Aziz Salihu
Aziz Salihu (born May 1, 1954 in Pristina, Yugoslavia, now Kosovo) is a retired heavyweight boxer of Albanian descent. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze medal in the super heavyweight division (> 91kg), after a loss in the semifinals at the hands of Tyrell Biggs of the United States. Salihu also competed at the 1980 (Moscow) and 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Amateur career
Salihu is known and celebrated in his own country and in all amateur boxing circles for having more than five hundred official matches and suffering only 26 losses. On club level Aziz had his best years while boxing for Prishtina. He was part of so called golden generation and has achieved eight Yugoslav championship titles (including five in a row). He has also won international medals in many other championships, including first places in Mediterranean games and the World Cup in the year 1987. In Kosovo, he has received the Sportsman of the Century Award and now works as the coach and manager of Boxing Club Prishtina.
Some opponents of Aziz
He won the world renowned boxer Alexander Yagubkin in the tournament final in Belgrade (1980). Back to the tournament final in Belgrade (1984) he won the former world champion from Russia, Valery Abadzhyan. He won the world champion Francesco Damiani in the international tournament in Benghazi in Libya (1984). He won by Craig Payne, Ferenc Somodi, Håkan Brock, Marvis Frazier, Peter Hussing, Biaggio Chianese etc.. Aziz Salihu was a boxer who applied all his skills and talents in each and every match of his. With complete dedication and hard work in his job as a boxer, Aziz has achieved many goals in overall boxing career.
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