Aghasi Aghagul oghlu Mammadov (born 1 June 1980) is an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

i boxer who competed in the

bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class ...

division (54 kg) at the

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 ...

and won the bronze medal.

Career

Mammadov competed for

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for several years, under the name Aghasi Aghaguloghlu, for instance at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

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Olympic results 2000 (as a bantamweight)

*Defeated Mai Kangde (China) 17-4 *Defeated Nehomar Cermeño (Venezuela) 11-3 *Lost to

Guillermo Rigondeaux Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (; born 30 September 1980) is a Cuban professional boxer. Who held the unified WBA (Super), WBO and '' Ring'' magazine super bantamweight titles between 2013 and 2017, and the WBA (Regular) bantamweight title fro ...

(Cuba) 5-14 He returned to Azerbaijan before the 2002 European Championships, and now competes for Azerbaijan. A year later, at the

2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships The men's 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 6 to July 13. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. Medal winners Medal table External links Resul ...

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, he won the world title in the Bantamweight Division in the finals against Russia's Gennady Kovalev. In the second round he sensationally beat Cuban superstar

16:13 after losing to him in Sydney and Belfast. He qualified for the

by topping the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

Baku, Azerbaijan Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

Olympic results 2004 (as a bantamweight)

*Defeated Joel Brunker (Australia) RSC 3 (0:59) *Defeated Detelin Dalakliev (Bulgaria) 35-16 *Defeated Maksym Tretyak (Ukraine) 32-12 *Lost to Worapoj Petchkoom (Thailand) 19-27

References

* 1980 births Living people Boxers from Baku Azerbaijani male boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Azerbaijan Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Turkey Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent Naturalized citizens of Turkey Olympic medalists in boxing Azerbaijani emigrants to Turkey Bantamweight boxers Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Turkish male boxers European champions for Turkey AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-boxing-bio-stub