Mirat Sarsembayev (born July 13, 1986) is a Kazakh former

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...

who competed from 2009 to 2010. As an

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, Sarsembayev won a bronze medal at the

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and represented Kazakhstan at the

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as a

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Career

At the 2005 World Championships he beat Britain's

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and Tunisian

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but lost the semifinal to Cuban southpaw Andry Laffita. He was a member of the Kazakhstan national team that competed at the 2005 Boxing World Cup in

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. At the 2006 Asian Games he lost the quarterfinal to

Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor (, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Early life and personal life ...

(11:20), and at the 2007 World Championships he lost to the same opponent (8:17). At the 2008 Olympics he beat Rafał Kaczor of Poland (14:5) but lost to Russian

Georgy Balakshin Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (; born March 6, 1980, in Antonovka, near Nyurba, Sakha Republic) is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times. Career Balakshin won the gold medal in 2002 and defended ...

(4:12).

Professional boxing record

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2005 results
Living people 1986 births Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Kazakhstani male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan Sportspeople from Taldykorgan Flyweight boxers 21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen {{Kazakhstan-boxing-bio-stub