Timur Ibragimov (Тимур Ибрагимов; born January 15, 1975) is an Uzbekistani former

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who competed from 2000 to 2012. As an

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, he competed at the

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Early life

Ibragimov is from

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. He has frequently been presented by various media as the brother or cousin of former

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Heavyweight Champion

Sultan Ibragimov Sultan-Ahmed Magomedsalihovich Ibragimov (, ; born 8 March 1975) is a Russian former professional boxer. He competed from 2002 to 2008, and held the WBO world heavyweight title from 2007 to 2008. He was ranked by '' The Ring'' as the world's s ...

, although Sultan is a native of

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and they are not relatives, but close friends, and they are also friends with Uzbek boxer

Ruslan Chagaev Ruslan Shamilevich Chagaev (; ; ); born 19 October 1978) is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2016. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title twice ( Regular version in his second reign) and w ...

Amateur career

Ibragimov had over 200

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fights, and during the 1990s, he was one of the world's leading amateur boxers in the

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division. In 1991, Ibragimov won the

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Junior National Championships for his age category (16 to 18 years old). After the break-up of the USSR, Ibragimov won the Uzbekistani National Championships five times. Ibragimov participated several times in the

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and the

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, and in 1995 he was a quarter finalist at the

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