Zou Shiming

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zou.

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Competitor for  China
Olympic Games
Bronze	2004 Athens	Light flyweight
World Amateur Championships
Silver	Bangkok 2003	Light Flyweight
Gold	Mianyang 2005	Light Flyweight
Gold	Chicago 2007	Light Flyweight
Asian Games
Gold	Doha 2006	Light Flyweight

Zou Shiming sometimes written Zou Shi ming or Zhou Shi Ming (鄒市明, born May 18, 1981 in Zunyi) is the most successful amateur boxer from the People's Republic of China winning two world titles (2005, 2007) at Light flyweight (-48 kg) division.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Olympic Results 1.2 World Amateur championship results 2 References

[edit] Career

2003 at the World Championhips Zou upset Cuban 2001 defending world champ Yan Bartelemí Varela , a southpaw, in Bangkok but lost the final to Russian Sergey Kazakov.

He won bronze at the 2004 Olympics beating 17-year old American southpaw Rau'shee Warren but losing the rematch to Bartelemí Varela.

In 2005 he won the World championships in his home country in Mianyang defeating Hungarian Pal Bedak in the finals, the first Chinese to do so.

In the 2006 Asian Games he won the title defeating Thailand's Suban Pannon 21-1 in the final match. ^[1]

2007 he repeated his World Championhip triumph beating Russian David Ayrapetyan 23:6 early and Harry Tanamor from the Philippines in the finals.

[edit] Olympic Results

• Defeated Rau'shee Warren (United States) 22-9
• Defeated Endalkachew Kebede (Ethiopia) 31-8
• Defeated Redouane Asloum (France) 20-12
• Lost to Yan Bhartelemy Varela (Cuba) 17-29

[edit] World Amateur championship results

2003 (in Bangkok)

• Defeated Yan Barthelemy (Cuba) 22-15
• Defeated Rudolf Dydi (Slovakia) 21-9
• Defeated Harry Tanamor (Philippines) 21-13
• Lost to Sergey Kazakov (Russia) 19-23

2005 (in Mianyang, People's Republic of China)

• Defeated Lukasz Maszczyrk (Poland) 18-10
• Defeated Salim Basriev Salimov (Bulgaria) 22-9
• Defeated Yan Bhartelemy Varela (Cuba) 12-10
• Defeated Sherali Bostiev (Tajikistan) 18-13
• Defeated Bedak Pal (Hungary) 31-13

2007 (in Chicago)

• Defeated Constantin Paraschiv (Romania) 15-3
• Defeated Birzham Zhakypov (Kazakhstan) 30-13
• Defeated David Ayrapetyan (Russia) 23-6
• Defeated Patrick Barnes (Ireland) 22-8
• Defeated Nordine Oubaali (Algeria) RSC 3 (1:16)
• Defeated Harry Tanamor (Philippines) 17-3

[edit] References