Anvar Yunusov
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Anvar Yunusov (b.1987) is an amateur boxer from Tajikistan best known to handle AsianGames winner Violito Payla his first ever stoppage defeat at the 2007 world championships. He has also qualified for the Olympics.
[edit] Career
The tall counterpuncher Yunusov beat Bato-Munko Vankeev at the world championships 2005 but lost to surprise winner Lee Ok-Sung.
He finished second at the military world championships 2006 and the Ahmet Comet Cup 2007 where he beat Mirat Sarsenbayev but lost to local Kadri Kordel.
At the world championships 2007 he stopped Payla but lost to Samir Mammadov later.
At the qualifier he beat Payla again, then Mongol Luvsantseren Zorigtbaatar and North Korean Pak Jong Chol.