Abbos Atoev
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| Full name | Abbos Atoyev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Uzbekistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June 7, 1986 Vabkent District, Bukhara Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Middleweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 and at middleweight in 2009. He is southpaw and was born in the village of Qulkhatib of Vabkent District of Bukhara Province.
Career
In June 2007 he won the 2007 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships, beating future Olympic champion Zhang Xiaoping in the final.
At the 2007 World Championships he defeated Frenchman Mamadou Diambang inside the distance, Croatian Marijo Šivolija in the quarterfinals, and Yerkebuian Shynaliyev of Kazakhstan in the semifinals. In the final, he sensationally upset Russian favorite Artur Beterbiyev after being 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.
Middleweight
In 2009, he dropped down to middleweight and won the gold at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2010 Asian Games, he was shut out 0-7 in the final against Indian Vijender Singh. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he was knocked out in the first round by Japanese Ryōta Murata.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he defeated Moroccan Badreddine Haddioui 11:9, Romanian Bogdan Juratoni 12:10 and Vijender Singh 17:13. He lost to Japanese Ryōta Murata 12:13 and had settle for Bronze.
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