Kazakhstan national amateur boxing athletes represents Kazakhstan in regional, continental and world boxing tournaments and matches sanctioned by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
10 amateur boxers represented Kazakhstan in this edition of the Asiad. This country is ranked 5th with a gold medal, two silver medals and three bronze medals. [1]
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Manus Boonjumnong is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (60–64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of Non Boonjumnong.
Gaydarbek Abdulovich Gaydarbekov is a Russian boxer who has won two Olympic medals in Middleweight, including the gold medal at the 2004 games. He qualified for the Athens Olympics by winning the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. Today he is perhaps best known for defeating future boxing superstar Gennady Golovkin, from Kazakhstan, in the 2004 Olympic finals. Despite his brilliant amateur pedigree, he never turned professional.
Maikro Romero is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Serhiy Dotsenko is a Russian former professional boxer who competed during 2001. As an amateur, Dotesenko represented Ukraine at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the welterweight bracket, losing in the final 16-24 to Russia's Oleg Saitov.
Alexis Rubalcaba is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 and in 2000. One of his biggest achievements in amateur boxing was winning the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Two years earlier, at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary, he won a silver medal.
Elshod Rasulov is an amateur boxer from Uzbekistan, who won gold at the 2006 Asian Games and at the 2010 Asian Games and silver at 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times.
Gennady Gennadiyevich Kovalev is a boxer from Russia.
Domenico Valentino is a boxer from Italy.
Jo Seok-Hwan is a retired South Korean amateur boxer. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native East Asian country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Bantamweight (54 kg) division by Uzbekistan' Alisher Rahimov. Later Jo won the bronze medal in the Featherweight (57 kg) division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok.
Yerdos Zhanabergenov is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known for winning the light heavyweight title at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
Andry Laffita Fernández is a retired Cuban amateur boxer. He won the silver medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He also won a silver medal in the flyweight class, at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Birzhan Zhakypov is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known for winning the light flyweight gold medal at the 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championship.
Mirat Sarsembayev is a Kazakh former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2010. As an amateur, Sarsembayev won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships and represented Kazakhstan at the 2008 Olympics as a flyweight.
Sebastian Köber is a German boxer, who won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Three years later, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he once again finished in third place.
Serhiy Kovhanko is a boxer from Ukraine, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Flyweight division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark.
Teymur Mammadov is a heavyweight amateur boxer from Azerbaijan. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and reached quarterfinals at the 2016 Games, where he served as the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the Parade of Nations.
Oybek Mamazulunov is an amateur boxer from Uzbekistan. He won the gold medal at the 2013 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships after defeating Adilbek Niyazymbetov of Kazakhstan. He also reached the semifinals of the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships and thus secured a medal for his country.
Ali Eren Demirezen is a Turkish professional boxer who held the WBO European heavyweight title from 2018 to 2019. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey.
Aibek Oralbay Rahatuly is a Kazakh amateur boxer. While representing Kazakhstan in the heavyweight division, he won a gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics and silver at the 2018 Youth World Championships. He has been selected by Kazakhstan for the 2024 Summer Olympics.