Meng Fanlong (born 5 February 1988) is a Chinese
professional boxer who held the
IBF
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Inter-Continental
light-heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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title between 2017 and 2019.
Amateur career
As an
amateur
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, he represented China at the
2012 London Olympics
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, competing in the
light-heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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division.
At the
2010 Asian Games (results) he beat two opponents before being outclassed 1:12 by
Elshod Rasulov
Elshod Rasulov (born March 7, 1986) is an amateur boxer from Uzbekistan, who won gold at the 2006 Asian Games and at the 2010 Asian Games and silver at 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
Career
In 2004 the southpaw counterpuncher knocked o ...
.
At the Asian Championships he lost the final to Kim Hyeong-kyu (KOR) 13:15. At the
2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 22 to October 10, 2011.
The competition ran under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur ...
he beat three opponents before losing to
Adilbek Niyazymbetov
Adilbek Sabituly Niyazymbetov ( kz, Әділбек Сәбитұлы Ниязымбетов; born 19 May 1989) is an Uzbekistani-born amateur light-heavyweight boxer who competes for Kazakhstan. He won silver medals at the world championships in ...
.
At the 2012 Olympics he defeated
Ahmed Barki 17:8 but lost to
Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino 17:17 on countback.
Professional career
Meng vs. Buglioni
On 24 November, 2018, Meng fought and beat
by technical knockout in the 5th round.
Meng vs. Deines
In his next bout, Meng fought Adam Deines, who was ranked #5 by the IBF and #11 by the WBO at light heavyweight. Meng won the fight via unanimous decision.
Meng vs. Pascal
Meng lost from
Jean Pascal via unanimous decision in their 12 round contest. The scorecards read 111-116, 112-115, 113-114 in favor of Pascal.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
Bio*https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/707917
Fanlong Meng - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankingsa
Box.Live
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1988 births
Living people
People from Chifeng
Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for China
Sportspeople from Inner Mongolia
Asian Games medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games
Chinese male boxers
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Light-heavyweight boxers