Birzhan Zhakypov (born July 7, 1984) is an amateur boxer 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 ...

, best known for winning the light flyweight gold medal at the 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championship. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics in

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, where he beat Pál Bedák and Hovhannes Danielyan before losing to top favorite

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(4:9). At the 2010 Asian Games he beat Shin Jong-Hun before losing in the final to Zou Shiming. 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 lost his first fight to a Cuban. He later qualified for the 2012 Olympics in

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, beating Jérémy Beccu and

Mark Anthony Barriga Mark Anthony Barriga (born 11 June 1993) is a Filipino professional boxer who challenged for the IBF mini-flyweight title in 2018. As an amateur, Barriaga represented Philippines at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the light-fly ...

before losing again to eventual gold medalist

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Birzhan Zhakypov's boxing stats
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