Abbos Abdurazzoqovich Atoyev (born 7 June 1986) is an Uzbek amateur boxer, best known for winning gold in the light heavyweight competition at the 2007 World Championships and at middleweight in

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. He also won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He fights southpaw and was born in the village of Qulkhatib of Vabkent District of Bukhara Province.

Career

In June 2007 he won the

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, beating future Olympic champion

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in the final. At the 2007 World Championships he defeated Frenchman Mamadou Diambang inside the distance, Croatian Marijo Šivolija in the quarterfinals, and

Yerkebuian Shynaliyev 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. Career Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championshi ...

of Kazakhstan in the semifinals. In the final, he sensationally upset Russian favorite

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after being knocked down in the third and trailing but edging it out back down the stretch. At the

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, he was upset by Jahon Qurbonov in his first bout.

Middleweight

In 2009, he dropped down to middleweight and won the gold at the

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. At the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several event ...

, he was shut out 0-7 in the final against

Vijender Singh Vijender Singh Beniwal (born 29 October 1985) is an Indian professional boxer and politician. As an Amateur boxing, amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal. He also wo ...

of India. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he was knocked out in the first round by

Ryōta Murata is a Japanese professional boxer. He held the WBA (Super) middleweight title between January 2021 and April 2022, he also held the WBA (Regular) title twice between 2017 and January 2021. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2011 World ...

of Japan. At the

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, he defeated Moroccan Badreddine Haddioui 11:9, Romanian Bogdan Juratoni 12:10 and

17:13. He lost to

12:13 in the semi-final and had to settle for bronze.

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Living people Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Uzbekistan 1986 births Uzbeks Asian Games medalists in boxing Olympic bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Olympic medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Uzbekistani male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Middleweight boxers {{Uzbekistan-boxing-bio-stub