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Kanat Abutalipov

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Kanat Abutalipov
Personal information
Full nameКанат Калижанович Абуталипов
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1983-03-22) March 22, 1983 (age 41)
Barshino, Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classBantamweight

Kanat Kalizhanovich Abutalipov (Kazakh: Қанат Қалижанұлы Әбутәліпов; born March 22, 1983, in Barshino) is a Kazakhstani boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight but lost his only fight to eventual silver medallist Yankiel León (3:10) from Cuba.[1]

At the World Championships 2009 he won two bouts and made it to the quarterfinals.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again lost to the eventual bantamweight silver medalist, John Joe Nevin fom Ireland, this time in the last 16.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Olympic fights at ESPN
  2. ^ "Up to 56 kg (Bantam weight) men results - Boxing - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
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