Birzhan Zhakypov (born July 7, 1984) is an amateur boxer from

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, best known for winning the light flyweight gold medal at the 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championship. He qualified for the

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, where he beat Pál Bedák and

Hovhannes Danielyan Hovhannes Danielyan ( hy, Հովհաննես Դանիելյան, born April 11, 1987 in Armenian SSR) is an Armenian light flyweight amateur boxer. He is a European Champion and Olympian. Career Danielyan won a bronze medal at the 2004 Junior Wo ...

before losing to top favorite Zou Shiming (4:9). At the

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he beat Shin Jong-Hun before losing in the final to Zou Shiming. At the

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he lost his first fight to a Cuban. He later qualified for the

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, beating

Jérémy Beccu Jérémy Beccu (born 22 September 1990) is a French professional boxer. As an amateur he represented France at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the first round of the light-flyweight bracket, where lost to Birzhan Zhakypov. Amateur career Beccu w ...

and

Mark Anthony Barriga Mark Anthony Barriga (born 11 June 1993) is a Filipino professional boxer who challenged for the IBF mini-flyweight title in 2018. As an amateur, Barriaga represented Philippines at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the light-fly ...

before losing again to eventual gold medalist Zou Shiming.

References

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Birzhan Zhakypov's boxing stats

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