Georgi Kandelaki

Name: George Kandelaki
Birth Name: Georgi Kandelaki
Hometown: Gori, Georgia
Birthplace: Variani, Georgia
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 197cm
Promoter: Record
Inspector: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur Career

• Amateur record: 110-12 [1]
• 1988 and 1989 Soviet National Junior Champion [2]
• 1992 Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the World Junior Championships in Montreal, Canada. Results:
  • Defeated Robert Geer (United States) 7-0
  • Defeated Ismael Kone (Sweden) 11-1
  • Defeated Peer Mueller (Germany) 6-4
  • Defeated Stephen Gallinger (Canada) 19-2 [3]
• 1993 Heavyweight Silver Medalist at the World Championships in Tampere, Finland. Results:
  • Defeated Bert Teuchert (Germany) 10-9
  • Defeated Mikael Hook (Sweden) 7-0
  • Defeated Arshak Avartakyan (Armenia) 7-2
  • Lost to Felix Savon (Cuba) WO [4]
• 1993 European Heavyweight Champion in Bursa, Turkey. Results:
  • Defeated Peter Saat (Estonia) 8-1
  • Defeated Fedor Mishko (Bulgaria) 9-2
  • Defeated Fikret Gunes (Turkey) 4-2
  • Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (Greece) 7-4
  • Defeated Don Diego Poeder (Holland) 11-2 [5]
• Represented Georgia as a heavyweight at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA. Results:
  • Defeated Thompson Garcia (Ecuador) AB 2
  • Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (Poland) 6-1
  • Lost to Felix Savon (Cuba) 4-20 [6]
• 1997 Gold Medalist at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Results:
  • Defeated Vitali Boot (Germany) 4-2
  • Defeated Petr Horacek (Czech Republic) RSCI 1
  • Defeated Jean-Francois Bergeron (Canada) 7-3
  • Defeated Serguei Lyakhovich (Belarus ) 5-3
  • Defeated Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) 4-1 [7]

Professional Career

• Won the World Boxing Union Heavyweight Championship with a 12th-round TKO of Alexander Vasiliev in 2002.
• Retired due to an eye injury.
• Had a pro record was 24-0 with 18 knockouts.