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Azerbaijani boxer (born 1980)
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Aghasi Mammadov
Personal information
Full nameAghasi Aghagul oghlu Mammadov
NationalityAzerbaijani
Born (1980-06-01) 1 June 1980 (age 44)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classBantamweight
Medal record
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Bantamweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place Bangkok 2003 Bantamweight
Representing  Turkey
World Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place Belfast 2001 Bantamweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Tampere Bantamweight
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis Bantamweight

Aghasi Aghagul oghlu Mammadov (born 1 June 1980) is an Azerbaijani boxer who competed in the bantamweight division (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.

Career

Mammadov competed for Turkey for several years, under the name Aghasi Aghaguloghlu, for instance at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Olympic results 2000 (as a bantamweight)

He returned to Azerbaijan before the 2002 European Championships, and now competes for Azerbaijan. A year later, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he won the world title in the Bantamweight Division in the finals against Russia's Gennady Kovalev. In the second round he sensationally beat Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux 16:13 after losing to him in Sydney and Belfast. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by topping the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Olympic results 2004 (as a bantamweight)

References

Olympic medalists for Azerbaijan
Gold medalists
Silver medalists
Bronze medalists
European amateur boxing champions – men's bantamweight
1924 – 2010: up to 54 kg
World amateur boxing champions – men's bantamweight
  • 1974–2009: up to 54 kg
  • 2011–2017: up to 56 kg
  • 2021–present: up to 54 kg


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