Nurhan Suleymanoglu

Name: Nurhan Suleymanoglu
Birth Name: Nurhan Suleimanov
Hometown: Houston, Texas, USA
Birthplace: Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 175cm
Reach: 182cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

2 time member of Turkish Olympic team (1996 & 2000)

Amateur Highlights

• 1993: World Championships in Tampere, Finland as a Light Welterweight:
  • Defeated Vukasin Dobrasinovic (Yugoslavia) 12-2
  • Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) RSC 2
• 1993: 1st place at Mediterranean Games in Narbonne, France as a Light Welterweight:
  • Defeated Fathi Missaoui (Tunisia) points
  • Defeated Nordine Mouchi (France) points
  • Defeated Laureano Leyva (Spain) 4-2
• 1993: Winner at the European Championships in Bursa, Turkey as a Light Welterweight:
  • Defeated Jason Williams (Gal) 14-3
  • Defeated Peter Richardson (England) 8-5
  • Defeated Nordine Mouchi (France) 10-6
  • Defeated Armen Gevorkian (Armenia) 12-3
  • Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany) 5-2
• 1995: 2nd place at World Championships in Berlin, Germany as a Light Welterweight:
  • Defeated Zoran Didanovic (Yugoslavia) 8-4
  • Defeated Besik Vardzelashvili (Georgia) 5-8
  • Defeated Bulat Niazymbetov (Kazakhstan) 9-4
  • Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany) 10-3
  • Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) 4-7
• 1996: 2nd place at European Championships in Vejle, Denmark as a Light Weltwerweight:
  • Defeated Gabriel Oida (Romania) 14-12
  • Defeated Joszef Matolcsi (Hungary) 5-0
  • Defeated Nordine Mouchi (France) 11-8
  • Defeated Radoslav Suslekov (Bulgaria) 6-4
  • Lost to Oktay Urkal (Germany) 4-6
• 1996: Represented Turkey at the Olympic Games in Atlanta as a Light Welterweight:
  • Defeated Aboubacar Diallo (Guinea) 21-5
  • Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) 1-23
• 1997: Competed in the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Light Welterewight:
  • Lost to Benameur Meskine (Algeria) 3-5
• 1998: 2nd place at European Championships in Minsk, Belarus as a Light Welterweight:
  • Defeated Mehmet Erarslan (Denmark) 8-2
  • Defeated Jacek Bielski (Poland) 8-2
  • Defeated Serguei Bykovski (Belarus) 6-3
  • Lost to Dorel Simion (Romania) 3-9
• 1999: Competed at the World Championships in Houston, United States as a Welterweight:
  • Lost to Lucian Bute (Romania) 5-9
• 2000: 3rd place at European Championships in Tampere, Finland as a Light Welterweight:
  • Defeated Spiridon Ioanidis (Greece) 6-3
  • Defeated Mariusz Cendrowski (Poland) 6-2
  • Lost to Alex Leonev (Russia) 6-11
• 2000: Represented Turkey at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia as a Light Welterweight:
  • Defeated Michael Strange (Canada) 9-3
  • Lost to Serguei Bykovski (Belarus) 38-40