Aghasi Mammadov

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Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Competitor for Azerbaijan
Bronze	2004 Athens	Bantamweight
World Amateur Championships
Competitor for Turkey
Silver	Belfast 2001	Bantamweight
Competitor for Azerbaijan
Gold	Bangkok 2003	Bantamweight
European Amateur Championships
Competitor for Turkey
Gold	2000 Tampere	Bantamweight

Aghasi Mammadov (born June 1, 1980 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani boxer who competed in the bantamweight division (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.

[edit] Career

Mammadov competed for Turkey for several years, under the name Agasi Agagüloğlu, for instance at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Olympic results 2000 (as a bantamweight)

Defeated Mai Kangde (China) 17-4
Defeated Nehomar Cermeño (Venezuela) 11-3
Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux (Cuba) 5-14

He returned to Azerbaijan before the 2002 European Championships, and now competes for Azerbaijan. A year later, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he won the world title in the Bantamweight Division in the finals against Gennady Kovalev. In the second round he sensationally beat Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux 16:13 after losing to him in Sydney and Belfast.

2004 (as a bantamweight)