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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 in 2015, the
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cruiserweight title in 2014, and challenged once for the
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cruiserweight title in 2013. As an
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he won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships and gold at the
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, both in the
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division.


Amateur career

Chakhkiyev beat
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inside the distance to become 2006 Military world champion at 201 lbs. He also beat
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24:15 at the (team)
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but Russia lost. In 2006 he lost to world class (silver medallist 2005) fellow southpaw Roman Romanchuk at the Russian Championships but defeated him 28-25 in 2007 to win the Russian national title 2007. At the world championships he defeated among others
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of Azerbaijan 17-6 and
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to reach the final where he lost 6:7 against Italian
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. In 2008 he lost to
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in a Duals.


Olympic results

2008 *Defeated
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(Iran) 7-3 *Defeated
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(France) 18-9 *Defeated
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(Cuba) 10-5 *Defeated
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(Italy) 4-2


World Championship results

2007 (as a heavyweight) *Defeated Evan Redd (Aruba) RSCH 2 *Defeated John Sweeney (Ireland) 28-5 *Defeated
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(Azberbaijan) 17-6 *Defeated
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(France) 21-9 *Lost to
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(Italy) 6-7 (won a silver medal)


Professional boxing record


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chakhkiev, Rakhim 1983 births Living people Cruiserweight boxers Heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Russia Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia Ingush people People from Tobolsk Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Russian male boxers International Boxing Organization champions AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists European Boxing Union champions Sportspeople from Tyumen Oblast