- Selçuk Aydın
Selcuk Aydin (Turkish: Selçuk Aydın) (born
September 4 ,1983 ) is a Turkish boxer best known to win several medals in European amateur championships.Amateur
As an amateur he fought as a teenager at bantamweight where he won the European U17 title in 1999 and as a grown-up in the
lightweight (60 kg) category where he won the European junior title in 2001.As a senior he won bronze in 2002 and a silver medal at the
2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships inPula, Croatia where he lost toDimitar Stilianov . 2003 at the world championships he lost his second fight against Thai Pichai Sayotha.Aydın won the
2004 World University Boxing Championship s and also participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics inAthens ,Greece but was eliminated in the first round again by Dimitar Stilianov.He was more successful at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in
Almería ,Spain and won thesilver medal , at the world championships 2005 he lost his third bout toJong Sub-Baik . The short-tempered Aydin was suspended for several years after hitting a referee and turned pro.Pro
The aggressive boxer-puncher turned pro in 2006 at junior welterweight in
Germany and won his first 14 bouts against nondescript opposition. He has 12 KO.External links
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanCadetChampionships1999.html 1999 results]
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanJuniorChampionships2001.html 2001 results]
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