- Orzubek Nazarov
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Medal record Competitor for Soviet Union Men’s Boxing World Amateur Championships Bronze 1986 Reno Lightweight European Amateur Championships Gold 1987 Turin Lightweight Orzubek Nazarov Statistics Real name Orzubek Nazarov Nickname(s) Gussie Rated at Lightweight Nationality Kyrgyzstan Born August 30, 1966
Kant, KyrgyzstanStance Southpaw Boxing record Total fights 27 Wins 26 Wins by KO 19 Losses 1 Draws 0 No contests 0 Orzubek Nazarov (born August 30, 1966 in Kant, Kyrgyzstan) is a Kyrgyz boxer, who won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno. He is a former WBA Lightweight Champion.
Career
As an amateur Nazarov was the World bronze medalist in 1986 and European champion in 1987 and had a record of 153-12.
Pro
The southpaw turned pro in 1990 in Japan, one of the six Amateur Elite boxers (including Yuri Arbachakov) scouted out of the old Soviet Union by the Kyoei Gym. He won the WBA lightweight title in 1993 in South Africa against Dingaan Thobela and defended it on the road against contenders Thobela, Joey Gamache and Leavander Johnson and two lesser fighters in his adopted home country. Eye problems plagued him and he retired after being upset by Jean Baptiste Mendy in France.
External links
- Professional boxing record for Orzubek Nazarov from BoxRec
Preceded by
Dingaan ThobelaWBA Lightweight Champion
30 Oct 1993– 16 May 1998Succeeded by
Jean-Baptiste MendyCategories:- 1966 births
- Living people
- World boxing champions
- Southpaw boxers
- Kyrgyzstani boxers
- Kyrgyzstani people of Uzbek descent
- Asian boxing biography stubs
- Kyrgyzstani sportspeople stubs
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