Bahram Muzaffer

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Bahram Muzaffer (born August 4, 1986 in Fergana, Uzbekistan) is a Turkish amateur boxer competing in the light-heavyweight division.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/bahram-muzaffer-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063739/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/bahram-muzaffer-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |publisher=Sports Reference/Olympics |title=Bahram Muzaffer |accessdate=2011-06-27 }}

Biography

Bahram Muzaffer was born in Uzbekistan to a family of Turkish Meskhetian descent. Three years later his family fled the country in the midst of Turkish pogroms first to Russia, then to Azerbaijan, until they finally settled in Turkey in 1996.[http://www.ahiskalilar.org/portal/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=150 Türkiye'nin Milli Boksörü Ahıskalı Bahram Muzaffar Pekin'de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104518/http://www.ahiskalilar.org/portal/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=150 |date=2016-03-05 }}. Muzaffer qualified for the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight after he was re-allocated the position vacated by Ismayl Sillakh. At the Olympics, Muzaffer beat Aziz Ali but lost in the round of 16 to Ireland's runner-up Kenneth Egan by 2:10.

He moved up a division and lost a surprisingly close fight at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Heavyweight to eventual winner Egor Mekhontsev 5:7.
He won the bronze medal at the 2011 European Amateur Championships held in Ankara, Turkey losing to Tervel Pulev.

Later he went back down to win the Olympic qualifier at Light Heavyweight. At the 2012 Olympics he lost his first fight to Ehsan Rouzbahani.

The Iranian edged past the first round 5-4 and the Turkish boxer clinched the second round with a similar result. In the final round, Rouzbahani gained the upper hand and upped his work rate and Muzaffer could not cope with the sudden injection of pace.

Achievements

;2006:

World University Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan - {{Silver medal}}
European Union Amateur Championships on May 23–27 in Pécs, Hungary - {{Gold medal}}

;2007:

European Union Amateur Championships on June 18–23 in Dublin, Ireland - {{Bronze medal}}

;2008:

World University Championship in Kazan, Russia - {{Bronze medal}}

;2010:

World University Championship in Ulan Bator, Mongolia - {{Bronze medal}}

;2011:

European Amateur Championships on June 17–24 in Ankara, Turkey - {{Bronze medal}}

References

External links

[http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AfricanOlyQual2008_2.html Qualifier]
[http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/OlympicGames2008.html Olympic results]

Category:1986 births

Category:Sportspeople from Fergana

Category:Living people

Category:Light-heavyweight boxers

Category:Heavyweight boxers

Category:Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic boxers for Turkey

Category:Turkish people of Uzbekistani descent

Category:Meskhetian Turkish people

Category:Naturalized citizens of Turkey

Category:Uzbekistani emigrants to Turkey

Category:Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Turkish male boxers

Category:European champions for Turkey

Category:Boxers at the 2015 European Games

Category:European Games competitors for Turkey

Category:21st-century Turkish sportsmen