Orzubek Nazarov (born August 30, 1966 in
Kant
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,
Kyrgyz SSR
The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...
) is a boxer of
Uzbek ethnicity, who won the bronze medal at the
1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Reno, United States from May 8 to 18. The fourth edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing bo ...
in
Reno
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. He is a former
WBA Lightweight Champion.
Career
As an amateur Nazarov was the World bronze medalist in 1986 and European champion in 1987 and had a record of 153-12.
Pro
The southpaw turned pro in 1990 in Japan, one of the six Amateur Elite boxers (including
Yuri Arbachakov) scouted out of the old
Soviet Union
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by th
Kyoei Gym
He won the WBA lightweight title in 1993 in South Africa against
Dingaan Thobela
Dingaan Bongane Thobela (born 24 September 1966), is a South African former professional boxer who competed between 1990 and 2006. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO lightweight title from 1990 to 1992, the WBA ...
and defended it on the road against contenders Thobela,
Joey Gamache and
Leavander Johnson and two lesser fighters in his adopted home country.
Eye problems plagued him and he retired after being upset by
Jean Baptiste Mendy in France.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of WBA world champions
This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.
Boxers who won ...
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List of lightweight boxing champions
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List of Japanese boxing world champions
This is a list of Japanese boxing world champions who have won major world titles from the "Big four" governing bodies in professional boxing namely the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation ( ...
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Boxing in Japan
The history of boxing in Japan began in 1854 when Matthew Perry landed at Shimoda, Shizuoka soon after the Convention of Kanagawa. At that time, American sailors often engaged in sparring matches on board their ships, with their fists wrapped ...
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1966 births
Living people
People from Chüy Region
World boxing champions
Southpaw boxers
Kyrgyzstani male boxers
Kyrgyzstani people of Uzbek descent
Soviet male boxers
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Lightweight boxers
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