Ismail Sillakh (born February 9, 1985, in

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) is a Ukrainian professional

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who has medaled in important international tournaments as an amateur.

Amateur career

Ismail Sillakh was born in

, then he moved with his family to Industrial city of

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(one of the most important port cities in Ukraine) His parents — Mohammad of

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and Natalya, a Ukraine native—met in college and had no particular connection to boxing but he took up the sport at a local recreation center at age seven and quickly discovered that he had the athletic ability to excel at it. In Mariupol he went to the boxing club of City's Metal Construction Factory of the name of

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. He was trained by one of the best city's boxing coaches. In Ismayl's career has played big role his old brother Adjick Sillakh. Adjick Sillakh was for years one of the best masters in Ukrainian amateur boxing, Ismayl gained good experience by boxing with his older brother Adjick. He began competing at age nine and was recognized as one of Ukraine’s better amateurs a few years later before establishing himself as one of Europe’s premier open-class boxers. Ismayl Sillakh had been a world-ranked amateur for two years going into the

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where he lost a close and spirited slug-fest to the more mature

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Amateur highlights

Amateur Record: 302-16 2001 (October 11–21) Gold Medalist World Cadet Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, boxing as a Welterweight (67 kg): *Round of 16 - Defeated Robert Blazo (Slovakia) *Quarterfinal - Defeated Rodriguez (Cuba) *Semifinal - Defeated

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(Russia) *Final - Defeated

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(Azerbaijan) 2005 (November 13–20) Silver Medalist World Championships in Mianyang, China, boxing as a Middleweight (75 kg): *Round of 32 - Defeated

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(Algeria) RSCI *Round of 16 - Defeated Donatas Bondorovas (Lithuania) RSCI 1 *Quarterfinal - Defeated Mamadou Diambang (France) RSCO *Semifinal - Defeated

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(Egypt) 28-22 *Final - Lost to

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(Russia) RSCO 2 2006 (July 14–23) Silver Medalist European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, boxing as a Light-Heavyweight (81 kg): *Round of 32 - Defeated David Tsiklauri (Georgia) RSC 1 *Round of 16 - Defeated Andrey Miruk (Belarus) RSCO 2 *Quarterfinal - Defeated

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(Hungary) RSCI 1 *Semifinal - Defeated Constantin Bejenaru (Romania) RSCO 3 *Final - Lost to

(Russia) 23-34

Pro

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for his first minor title (NABF), in 2011 he beat the undefeated Cuban

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by unanimous decision. After 17 wins he suffered a setback against undefeated but unsung Denis Grachev, after scoring a knockdown he got careless in the 8th round and Grachev knocked him out, Sillakh's chin looked somewhat suspect. He has won four comeback bouts to go to 21-1, but was knocked out by

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in the second round of their title bout, leaving Sillakh with two career losses.

Professional boxing record

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References

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