Abbos Atoev

Abbos Atoyev
Personal information
Full name Аббос Аттаев
Nationality  Uzbekistan
Born June 7, 1986 (1986-06-07) (age 25)
Vabkent District, Bukhara Province
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 81 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Middleweight

Abbos Atoyev (born June 7, 1986) is an Uzbek amateur boxer best known for winning gold in the light heavyweight competition at the 2007 World Championships. He was born in the village of Qulkhatib of Vabkent District of Bukhara Province.

Career

The southpaw beat Frenchman Mamadou Diambang inside the distance, Croatian Marijo Šivolija in the quarterfinals, Yerkebuian Shynaliyev of Kazachstan in the semifinals. In the final he sensationally upset Russian favorite Artur Beterbiyev 20:17 in a fight in that he was knocked down in the third and trailing but edging it out back down the stretch.

At the 2008 Olympics he was upset by Jahon Qurbonov in his first bout.

In 2009 he dropped down to middleweight and won the gold at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

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1974 – 2011: up to 81 kg

1974: Mate Parlov (YUG)  · 1978: Sixto Soria (CUB)  · 1982: Pablo Romero (CUB)  · 1986: Pablo Romero (CUB)  · 1989: Henry Maske (GDR)  · 1991: Torsten May (GER)  · 1993: Ramón Garbey (CUB)  · 1995: Antonio Tarver (USA)  · 1997: Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS)  · 1999: Michael Simms (USA)  · 2001: Yevgeniy Makarenko (RUS)  · 2003: Yevgeniy Makarenko (RUS)  · 2005: Yerdos Zhanabergenov (KAZ)  · 2007: Abbos Atoev (UZB)  · 2009: Artur Beterbiyev (RUS)  · 2011: Julio César la Cruz (CUB)
1974 – 2011: up to 75 kg

1974: Rufat Riskiyev (URS)  • 1978: José Gómez (CUB)  • 1982: Bernardo Comas (CUB)  • 1986: Darrin Allen (USA)  • 1989: Andrey Kurniavka (URS)  • 1991: Tommasso Russo (ITA)  • 1993: Ariel Hernández (CUB)  • 1995: Ariel Hernández (CUB)  • 1997: Zsolt Erdei (HUN)  • 1999: Utkirbek Haydarov (UZB)  • 2001: Andrey Gogolev (RUS)  • 2003: Gennady Golovkin (KAZ)  • 2005: Matvey Korobov (RUS)  • 2007: Matvey Korobov (RUS)  • 2009: Abbos Atoev (UZB)  · 2011: Evhen Khytrov (UKR)