Islam Yahyayevich Timurziev (russian: Ислам Яхьяевич Тимурзиев; 9 January 1983 – 31 August 2015) was a Russian

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, best known for winning gold in the

2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from July 13 to July 23. The 36th edition of this bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. Medal winners M ...

Career

Born in

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, Timurziev started boxing in 1996. He was a skilled offensive fighter with impressive power in both hands but had defensive weaknesses. He won the U-17 European Championship in 1999, and the Junior European Championships in 2001. He added the military world title in 2003, and won the 2004 Russian national title, but only after he helped his national team winning the Nations World Cup by beating Cuban Odlanier Solis (Olympic Champion at 201 lbs) on points. Later that year while he was out with cancer, his compatriot Roman Romanchuk participated in the world championships. In 2006, Timurziev made a comeback claiming the European title with wins over

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and

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. At the

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in Baku, Timurziev was pulled out by his corner in a rematch by his nemesis Odlanier Solis. This also granted Cuba a 6-5 win of the cup. Timurziev was in bad form early on in 2007, losing in the Russian championships against the unsung Denis Sergeev (19:22). But 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 super ...

in Chicago he reached the semi-finals among others with several first round wins and a points victory over American Michael Hunter. He was unable to advance further, suffering from acute appendicitis, thus granting

a win on walkover, and earning the bronze medal. Timurziev was regarded as the favorite at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in his weightclass as the Cubans were lacking a star in this class after Solis had defected. He was defeated though by Great Britain's David Price through a knockout in the second round. He died in hospital of

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on 31 August 2015, following a long illness.Бывший боксер олимпийской сборной России скончался в возрасте 32 лет
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Clip of the second fight with Solis

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Timurziev, Islam Yahyayevich 1983 births 2015 deaths People from Nazran Ingush people Super-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Russia Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Russian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists