Boris Georgiev ( bg, Борис Георгиев) (born 5 December 1982) is an
amateur boxer
Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations.
Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...
from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics in the light welterweight class.
Career
In 2000 he lost the European featherweight final against
Ramaz Paliani (Turkey) 5:8. The same year he won a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary, losing the final to
Gyula Kate Gyula may refer to:
* Gyula (title), Hungarian title of the 9th–10th century
* Gyula (name), Hungarian male given name, derived from the title
; People
* Gyula II, the ''gyula'' who was baptized in Constantinople around 950
* Gyula III, the ''g ...
(HUN) 17-16.
In 2002
Alexander Maletin knocked him out in the lightweight final of the European Championships. A year later at the World Championships Georgiev was knocked out by Cuban legend
Mario Kindelan. He qualified for the
2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in second place at the
3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 20 to April 25, 2004. The top two in each weight category gained qualification into the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Medal winners
Qualified Flyweight ( ...
in
Gothenburg, Sweden
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...
.
Olympics 2004:
*Defeated
Nasserredine Fillali (Algeria) RSC 2 (1:38)
*Defeated
Rock Allen (United States) 30-10
*Defeated
Nurzhan Karimzhanov (Kazakhstan) 20-18
*Lost to
Yudel Johnson Cedeno (Cuba) 9-13
2005 at the world championships he lost to Cuban
Inocente Fiss
Inocente Fiss Carballosa (born June 7, 1980) is a Cuban boxer best known to win bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's junior welterweight division.
Amateur career
In 1998 he won a bronze at the junior world champi ...
28-19.
2006 he won the European title at junior welterweight 25:17 against Russian
Oleg Komisarov.
Professional boxing record
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, align="center" colspan=8, 7 Wins (2 (T)Knockouts, 1 decision), 0 Losses (0 (T)Knockouts, 0 decision), 0 Draws
2012-03-04 Ideh Ockuko 4-3-0
York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
References
1982 births
Living people
Featherweight boxers
Lightweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Bulgaria
Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Bulgarian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Bulgarian male boxers
Bulgarian people of Romani descent
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