Albert Selimov
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| Full name | Альберт Шевкетович Селимов | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Russia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
April 5, 1986 Kaspiysk, Dagestan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Albert Shevketovich Selimov (Russian: Альберт Шевкетович Селимов; born April 5, 1986 in Kaspiysk) is a Russian amateur Featherweight (125 lbs) boxer best known for winning the European championship 2006 and the World Championships 2007.
Career
At the 2006 European Championships he beat Stephen Smith in the semis and Shahin Imranov 28:10 in the final.
At the 2007 World Championships southpaw counterpuncher Selimov beat American southpaw Raynell Williams and won against Yakup Kılıç by walk-over to reach the finals. There he outlasted Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko, another southpaw. In the round one bout of the featherweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Vasyl Lomachenko finally got his revenge and outclassed world amateur champion 14-7 cutting short his dream for Olympic gold.
Olympic Games
2008
- Lost to Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) 7-14
World Championships
2007 (featherweight)
- Defeated Iulian Stan (Romania) RSC-1
- Defeated Marcel Herfuth (Germany) PTS
- Defeated Bahodirjon Sooltonov (Uzbekistan) 24-9
- Defeated Raynell Williams (United States) 25-8
- Defeated Yakup Kılıç (Turkey) walk-over
- Defeated Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) 16-11
2009 (lightweight)
- Defeated Mohammad Aziz (Afghanistan) 25-1
- Defeated Erick Bonez (Ecuador) 18-0
- Defeated Sailom Ardee (Thailand) 14-8
- Defeated Éverton Lopes (Brazil) 17-2
- Lost to José Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 5-9
European Championships
2006 (featherweight)
- Defeated Sandor Racz (Hungary) RSCO-2
- Defeated Edgar Manukyan (Armenia) RSCO-2
- Defeated Stephen Smith (England) RSCO-2
- Defeated Shahin Imranov (Azerbaijan) 28-10
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