Muhammad Abdullaev

Muhammad Abdullaev
Abdullaev on a 2001 stamp of Uzbekistan
Statistics
Real name	Mohammadqodir Abdullaev
Weight(s)	Light-welterweight Welterweight
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Reach	169 cm (67 in)
Nationality	Uzbekistani
Born	(1973-11-15) 15 November 1973 Andijan, Uzbekistan
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	25
Wins	21
Wins by KO	14
Losses	4
Medal record Amateur boxing Representing  Uzbekistan Olympic Games 2000 Sydney -63.5 kg World Championships 1999 Houston -63.5 kg Asian Games 1998 Bangkok -63.5 kg Asian Championships 1995 Tashkent -60 kg 1997 Kuala Lumpur -63.5 kg 1999 Tashkent -63.5 kg

Mohammadqodir Abdullaev (Uzbek: Muhammadqodir Abdullayev; born 15 November 1973), best known as Muhammad Abdullaev, is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBO light-welterweight title in 2005. As an amateur he won gold medals in the light welterweight division at the 1999 World Championships and 2000 Olympics, where he served as the Olympic flag bearer for Uzbekistan.^[1]

Olympic results

1996 (as a Lightweight)

• Lost to Terrance Cauthen (United States) 6-18

2000 (as a Light Welterweight)

• Defeated Miguel Angel Cotto (Puerto Rico) 17-7
• Defeated Kelson Pinto (Brazil) RSC 4
• Defeated Sergey Bykovsky (Belarus) 9-6
• Defeated Mohamed Allalou (Algeria) RSC
• Defeated Ricardo Williams, Jr. (United States) 27-20

Professional career

Abdullaev turned professional in 2001 and has had limited success. Although he won his first 11 bouts, including a victory over former IBF Lightweight Title holder Philip Holiday, he was KO'd in 2003 by Emmanuel Clottey, although he was winning the fight at the time, and it appeared that he was counted out only because he didn't understand the referee's count (which was in English). He has since lost to Miguel Cotto and Andreas Kotelnik.^[2]

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