Orhan Delibaş (born January 28, 1971) is a retired Turkish-born

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. He won the Light Middleweight Silver medal at the

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. A year later, he captured the silver medal once again at the 1993 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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. He has a professional record of 25-2

Amateur Highlights

*1991 competed as a Light-Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia **Lost to

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(Germany) 14-18 *1992 captured the silver medal, representing the Netherlands as a Light-Middleweight at the Olympic Games in Barcelona **Defeated Ki-Soo Choi (South Korea) 3-0 **Defeated Chalit Boonsingkarn (Thailand) TKO 2 **Defeated Raúl Márquez (United States) 16-12 **Defeated Robin Reid (Great Britain) 8-3 **Lost to Juan Carlos Lemus (Cuba) 1-6 *1993 competed as a Light-Middleweight at World Championships in Tampere, Finland **Defeated Hee-Joon Kim (South Korea) points **Defeated Vahe Kocharian (Armenia) points **Lost to Francisc Vastag (Romania) points *1993 2nd place as a Light-Middleweight at European Championships in Bursa, Turkey **Defeated Mamouka Khoutouashvili (Georgia) DQ 3 **Defeated R. Sarganessian (Armenia) points **Defeated Bert Schenk (Germany) points **Lost to Francisc Vastag (Romania) points *1994 Light-Middleweight Bronze Medalist at Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia **Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey) points **Lost to Sergey Karavayev (Russia) points *1995 Light-Middleweight Champion at World Military Championships

Pro career

Delibaş began his professional career in 1995, under his

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''The Turkish Delight'', and won his first 22 bouts in the

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division. His first loss was to contender Mamadou Thiam in a TKO in the 8th round. In 2000, he took on future titlist

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and lost in a TKO 3 after he failed to come out of his corner.

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* 1971 births Dutch male boxers Turkish male boxers Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Living people Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent Olympic medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Kayseri Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Light-middleweight boxers Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub