Daouda Sow (born 19 January 1983 in Roubaix) is an

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 ...

from France. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the

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division. Sow signed with the

AIBA The International Boxing Association (IBA), previously known as the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), is an independent sport organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate cha ...

professional league, called AIBA Pro Boxing (APB), which launched in autumn of 2013.

Boxing career

At the first Olympic qualifier the southpaw lost to Ukrainian Oleksandr Klyuchko but qualified at the second tournament. At Beijing he surprisingly medaled by beating Olympic silver medalist Kim Song-Guk, José Pedraza, local

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 ...

and 2005 world champ

Yordenis Ugás Yordenis Ugás Hernández (born 14 July 1986) is a Cuban professional boxer. He held the WBA (Super) welterweight title from 2021 to April 2022, having previously held the WBA (Regular) title from 2020 until being elevated to Super champion. ...

and made it to the final. There he was edged out by Russian 2004 Olympic Champion Aleksei Tishchenko 9:11.

Olympic Games results

2008 (as a lightweight) *Defeated Kim Song-Guk (North Korea) 13-3 *Defeated José Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 13-9 *Defeated

(China) 9-6 *Defeated

(Cuba) 15-8 *Lost to Aleksei Tishchenko

World amateur championships results

2007 (as a lightweight) *Lost to

Romal Amanov Ramal Amanov ( az, Ramal Rəsul oğlu Amanov, russian: Рамал Аманов; born 13 September 1984) is an Azerbaijani boxer competing at lightweight. Career highlights In the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships, Amanov won silver at l ...

(Azerbaijan) 6-19

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* * * * 1983 births Lightweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of France Olympic silver medalists for France French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Living people Sportspeople from Roubaix Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics French male boxers {{france-boxing-bio-stub