Albert Selimov

Albert Selimov
Альберт Селимов
Personal information
Full name Альберт Шевкетович Селимов
Nationality Azerbaijan Azerbaijani
Russia Russian
Born (1986-04-05) April 5, 1986
Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Lightweight

Albert Shevketovich Selimov (Russian: Альберт Шевкетович Селимов; born April 5, 1986 in Kaspiysk) is a Russian Naturalized Azerbaijani of Lezgin descent, amateur Lightweight (130 lbs) boxer best known for winning the European Amateur Boxing Championships in 2006 and 2010 as well as the 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships. He formerly competed for the Russian Federation. He is lezgian.

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

World Championships

2007 (featherweight)

2009 (lightweight)

2011 (lightweight)

2015 (lightweight)

Boxing World Cup

2008 (lightweight)

European Championships

2006 (featherweight)

European Games

2015 (lightweight)

External links

References



This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 15, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.