Orzubek Nazarov

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Medal record
Competitor for Soviet Union
Men’s Boxing
World Amateur Championships
Bronze	1986 Reno	Lightweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold	1987 Turin	Lightweight

Statistics
Orzubek Nazarov

Real name	Orzubek Nazarov
Nickname(s)	Gussie
Rated at	Lightweight
Nationality	Kyrgyzstan
Birth date	August 30, 1966 (1966-08-30) (age 41)
Birth place	Kant, Kyrgyzstan
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	27
Wins	26
Wins by KO	19
Losses	1
Draws	0
No contests	0

Orzubek Nazarov (born August 30, 1966) in Kant, Kyrgyzstan is a Kyrgyz boxer, who won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno. He is a former WBA Lightweight Champion.

[edit] Career

As an amateur Nazarov was the World bronze medalist in 1986 and European champion in 1987 and had a record of 153-12.

[edit] Pro

The southpaw turned pro in 1990 in Japan, one of the six Amateur Elite boxers (including Yuri Arbachakov) scouted out of the old Soviet Union by the Kyoei Gym. He won the WBA lightweight title in 1993 in South Africa against Dingaan Thobela and defended it on the road against contenders Thobela, Joey Gamache and Leavander Johnson and two lesser fighters in his adopted home country. Eye problems plagued him and he retired after being upset by Jean Baptiste Mendy in France.