Zaurbek Musaevich Baysangurov (born 2 March 1985) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014. He is a former

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and IBO light middleweight champion, having held the IBO title twice between 2010–2015 and the WBO title between 2011 and 2013. He held the

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title between 2007–2008 and the WBA Inter-Continental title between 2009 and 2010. Zaurbek is an ethnic Chechen from the

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Amateur career

In 2001, Baysangurov won the gold medal at the 2001 Russian Cadet National Championships in

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in June, he then won the gold medal at the 2001 Cadet European Championships in

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in July, and went on to win a bronze medal at the 2001 Cadet World Championships in

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in October. In 2002, Baysangurov won the gold medal at the 2002 Russian Junior National Championships in

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in May, and went on to win a bronze medal at the 2002 Junior World Championships in

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in September. In 2003, Baysangurov won the gold medal at the 2003 Junior European Championships in

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in August.

Amateur highlights

*2002 Junior World Championships bronze medalist. ** Defeated Aslan Bayramov (Azerbaijan) ** Defeated Hwang Ryong (South Korea) ** Defeated

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(Mexico) ** Lost to Vilier Quinones (Cuba) *2003 Junior European Championships gold medalist. ** Defeated Mindaugas Spakauskas (Lithuania) ** Defeated Dian Petrov (Bulgaria) ** Defeated Stefan Dragomir (Romania) ** Defeated

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(Ukraine) ** Defeated Rakhib Beylarov (Azerbaijan)

Professional career

Zaurbek Baysangurov made his professional debut in 2004 at the age of 20. He won the IBF Youth middleweight title in 2005, and held the IBF Youth light middleweight title from 2005 to 2006, and amassed a record of 14 wins with all but two by stoppage. On 23 September 2006, Baysangurov faced

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for the vacant

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International title in

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. Baysangurov was dropped by Rubio in the first round but bounced back to win the fight by unanimous decision outboxing his opponent to win the remaining eleven rounds on the judges' scorecards. In May 2007, the

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announced Baysangurov would face off against French boxer Hussein Bayram for the vacant European light middleweight title. On 7 July, he won the competitive bout by unanimous decision in

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. Two judges awarded the fight 114-113 and another 115-113 for Baysangurov. In December 2008 he lost via an upset 5th-round KO to former The Contender star

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Professional boxing record

References

External links

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World junior championships results 2002Bio
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