Mohamed Hikal

Mohamed Hikal

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Abdel Mawgoud Hikal
Nationality	Egypt
Born	January 10, 1979 (1979-01-10) (age 32) Gharbiya el-Saqriya, Al-Wadi Al-Jadid
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	71 kilograms (160 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Middleweight
Medal record World Amateur Championships Bronze 2005 Mianyang Middleweight All-Africa Games Gold 1999 Johannesburg Light Middleweight Gold 2003 Abuja Welterweight Mediterranean Games Gold 2005 Almeíra Middleweight

Mohamed Hikal (born January 10, 1979) is a male boxer from Egypt. He is best known for having won a bronze medal in the men's middleweight division at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Career

Hikal won the gold medal in the welterweight division at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.

He also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There, Hikal was defeated in the second round of the welterweight (69 kg) division by Russia's eventual bronze medalist, Oleg Saitov.

Hikal subsequently moved up to middleweight, and later managed to upset defending world champion Gennady Golovkin and win the bronze medal in the middleweight (75 kg) division at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

At the 2008 Olympics, he lost his first bout to James DeGale.

References

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Name	Hikal, Mohamed
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Date of birth	January 10, 1979
Place of birth	Gharbiya el-Saqriya, Al-Wadi Al-Jadid
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