Abbos Atoev
Abbos Atoev ( 7 June 1986 ) is an Uzbek amateur boxer best known for winning the gold at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Championships in Chicago. He was born in the village of Qulkhatib in the Vabkent district of Bukhara Province. The southpaw beat Frenchman Mamadou Diambang inside the distance, Croatian Marijo Šivolija in the quarterfinals, Yerkebuian Shynaliyev of Kazahkstan in the semifinals. In the final he upset Russian favorite Artur Beterbiev 20-17 in a fight, in which he was knocked down in the third and trailing, but won with a rally down the stretch. In 2009, Atoev dropped down to the middleweight class and won a second World amateur title, at the 2009 competition in Milan, Italy. At the 2012 London Olympic games, Atoev won a bronze medal in the middleweight class.
World amateur championship results
2007 (as a Light heavyweight)
- Defeated Constantin Bejenaru (Romania) RSCO 3
- Defeated Mamadou Diambang (France) RSCI 1
- Defeated Mario Sivolija (Croatia) 17-6
- Defeated Yerkabulan Shinaliev (Kazakhstan) 17-8
- Defeated Artur Beterbiev (Russia) 20-17
2009 (as a middleweight)
- Defeated Ahmed Saraku (Ghana) 16-4
- Defeated Kentaro Hayashi (Japan) RTD 1
- Defeated Yamaguchi Falcao (Brazil) 8-3
- Defeated Konstantin Buga (Germany) 4-3
- Defeated Vijender Kumar (India) 7-3
- Defeated Andranik Hakobyan (Armenia) 9-0
2011 (as a middleweight, 75 kg)
- Lost to Ryota Murata (Japan) RSC
Olympic results
2008 (as a Light heavyweight)
- Lost to Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) 3-11
2012 (as a middleweight, 75 kg)
- Defeated Badreddine Haddioui (Morocco) 11-9
- Defeated Bogdan Juratoni (Romania) 12-10
- Defeated Vijender Singh (India) 17-13
- Lost to Ryota Murata (Japan) 12-13 (semi-final, captures bronze)