Elchin Alizade ( az, Elçin Əlizadə) (born 2 January 1986) is an Azerbaijani amateur boxer best known for winning silver at the 2005 World championships at heavyweight 201 lbs limit.

Career

In 2001 he won silver against

Ismail Sillakh Ismail Sillakh (born February 9, 1985 in Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who has medaled in important international tournaments as an amateur. Amateur career Ismail Sillakh was born in Zaporizhia, then he moved with his ...

at 67 kg, in 2002 he won the bronze medal at 71 kg at the U17 (cadets) World Championships. At junior level he won two more bronzes at 201 lbs/91 kg, at the 2004 juniorJuniors 2004 - Jeju, South Korea - June 12-18 2004
Retrieved 2010-12-10. world championships and at the 2005 junior European championships where he lost the semifinal to Sergey Kalchugin. He won silver when he lost the

2004 World University Boxing Championship The 2004 World University Boxing Championships took place in Antalya, Turkey between November 22 and 29 2004. 129 boxers from 27 countries participated at the inaugural tournament. Participating nations Results Bronze medals are awarded to both ...

s final to

Vyacheslav Glazkov Vyacheslav Valeriyovych Glazkov ( uk, В'ячеслав Валерійович Глазков, born 15 October 1984) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2016. He challenged once for the vacant IBF heavyweight titl ...

. In 2005 he injured himself at the senior world championships in his semifinal victory and lost the final by walkover against Aleksandr Alekseyev. In December he won a fight against Eric Fields at a USA vs. Azerbaijan Dual in Illinois by RSCO. In 2006 at the European Championships he KOd Olympic silver medallist Viktar Zuyev in the first round but was beaten inside the distance by hard-punching Ukrainian surprise winner Denis Poyatsika. At the 10th Anwar Chowdhry Cup in final bout he defeated Dmitriy Gotfrid of Kazakhstan (27:07) and won a gold medal. At the World Cup 2006 he defeated Adam Willett (USA) 19:5, Zhenis Taumurinov (KZK) 18:13, but lost at semifinal to Cuban Osmay Acosta and won bronze medal. 2007 at the 1. Great Silk Road Boxing Tournament he defeated Iago Kiladze (22:9), Azer Mamadov (23:19), Yousef Abdelghani (20:16) and won a gold medal. 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. The competition is under the supe ...

he won the rematch on clearly points against Poyatsika but lost against Russian favorite

Rakhim Chakhkeiv Rakhim Ruslanovich Chakhkiev (russian: Рахим Русланович Чахкиев; born 11 January 1983) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2016.. Retrieved 2 October 2016. He held the IBO cruiserweight title ...

. At the Olympic qualifiers he was upset twice by

Oleksandr Usyk Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk ( uk, Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович У́сик; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the unified ...

and Milorad Gajovic and did not qualify.

References

Living people 1986 births Azerbaijani male boxers Heavyweight boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists {{Azerbaijan-boxing-bio-stub