Albert Selimov

Albert Selimov
Альберт Селимов
Selimov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Альберт Шевкетович Селимов
Nationality Azerbaijan Azerbaijani
Russia Russian
Born (1986-04-05) 5 April 1986
Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia[1]
Education Dagestan State University[2]
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Sport
Sport Boxing
Club Baku Fires[2]
Coached by Nuripasha Talibov (club)
Pedro Roqe (national)[2]

Albert Shevketovich Selimov (Russian: Альберт Шевкетович Селимов; born 5 April 1986) is an Olympic lightweight boxer of Lezgin descent. Competing for Russia he won the 2007 world title, the 2008 World Cup, and two European titles, in 2006 and 2010. After failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympics he moved to Azerbaijan and placed second at the 2015 World Championships and fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

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 16–11 cutting short his dream for Olympic gold.

Olympic Games

2008

World Championships

2007 (featherweight)

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)

2015 (lightweight)

Boxing World Cup

2008 (lightweight)

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

References

  1. Albert Selimov. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 Albert Selimov. nbcolympics.com
  3. Albert Selimov. rio2016.com
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