Albert Shevketovich Selimov (; born 5 April 1986) is a Russian former

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 ...

of Lezgin descent. He is best known for being the only man to defeat

Vasiliy Lomachenko Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko ( uk, Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко, ; also spelled Vasiliy; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes fr ...

in the amateur ranks. Competing for Russia he won the 2007 world title, the 2008 World Cup, and two European titles, in 2006 and 2010. After failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympics he moved to

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

and placed second at the 2015 World Championships and fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

At the 2006 European Championships he beat Stephen Smith in the semis and

Shahin Imranov Shahin Imranov ( az, Şahin İmranov) (born 23 September 1980) is a boxer from Azerbaijan. He is best known for winning two featherweight silver medals at European championships. Career Imranov won a silver medal at the 2002 European Amateur B ...

28:10 in the final. At the 2007 World Championships southpaw counterpuncher Selimov beat American southpaw Raynell Williams and won against

Yakup Kılıç Yakup Kılıç (born July 13, 1986) is a Turkish boxer in the featherweight (57 kg) discipline. He is member of Istanbul Fenerbahçe Boxing Club. Career Kılıç participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain and won bronz ...

by walk-over to reach the finals. There he outlasted Ukrainian

, another southpaw. In the round one bout of the

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division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

got his revenge and outclassed Selimov 16–11, cutting short Selimov's dream for Olympic gold. Selimov finished his amateur career with 253 fights under his belt, 236 wins, 17 losses.

Olympic Games

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*Lost to

(Ukraine) 7–14

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*Defeated David Joyce (Ireland) 3-0 *Lost to

Sofiane Oumiha Sofiane Oumiha (born 23 December 1994) is a French lightweight boxer. He won silver medals at the 2015 European Games and at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Professional career Oumiha was scheduled to make his professional debut on 6 March 2021, a ...

(France) 0-3

World Championships

2007 (featherweight) *Defeated Iulian Stan (Romania) RSC-1 *Defeated Marcel Herfuth (Germany) PTS *Defeated

Bahodirjon Sooltonov Bahodirjon Sooltonov (Баходирджон Султанов; born January 15, 1985 in Andijan) is an Uzbekistani boxer who competed in the bantamweight (54 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. Career At bant ...

(Uzbekistan) 24–9 *Defeated Raynell Williams (United States) 25–8 *Defeated

(Turkey) walk-over *Defeated

(Ukraine) 16–11 2009 (lightweight) *Defeated

Mohammad Aziz Mohammed Aziz (born as Sayeed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna (Name Given By Legendary Music Composer Akshaya Mohanty, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood ...

(Afghanistan) 25–1 *Defeated Erick Bonez (Ecuador) 18–0 *Defeated Sailom Ardee (Thailand) 14–8 *Defeated

Éverton Lopes Éverton dos Santos Lopes (born August 8, 1988 in Salvador, Bahia) is a Brazilian professional boxer best known for his sensational 2011 World title win when he was still an amateur. Lopes is also a two-time Olympian, two-time Pan American G ...

(Brazil) 17–2 *Lost to José Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 5–9 2011 (lightweight) *Lost to

Héctor Manzanilla Héctor Manzanilla Rangel (born June 28, 1985 in Los Teques, Miranda) is a Venezuelan bantamweight boxer who has won a bronze medal at the Central American Games. He is most respected for giving amateur superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux one of th ...

(Venezuela) DQ 2015 (lightweight) *Defeated Seán McComb (Ireland) 2–1 *Defeated

(France) 3–0 *Defeated

Robson Conceição Robson Donato Conceição (born 25 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional boxer. He is a two-time super featherweight world title challenger, having challenged for the WBC title in 2021, and the unified WBC, WBO and '' The Ring'' titles in ...

(Brazil) 3–0 *Lost to

Lázaro Álvarez Lázaro Jorge Álvarez Estrada (born 28 January 1991) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won the world title in 2011, 2013 and 2015. He also won gold medals at the 2011, 2015, and 2019 Pan American Games and bronze medals at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 O ...

(Cuba) TKO (cuts)

Boxing World Cup

2006 (featherweight) *Defeated Xie Longwang (China) 29–11 *Defeated Dmytro Bulenkov (Ukraine) RSCO 2 *Lost to Ibrahima Keita (Guinea) by walkover *Lost to

Yuriorkis Gamboa Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born 23 December 1981) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBA and IBF titles between 2009 and 2011, as well as the WBA interim championship in both t ...

(Cuba) RET 3 2008 (lightweight) *Defeated José Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 14–4 *Defeated

Hu Qing Hu Qing (born January 19, 1986) is a male amateur boxer from China. He competed at the 2006 Asian Games in the lightweight (- 60 kg) division winning the gold medal in the match against Mongolia's Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene. At the World Cha ...

(China) 12–10

European Championships

2006 (featherweight) *Defeated Sandor Racz (Hungary) RSCO-2 *Defeated Edgar Manukyan (Armenia) RSCO-2 *Defeated Stephen Smith (England) RSCO-2 *Defeated

(Azerbaijan) 28–10

European Games

2015 (lightweight) *Defeated Otar Eranosyan (Georgia) 3–0 *Defeated Elian Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 3–0 *Defeated Seán McComb (Ireland) 3–0 *Defeated

(France) 3–0

References

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