Samir Mammadov (; born May 15, 1988) is a boxer from

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, who won the silver medal in the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 2006 European Championships in

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and bronze at the 2007 World Championships.

Career

At the Euros 2006 he beat Vincenzo Picardi and

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but lost to Georgi Balakshin. At the Junior World Championships 2006 he competed as a bantamweight but lost to Uzbek

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. At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he dropped to flyweight and beat the Puerto Rican PanAmerican Games Gold medalist McWilliams Arroyo to reach the semifinals, where he was defeated by Rau'shee Warren.

References

Euro 2006

Chicago results
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