Serik Kerimbekuly Konakbaev (, ''Serık Kerımbekūly Qonaqbaev''; ; born October 25, 1959, in Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR) is a retired Kazakh amateur boxer, who represented the

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at the

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. There he won the silver medal in the

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division (– 63.5 kg), after being defeated in the final by

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. Two years later he once again captured the silver medal, this time at the World Championships in

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Olympics

1980 Olympic results

* Defeated Simion Cuţov (Romania) by unanimous decision, 5–0 * Defeated Imre Bácskai (Hungary) RET 2 * Defeated José Angel Molina (Puerto Rico) by walkover * Defeated José Aguilar (Cuba) by majority decision, 4–1 * Lost to

(Italy) by majority decision, 1–4

1984 Olympics

Konakbayev came to attention of Howard Cosell, and after the Soviet Olympic authorities announced the USSR team wouldn't show up at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where Konakbayev had genuine chances to compete for the gold medal at the welterweight event of the Games, Cosell said:Howard Cosell on the 1984 Summer Olympics boxing

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