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Daugirdas Šemiotas
Daugirdas Šemiotas (born May 20, 1983) is an amateur boxer from Lithuania who is best known for winning the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He defeated Egypt's Ramadan Yasser 18:9 but was injured and did not fight in the semi-final against Russia's Artur Beterbiyev. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he lost his first bout 3:11 to Yerkebuian Shynaliyev from Kazakhstan. He failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after ending up in third place at the 1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub .... External linksWorld 2007 1983 births Living people Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Lith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The Summer Olympics
Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics, except for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Sweden, Swedish law banned the sport at the time. The 2008 Summer Olympics were the final games with boxing as a male only event. Since the 2012 Summer Olympics, women's boxing is part of the program. Summary History Boxing made its first appearance at the Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics, 1904 Summer Olympics as a men's event. Due to few competitors at the time, only North American boxers competed for this edition. Since the 1908 Olympics, boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games besides the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the martial arts at the time. Until 1948, losing semi-finalists competed in a bronze medal playoff, match for a bronze medal. However, in 1950 the International Boxing Association, Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Amateur Boxing Championships
IBA World Boxing Championships may refer to: * IBA Men's World Boxing Championships * IBA Women's World Boxing Championships {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. Medal table Medal winners See also * AIBA World Boxing Championships References External links * Results {{WC Amateur Boxing World Amateur Boxing Championships IBA World Boxing Championships may refer to: * IBA Men's World Boxing Championships * IBA Women's World Boxing Championships {{Short pages monitor [Baidu] |
Ramadan Yasser
Ramadan Yasser Abdel Ghaffar (; born July 19, 1980, in Gharbîya el-Saqriya, Al-Wadi Al-Jadid) is a Boxing, boxer from Egypt. Career Yasser won the gold medal in the men's middleweight division at the Boxing at the 1999 All-Africa Games, 1999 All-Africa Games and went to the Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Middleweight, Olympics 2000 where he lost his first match 7:8 to Korea's Im Jung-Bin. In 2003, he repeated his win at the Boxing at the 2003 All-Africa Games, All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. Yasser also participated at the Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. He was beaten in the quarterfinals of the Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Middleweight, middleweight (– 75 kg) division by Kazakhstan's world champion and eventual runner-up Gennady Golovkin. In 2007, he won the All-Africa Games as a light heavyweight. Yasser reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 2007 AIBA W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Beterbiyev
Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev (; ; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian and Canadian professional boxer. He held the undisputed light-heavyweight championship between 2024 and February 2025. He also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) and ''Ring'' magazine titles during his reign as champion. Beterbiev is the first boxer to become the undisputed light-heavyweight champion since Roy Jones Jr. last held that distinction in 2002, and is the first to do so in the "four-belt" era. As an amateur, Beterbiev won a light-heavyweight silver medal at the 2007 World Championships, gold at the 2008 World Cup and 2009 World Championships, as well as gold at the 2006 and 2010 European Championships. He also reached the heavyweight quarter-finals at the 2012 Olympics. He is known for his punching power, having won his first 20 professional fights by knockout or stoppage after debuting in 2013. Amateur career Beterbiev competed as a light-heavyweight and heavyweight in his am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerkebuian Shynaliyev
Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (born October 7, 1987) is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known for winning bronze medals at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Career Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2006. At the seniors 2007, the short southpaw beat Asian Champ Jahon Qurbonov and Tony Jeffries 20:9 but lost to eventual winner Abbos Atoev 8:17 in the semifinal. Olympic games results 2008 (as a Light heavyweight) *Defeated Daugirdas Semiotas (Lithuania) 11-3 *Defeated Carlos Negrón (Puerto Rico) 9-3 *Defeated Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) WDQ 3 (2:43) *Lost to Zhang Xiaoping (China) 4-4 Note: Shynaliyev was leading 12-6 when Kurbanov was disqualified for biting Shynaliyev on the shoulder. |
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes compete, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries, with 301 medal events in 28 different Olympic sports, sports. The 2004 Games marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance, and also marked the first time Athens hosted the Games since their first modern incarnation in 1896 Summer Olympics, 1896 as well as the return of the Olympic games to its birthplace. Athens became the fourth city to host the Summer Olympic Games on two occasions (together with Paris, London and Los Angeles). A new medal obverse was introduced at these Games, replacing the design by Giuseppe Cassioli that had been used since 1928 Summer Olympics, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from March 30 to April 4, 2004 during the annual Strandjata Boxing Tournament. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Europe to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the European Championships in Pula, Croatia. The number one and two in six weight divisions earned a ticket for the Olympic Tournament in Athens, Greece. Medal winners Qualified Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * * Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * * Lightweight (– 60 kg) * * Welterweight (– 69 kg) * * Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) * * Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) * * See also *2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships *2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Warsaw, Poland from March 30 to April 4, 2004 at the annual Feliks Stamm Boxing Tournament. The top two in each weight category gained entry into the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub in Bulgaria and was the European Capital of Culture in 1999 and 2019. The city is an important economic, transport, cultural, and educational centre. Plovdiv joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. Archeological symbols of Plovdiv Plovdiv is in a fertile region of south-central Bulgaria on the two banks of the Maritsa River. The city has historically developed on seven syenite hills, some of which are high. Because of these hills, Plovdiv is often referred to in Bulgaria as "The City of the Seven Hills". There is evidence of habitation in the area dating back to the 6th millennium BCE, when the first Neolithic settlements were established. The city was subsequently a Thracians, Thracian settlement, later being conq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Births
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican City, Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Indian reservation, Native American re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Light-heavyweight Boxers
Light heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight. The light heavyweight class has produced some of boxing's greatest champions: Bernard Hopkins (who, upon becoming champion, broke the record for oldest man to win a world title), Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Michael Moorer, Bob Foster, Ann Wolfe, Michael Spinks, Dariusz Michalczewski, Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe, Sergey Kovalev and Zsolt Erdei. Many light heavyweight champions unsuccessfully challenged for the heavyweight crown until Michael Spinks became the first reigning light heavyweight champion to win the heavyweight championship. Bob Fitzsimmons captured the light heavyweight championship after losing his heavyweight championship. Two all-time great heavyweight champions, Ezzard Charles and Floyd Patterson, started out as light heavyweights. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
