Abbos Atoev
{{Short description|Uzbekistani boxer (born 1986)}}
{{Infobox boxer (amateur)
| name=Abbos Atoyev
Аббос Аттаев
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| caption = Abbos Atoev in 2009
| fullname = Abbos Atoyev
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| nationality = {{UZB}}
| weight class = Middleweight
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|6|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vabkent District, Bukhara Province
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| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|81|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Summer Olympics}}
{{MedalBronze| 2012 London |Middleweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Amateur Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2007 Chicago |Light Heavyweight}}
{{MedalGold| 2009 Milan |Middleweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2007 Ulan Bator | Light Heavyweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 2010 Guangzhou | Middleweight}}
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Abbos Abdurazzoqovich Atoyev (born 7 June 1986) is an amateur boxer from Uzbekistan, best known for winning gold in the light heavyweight competition at the 2007 World Championships where he defeated and upset heavy favourite Artur Beterbiev which to this was his only loss, and at middleweight in 2009. He also won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He fights 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.{{Cite web
| url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/at/abbos-atayev-1.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060440/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/at/abbos-atayev-1.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2020-04-18
| title = Abbos Atayev Bio, Stats, and Results
| website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
| access-date = 2016-03-02
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=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 Vijender Singh of India. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he was knocked out in the first round by Ryōta Murata of Japan.
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 Ryōta Murata 12:13 in the semi-final and had to settle for bronze.
References
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External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.ut.uz/eng/sports/the_continuation_of_boxing_traditions.mgr |title=Article |access-date=2007-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606005036/http://www.ut.uz/eng/sports/the_continuation_of_boxing_traditions.mgr |archive-date=2009-06-06 |url-status=dead }}
- {{Sports-Reference|at/abbos-atayev-1|Abbos Atayev}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|abbos-atoev|Abbos Atoev}}
{{Footer World Amateur Champions Light Heavyweight}}
{{Footer World Amateur Champions Middleweight}}
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Category:Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic boxers for Uzbekistan
Category:Asian Games medalists in boxing
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Uzbekistan
Category:Olympic medalists in boxing
Category:Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Uzbekistani male boxers
Category:AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
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