Albert Selimov
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| Full name | Альберт Шевкетович Селимов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Azerbaijani  Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 5, 1986 Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Lightweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Albert Shevketovich Selimov (Template:Lang-ru; 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
- Lost to Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) 7-14
World Championships
2007 (featherweight)
- Defeated Iulian Stan (Romania) RSC-1
- Defeated Marcel Herfuth (Germany) PTS
- Defeated Bahodirjon Sooltonov (Uzbekistan) 24-9
- Defeated Raynell Williams (United States) 25-8
- Defeated Yakup Kılıç (Turkey) walk-over
- Defeated Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) 16-11
2009 (lightweight)
- Defeated Mohammad Aziz (Afghanistan) 25-1
- Defeated Erick Bonez (Ecuador) 18-0
- Defeated Sailom Ardee (Thailand) 14-8
- Defeated Éverton Lopes (Brazil) 17-2
- Lost to José Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 5-9
2011 (lightweight)
- Lost to Hector Manzanilla (Venezuela) DQ
2015 (lightweight)
- Defeated Sean Mccomb (Ireland) 2-1
- Defeated Sofiane Oumiha (France) 3-0
- Defeated Robson Conceicao (Brazil) 3-0
- Lost to Lazaro Alvarez (Cuba) TKO (cuts)
Boxing World Cup
2008 (lightweight)
- Defeated José Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 14-4
- Defeated Hu Qing (China) 12-10
European Championships
2006 (featherweight)
- Defeated Sandor Racz (Hungary) RSCO-2
- Defeated Edgar Manukyan (Armenia) RSCO-2
- Defeated Stephen Smith (England) RSCO-2
- Defeated Shahin Imranov (Azerbaijan) 28-10
European Games
2015 (lightweight)
- Defeated Otar Eranosyan (Georgia) 3-0
- Defeated Elian Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 3-0
- Defeated Sean McComb (Ireland) 3-0
- Defeated Sofiane Oumiha (France) 3-0
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References
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