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Kamshybek Kunkabayev
Kamshybek Kunkabayev (born 18 November 1991) is a Kazakhstani professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships, and bronze at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Olympic result Tokyo 2020 *Round of 16: Defeated Yousry Hafez (Egypt) 5–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Ivan Veriasov (ROC) 4–1 *Semi-finals: Defeated by Richard Torrez (USA) RSC World Championship results Hamburg 2017 *Round of 16: Defeated Max Keller (Germany) 5–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) 3–2 *Semi-finals: Defeated Fokou Arsene (Cameroon) 5–0 *Final: Defeated by Magomedrasul Majidov (Azerbaijan) 4–1 2019 Yekaterinburg *Round of 16: Defeated Ayoub Ghadfa (Spain) KO *Quarter-finals: Defeated Nelvie Tiafack (Germany) 5–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Justis Huni (Australia) W/O *Final: Defeated by Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) 5–0 Professional career Early career Kunkabayev made his professional debut against Issa Akberbayev on 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiserweight (boxing)
Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. Professional boxing The current weight limit for the division is . When originally established, the weight limit was . The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division. While many great heavyweight champions (such as Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis) weighed around 190 pounds in their career, during the 1970s it became fairly standard that fit heavyweight boxers weighed at least . It was felt by many boxing authorities that asking men weighing between and to fight these larger men was unfair. The WBC was the first boxing organization to recognize the cruiserweight division when it sanctioned a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships
The 31st edition of the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships was held from 24 to 31 May 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the second time in the tournament's history that men and women fought in the same championship. Medal summary Men Women Medal table References External linksResults {{Asian Boxing Championships 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ... Asian Amateur International sports competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates Asian Amateur Boxing Championships Sports competitions in Dubai Asian Amateur Boxing Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), and International Boxing Federation (IBF). The WBO's headquarters are located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. History The WBO started after a group of Puerto Rican and Dominican businessmen broke out of the WBA's 1988 annual convention in Isla Margarita, Venezuela over disputes regarding what rules should be applied. The WBO's first president was Ramon Pina Acevedo of the Dominican Republic. Soon after its beginning, the WBO was staging world championship bouts around the globe. Its first championship fight was for its vacant super middleweight title, between Thomas Hearns and James Kinchen; Hearns won by decision. In order to gain respectability, the WBO next elected former world light heavy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBA awards its world championship title at the professional level. Founded in the United States in 1921 by 13 state representatives as the NBA, in 1962 it changed its name in recognition of boxing's growing popularity worldwide and began to gain other nations as members. By 1975, a majority of votes were held by Latin American nations and the organization headquarters had moved to Panama. After being located during the 1990s and early 2000s in Venezuela, the organization offices returned to Panama in 2007. It is the oldest of the four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991 as a union republic and finally from 1991 as an independent state to 1997 when the government relocated the capital to Akmola (renamed Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and back to Astana in 2022). Almaty is still the major commercial, financial, and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city. The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700–900 m (2,300–3,000 feet), where the Large and Small Almatinka rivers run into the plain. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baluan Sholak Sports Palace
The Baluan Sholak Sports Palace ( kk, Балуан Шолақ атындағы спорт сарайы, translit=Balýan Sholaq atyndaǵy sport saraıy) or Bolyan Sholak Sports Palace is a Palace of Sports in Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan. It was built in 1967 and extensively renovated in 2009–2011. It is named after Baluan Sholak, a celebrated Kazakh composer, singer, poet, dombra player, dzhigit and wrestler. It is the home arena for Aisulu Almaty, a women's ice hockey team based in Almaty. History Built in 1967 by order of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports under the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR. At the time of construction it had the main hall with 4 stands for 6 thousand seats, machine room for preparation of artificial ice, medical and methodological rooms. In the courtyard of the Palace of Sports international, all-Union and republican competitions in boxing, basketball and karate were held. Variety and ballet performances on i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justis Huni
Justis Huni (born 4 April 1999) is an Australian professional boxer. He has held the Australian heavyweight title since 2020. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships. Early life Huni was born on 4 April 1999 in Meadowbrook, a suburb of Logan City, in the metropolitan area of Brisbane, Queensland. He is of Tongan, Swedish, Samoan and Dutch descent. His first sporting love was rugby league where he began playing for the Souths Sunnybank Magpies as a child but gave away the sport at the age of eight to pursue a career in boxing. Amateur career World Championships result Yekaterinburg 2019 *First round: Defeated Cristian Salcedo (Colombia) 5–0 *Second round: Defeated Nigel Paul (Trinidad and Tobago) RSC *Quarter-finals: Defeated Mahammad Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) 5–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated by Kamshybek Kunkabayev (Kazakhstan) W/O Professional career Early career On 22 October 2020, Huni made his professional debut against Australian heavyweigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magomedrasul Majidov
Mahommedrasul Majidov ( az, Məhəmmədrəsul Məcidov) (born 27 September 1986) is an Azerbaijani professional boxer. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and gold at the 2011, 2013 and 2017 World Championships, all in the super heavyweight division. Amateur career At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships the hard hitting Majidov stopped Uzbek Sardor Abdullayev in the round of 16 and Cuban favorite Erislandy Savon who he dropped heavily in the quarter-finals. In the semis he beat Kazakh Ivan Dychko 16:9. In the final he edged out Englishman Anthony Joshua 22:21. At the 2012 Olympics he stopped Meji Mwamba and European champion Magomed Omarov from Russia 17:14 and looked on his way to beat defending champion Roberto Cammarelle, he was leading 8:6 after the first round but the Italian fought back to win 13:12 and Majidov won bronze. Majidov started the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships with two 3-0 wins over Lenroy Thompson of the United States in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhodir Jalolov
Bakhodir Jalolov ( uz, Bahodir Jalolov) is an Uzbekistani professional boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships, and gold at the 2019 World Championships and 2020 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and acted as Uzbekistan's flag bearer at both games. Amateur boxing career Asian championships Jalolov took part in the 2017 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships, held in May 2017 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He went on a perfect 4–0 run, beating Haipeng Mou and Do Hyeon Kim by technical knockout in the first two rounds, Mohamad Mulayes by technical knockout in the semifinals, and Kamshybek Kunkabayev by majority decision in the finals. Jalolov went on another perfect run in the 2019 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships, and earned his place in the finals after beating Mohamad Mulayes by unanimous decision in the semifinals. Jalolov faced a familiar opponent in the finals, Kamshybek Kunkabayev, and won the fight by majority decision. Jalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Torrez
Richard Torrez Jr. (born June 1, 1999) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur, Torrez qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Olympics where he won a silver medal. As a professional, as of October 14, 2023, he is 8–0 with 8 knockouts. Early life and education Torrez graduated from Palo Verde Elementary School in 2013. He competed on the chess team for Mission Oak High School, where he graduated as valedictorian in 2017. Torrez and his friends in the school's robotics club were nearly suspended for trying to develop more efficient rocket fuel. "At high school, I think what surprised me most is I liked hanging out with the nerds more than I liked hanging out with the athletes," he said. Citing how Vasyl Lomachenko learned dance to improve his boxing footwork, Torrez began studying ballet at the College of the Sequoias. He fell in love with it, and eventually played the part of Gaston in a production of ''Beauty and the Beast,'' an experience he found more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Veriasov
Ivan Yuryevich Veriasov (russian: Иван Юрьевич Верясов; born 10 July 1993) is a Russian boxer. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... References 1993 births Living people People from Nakhodka Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Russia Russian male boxers European Games competitors for Russia Boxers at the 2019 European Games Sportspeople from Primorsky Krai {{Russia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yousry Hafez
Yousry Hafez (born 30 August 1993) is an Egyptian amateur boxer who competed at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships. He has also won gold medals at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and 2019 African Games. Amateur career His first international medal was at the 2017 African Championships in Brazzaville, where he lost in the semi-finals to eventual gold medalist Arsène Fokou and took home a bronze medal. He then competed in that year's World Championships in Hamburg, losing in his first bout against Joseph Goodall. He won a gold medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, winning every fight by unanimous decision (UD) and beating Mohamed Firisse of Tunisia in the final, and soon achieved another gold medal at the 2019 African Games. The latter qualified him for the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, where he managed to win his first fight against Brazilian representative Joel da Silva. In the 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was the number one seed in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
