Nurmagomed Shanavazov
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Born | February 19, 1965 Gubden village, Karabudakhkentsky District, Dagestan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nurmagomed Magomedsandovich Shanavazov (Russian: Нурмагомед Магомедсандович Шанавазов) (born February 19, 1965), is a Russian former boxer. Shanavazov won the Light Heavyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union. He trained at the Dynamo sports society in Makhachkala.
Shanavazov had no success as a professional. He turned pro in 1990 and also retired that same year, finishing with a record of two losses, one draw and zero wins.
1988 Olympic Results
At the Soviet-Cuban joint pre-Olympic training camp in Suhumi, Georgian SSR, set for the 1988 Olympics, he sparred with Félix Savón, constantly staggering him with devastating bodyshot flurries at close range. They never met again though as Shanavazov was in the lighter weight class.
- Defeated Patrick Lihanda (Uganda) 4-1
- Defeated Markus Bott (West Germany) 4-1
- Defeated Andrea Magi (Italy) 4-1
- Defeated Damir Škaro (Yugoslavia) walkover
- Lost to Andrew Maynard (United States) 0-5
External links
- Boxing record for Nurmagomed Shanavazov from BoxRec (registration required)
- sports-reference
Categories:
- 1965 births
- Soviet male boxers
- Light-heavyweight boxers
- People from Karabudakhkentsky District
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic boxers of the Soviet Union
- Dynamo sports society athletes
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Russian male boxers
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Russian boxing biography stubs
- Soviet Olympic medalist stubs