known to win the bronze medal at light heavyweight 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.
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Career
Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2006.
At the seniors 2007 the short southpaw beat Asian Champ
Jahon Qurbonov
Jahon Qurbonov (Russian: Dzhakhon Kurbanov; born 12 February 1986, in Leninabad, now Khujand) is an amateur boxer from Tajikistan, who competed in the 2006 Asian Games in the Light Heavyweight (-81 kg) division. There he beat Mehdi Ghorbani i ...
and
Tony Jeffries
Tony David Jeffries (born 2 March 1985) is an English former professional boxer who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2012, an undefeated Jeffries was forced to retire due to hand injuries.
Life and career
Jeffries was bor ...
20:9 but lost to eventual winner Abbos Atoev 8:17 in the semifinal.
Olympic games results
2008 (as a Light heavyweight)
*Defeated Daugirdas Semiotas (Lithuania) 11-3
*Defeated Carlos Negrón (Puerto Rico) 9-3
*Defeated Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) WDQ 3 (2:43)
*Lost to Zhang Xiaoping (China) 4-4
Note: Shynaliyev was leading 12-6 when Kurbanov was disqualified for biting Shynaliyev on the shoulder.Orlando Sentinel
World amateur championship results
2007 (as a Light heavyweight)
*Defeated
Evgeni Chernovol
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) DQ 4
*Defeated Zhang Xiaoping (China) 14-5
*Defeated
Tony Jeffries
Tony David Jeffries (born 2 March 1985) is an English former professional boxer who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2012, an undefeated Jeffries was forced to retire due to hand injuries.
Life and career
Jeffries was bor ...
(England) 20-9
*Lost to Abbos Atoev (Uzbekistan) 8-17