Career
Mammadov who won silver at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Heavyweight, 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, losing to Oleksandr Usyk and gold at the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight#Results, London 2012 Olympic Games Mammadov won a bronze medal after a controversial decision to award him a victory over Siarhei Karneyeu. He had already defeated Jai Opetaia but lost to Clemente Russo in the semi-final. In 2013 Mammadov reached the finals at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk and won the silver medal. He won a bronze medal at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships after losing to Clemente Russo again. By 2015 Mammadov moved down from the heavyweight (91 kg) to light heavyweight division (81 kg), winning a gold medal at the 2015 European Games. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by the eventual silver medalist Adilbek Niyazymbetov of Kazakhstan. Mammadov was the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the 2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations, Parade of Nations.References
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