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Georgi Kandelaki ( ka, გიორგი კანდელაკი; born April 10, 1974 in Variani,
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,
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) is a retired
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of Caucasus Greek descent, and current boxing administrator. He competed in the
1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, at the
1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from October 18 to October 26. The ninth edition of this competition, a year after the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital city, ...
he became the first Georgian to win a World Championship, and from 2002 to 2003 held the
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heavyweight title.


Early life

Kandelaki was born in the village of Variani and was introduced to boxing by his father, Tarash Kandelaki. In 1991, he completed Variani secondary school, and went on to study at the Gori State University Economics Department.


Amateur career

In 1992 Kandelaki won the Junior World Championships in the heavyweight class, and in 1993 he won the European Championships and reached the final of the
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, where he lost by default to
Félix Savón Félix Savón Fabre (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1980 to 2000. Considered one of the all-time greatest amateur boxers, he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times ...
. In the 1995 World Championships, he reached the quarter-finals having beaten Friday Ahunanya, and again lost by default to Félix Savón. Representing
Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics Georgia competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Georgian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics The Unified ...
, he defeated Thompson Garcia and
Wojciech Bartnik Wojciech Stanisław Bartnik (born 2 December 1967 in Olesnica) is a former southpaw boxer from Poland, who won a Light Heavyweight Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Amateur career *1992 – Bronze Medal (Light Heavyweight) at the ...
before losing to Félix Savón in the quarter-finals. In the European Championships the same year, he lost to Christophe Mendy in the quarter-finals. In 1997, he fought in the super heavyweight class in the
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, and defeated Vitali Boot,
Petr Horáček Petr Horáček (born 11 January 1974) is a Czech boxer. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and com ...
, Jean-Francois Bergeron and
Sergei Liakhovich Siarhei Piatrovich Liakhovich ( be, Сяргей Пятровіч Ляховіч, Siarhiej Piatrovič Lachovič; russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Ляхо́вич, Sergey Petrovich Lyakhovich; also Siarhiej Piatrovič Liachovič or Siar ...
to reach the final, where he won the title against
Alexis Rubalcaba Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to Paea Wolfgr ...
.


Highlights

Soviet Junior Tournament (81 kg), April 1989: * (no data available) International Junior Tournament (91 kg),
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,
Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
, December 1990: *1/2: Defeated
Tomasz Bonin Tomasz "The Polish Hammer" Bonin (born 9 November 1973) is a Polish heavyweight boxer. Career Bonin has a professional record of 41-3 but was KO'd twice when stepping up. He won his first 26 professional fights, winning the Polish Internation ...
(Poland) RSC 1 *Finals: Defeated Nikolay Pyatakov (RSFSR) by unanimous decision, 5–0 Ahmet Comert Tournament (91 kg),
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, May 1992: * (no data available) Junior World Championships (91 kg),
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, September-October 1992: *1/8: Defeated Robert Geer (United States) 7–0 *1/4: Defeated Ismael Kone (Sweden) 11–1 *1/2: Defeated Peer Mueller (Germany) 6–4 *Finals: Defeated Stephen Gallinger (Canada) 19–2
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(91 kg), Tampere, Finland, May 1993: *1/8: Defeated Bert Teuchert (Germany) 10–9 *1/4: Defeated Mikael Höök (Sweden) 7–0 *1/2: Defeated Arshak Avartakyan (Armenia) 7–2 *Finals: Lost to
Félix Savón Félix Savón Fabre (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1980 to 2000. Considered one of the all-time greatest amateur boxers, he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times ...
(Cuba) by walkover European Championships (91 kg),
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, September 1993: *1/16: Defeated Peter Saat (Estonia) 8–1 *1/8: Defeated Fyodor Mishko (Belarus) 9–2 *1/4: Defeated Fikret Güneş (Turkey) 4–2 *1/2: Defeated
Georgios Stefanopoulos Georgios Stefanopoulos (; born March 31, 1962 in Peristeri, Attiki) is a former boxer from Greece, who participated in two Summer Olympics for his native country in the men's heavyweight division (– 91 kg), starting in 1984 in Los Angel ...
(Greece) 7–4 *Finals: Defeated Don Diego Poeder (Netherlands) 11–2 Chemistry Cup (91 kg), Halle, Germany, March 1994: *1/2: Lost to Jan Bezvoda (Czech Republic) 1–3
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(91 kg),
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, June 1994: *1/4: Defeated Friday Ahunanya (Nigeria) 6–4 *1/2: Lost to
Félix Savón Félix Savón Fabre (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1980 to 2000. Considered one of the all-time greatest amateur boxers, he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times ...
(Cuba) 4–19 Chemistry Cup (+91 kg), Halle, Germany, March 1995: *1/2: Defeated
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(Germany) 11–1 *Finals: Lost to
Vitali Klitschko Vitali Volodymyrovych Klitschko (; uk, Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́ ; born 19 July 1971) is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer who serves as mayor of KyivWorld Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
(91 kg), Berlin, Germany, May 1995: *1/8: Defeated Jonas Dambrauskas (Lithuania) 4–2 *1/4: Lost to
Félix Savón Félix Savón Fabre (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1980 to 2000. Considered one of the all-time greatest amateur boxers, he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times ...
(Cuba) by walkover 100th Anniversary Tournament (91 kg), Moscow, Russia, October 1995: *Finals: Defeated Sergey Sosnin (Russia) by unanimous decision, 5–0
Strandzha Cup The Strandzha Cup ( bg, Купа Странджа, also spelled Strandja Cup and officially known as the Strandja Memorial) is an international amateur boxing tournament held annually in Bulgaria. It often determines who will qualify to compete at ...
(91 kg), Sofia, Bulgaria, February 1996: *1/4: Defeated Oleg Belikov (Ukraine) 5–2 *1/2: Lost to Christophe Mendy (France) RET 2 European Championships (91 kg),
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, March-April 1996: *1/16: Defeated Gioacchino Mocerino (Italy) 10–6 *1/8: Defeated Sergey Dychkov (Belarus) 7–4 *1/4: Lost to Christophe Mendy (France) 2–7 Summer Olympics (91 kg),
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, July 1996: *1/16: Defeated Thompson García (Ecuador) RET 3 *1/8: Defeated
Wojciech Bartnik Wojciech Stanisław Bartnik (born 2 December 1967 in Olesnica) is a former southpaw boxer from Poland, who won a Light Heavyweight Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Amateur career *1992 – Bronze Medal (Light Heavyweight) at the ...
(Poland) 6–1 *1/4: Lost to
Félix Savón Félix Savón Fabre (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1980 to 2000. Considered one of the all-time greatest amateur boxers, he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times ...
(Cuba) 4–20 Tammer Tournament (+91 kg), Tampere, Finland, September 1997: *1/4: Defeated Rimantas Prišmantas (Lithuania) 3–0 *1/4: Lost to Patrick Halberg (Denmark) 1–6
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(+91 kg), Budapest, Hungary, October 1997: *1/16: Defeated Vitali Boot (Germany) 4–2 (5 rds) *1/8: Defeated
Petr Horáček Petr Horáček (born 11 January 1974) is a Czech boxer. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and com ...
(Czech Republic) RSCI 4 *1/4: Defeated Jean-François Bergeron (Canada) 7–3 (5 rds) *1/2: Defeated Sergey Lyakhovich (Belarus) 5–3 (5 rds) *Finals: Defeated
Alexis Rubalcaba Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to Paea Wolfgr ...
(Cuba) 4–1 (5 rds)


Professional career

In 1998, Kandelaki started boxing as a professional for Panix Promotions. In 2002, he won the
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heavyweight title. In 2003, he retired unbeaten because of an eye injury.


Retirement and later life

After his boxing career, Kandelaki founded the Georgian Professional Boxing Association and became its president. He trained boys as boxers in his home village of Variani and other villages. He was mentioned in the book ''The President, the World Champion and I'' by Lali Moroshkina.


Professional boxing record

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time !Date !Location !Notes , - , 24, , Win, , 238, , Alexey Osokin, , 227, , 11–17–1, , TKO, , 3 (6), , 17 Oct 2003, ,
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Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
, Georgia, , , - , 23, , Win, , 237½, , Alexander Vasiliev, , 223, , 15–9–1, , TKO, , 12 (12), , 21 Dec 2002, ,
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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia, , , - , 22, , Win, , ?, , Eric French, , ?, , 10–24–3, , TKO, , 1 (6), , 21 Sep 2002, , Circus,
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, Ukraine, , , - , 21, , Win, , 240, , Derek McCafferty, , 246, , 2–6–0, , RTD, , 5 (8), , , 25 May 2002, , Mountbatten Centre,
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, United Kingdom, , , - , 20, , Win, , 236½, , Alexey Varakin, , 218½, , 17–9–2, , TKO, , 1 (8), , , 2 Mar 2002, ,
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, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom, , , - , 19, , Win, , 243¾, , Alexey Osokin, , 236, , 9–13–1, , UD, , 6 (6), , 20 Dec 2001, , Giant Hall, Casino Conti,
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia, , , - , 18, , Win, , ?, , Ilia Tlashadze, , ?, , 3–0–0, , KO, , 3, , 23 Oct 2001, , Variani, Georgia, , , - , 17, , Win, , 233½, , Sam Ubokane, , 226¾, , 9–1–0, , TKO, , 4 (6), , 29 Jan 2001, , Bushfield Leisure Centre,
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, United Kingdom, , , - , 16, , Win, , ?, , Joey Guy, , ?, , 27–3–0, , TKO, , 4 (8), , 26 Oct 2000, ,
Sports Palace Palace of Sports or Sports Palace (russian: Дворец спорта) is a generic name of comprehensive indoors sports venues introduced in the Soviet Union (compare with Palace of Culture) of big size that includes various sports halls and auxil ...
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Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
, Georgia, , , - , 15, , Win, , 231, , Harry Senior, , ?, , 7–8–1, , PTS, , 8 (8), , 13 Jul 2000, ,
York Hall The York Hall, officially known as York Hall Leisure Centre, is a multi-purpose indoor arena and leisure complex in Bethnal Green, London, and is situated on Old Ford Road. The building opened in 1929 with a capacity of 1,200 and is now an inte ...
, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom, , , - , 14, , Win, , 225, , Rodney McSwain, , 218, , 7–11–0, , PTS, , 6 (6), , 29 Apr 2000, , The Arena,
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, United Kingdom, , , - , 13, , Win, , 220, , Antoine Palatis, , 227¼, , 27–10–2, , PTS, , 8 (8), , 21 Feb 2000, , Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, United Kingdom, , , - , 12, , Win, , 235¾, , Derek McCafferty, , 238, , 2–2–0, , PTS, , 8 (8), , 18 Dec 1999, , Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, United Kingdom, , , - , 11, , Win, , 228, , Mark Young, , 242, , 14–36–1, , KO, , 2 (8), , 8 Oct 1999, ,
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Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
, Georgia, , , - , 10, , Win, , 224¾, , Kimmuel Odum, , 220, , 17–29–1, , TKO, , 1 (8), , 21 Aug 1999, ,
Batumi Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of t ...
, Georgia, , , - , 9, , Win, , 226½, , Spas Spasov, , 211, , 7–6–0, , TKO, , 1 (8), , , 15 Jul 1999, , Werrington Sports Centre,
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, United Kingdom, , , - , 8, , Win, , 225¾, , Yuriy Yelistratov, , 226¼, , 19–10–1, , KO, , 1 (6), , , 22 Jun 1999, , Corn Exchange,
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, United Kingdom, , , - , 7, , Win, , 228¾, , Emile Ramon, , 224¾, , 4–4–0, , TKO, , 1 (6), , , 22 May 1999, , Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, , , - , 6, , Win, , 230½, , Laszlo Paszterko, , 219¼, , 15–31–4, , TKO, , 2 (6), , , 24 Apr 1999, , Planet Ice Rink,
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, United Kingdom, , , - , 5, , Win, , 231½, , Johnny Davison, , 203, , 0–9–0, , TKO, , 2 (6), , , 6 Mar 1999, , Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, United Kingdom, , , - , 4, , Win, , 231¾, , Ladislav Husarik, , 273, , 5–19–1, , PTS, , 6 (6), , 6 Feb 1999, , North Bridge Leisure Centre,
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, United Kingdom, , , - , 3, , Win, , 231, , Jean Marie Naandu, , 201, , 4–9–0, , KO, , 1 (6), , , 12 Dec 1998, ,
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, United Kingdom, , , - , 2, , Win, , 234¾, , Steven Archie, , 241, , , , TKO, , 2 (4), , 26 Sep 1998, ,
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, USA, , , - , 1, , Win, , 242½, , Shane Woollas, , 232, , 8–10–0, , TKO, , 2 (4), , , 2 Jul 1998, , Corn Exchange,
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Mixed martial arts record

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Mitsuya Nagai , better known as , is a Japanese mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and former kickboxer. He is known for his work in Fighting Network RINGS and later in professional wrestling companies like Battlarts and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJ ...
, KO , RINGS - Mega Battle Tournament 1993: Second Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 7:19 ,
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, , - , Loss , align=center, 1-2 , Yoshihisa Yamamoto , Decision , RINGS - Battle Dimension: Osaka Metropolitan Circuit II , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 3:00 ,
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, , - , Win , align=center, 1-1 , Vladimir Kravchuk , KO , RINGS - Mega Battle Tournament 1992: Semi-Finals , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:38 ,
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, , - , Loss , align=center, 0-1 , Hans Nijman , KO , RINGS - Mega Battle Tournament 1992: First Round , , align=center, 4 , align=center, 0:35 ,
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