Aleksandr Musafovic Makhmutov (born 10 March 1966) is a Russian boxer. He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Career

Makhmutov continued boxing and briefly held the

EBU The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Co ...

flyweight champion between 1999 and 2000. He returned to the championship in late 2000 and has defended it five times before losing when challenging for the

WBO 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 Boxin ...

flyweight world champion against a French

Brahim Asloum Brahim Asloum ( ar, إبراهيم اسلوم, born 31 January 1979 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French boxer. He won the Light Flyweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His Olympic win was France's first Olympic gold medal in box ...

in 2004. He retired after this defeat. Before that, in 2003 he had challenged for the WBO flyweight world champion once against Omar Narváez of Argentina, losing by TKO.

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* 1966 births Living people Russian male boxers Olympic boxers of the Soviet Union Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics People from Elektrostal Light-flyweight boxers Flyweight boxers Super-flyweight boxers Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast {{Russia-boxing-bio-stub