Javid Taghiyev (; born 6 October 1981, in
Lankaran
Lankaran (, ) or Lánkon () is a city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran. As of 2021, the city had a population of 89,300. It is next to, but independent of, Lankaran District. The city forms a disti ...
) is a retired
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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from
Azerbaijan
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.
He participated in the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
for his native European country. There he was stopped in the second round of the
Middleweight (75 kg) division by Thailand's eventual bronze medalist
Suriya Prasathinphimai.
Taghiyev won the bronze medal in the same division six months earlier, at the
2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in
Pula, Croatia
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.
After retiring from boxing, Taghiyev moved to
Iraq
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, where he professionally trains local boxers.
External links
Yahoo! Sports
1981 births
Living people
Azerbaijani male boxers
Middleweight boxers
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Azerbaijan
People from Lankaran
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