Mourad Aliev | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 31, 1995 Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Super-heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record [3] | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mourad Aliev (born 31 July 1995) [4] is a French professional boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2019 European Games. While representing France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aliev was disqualified from his quarterfinal bout. [5] [6]
Born in Moscow, Russia, and of Azerbaijani descent, [7] Aliev moved to France at the age of six as a political refugee and became a naturalised French citizen at the age of 22. [8]
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Aliev was disqualified in his bout against Frazer Clarke due to a head-butt. As soon as the decision was announced in the ring, Aliev had denounced an injustice. [9] Later, the supervisor certified an error in refereeing and said that there is no error on the part of Aliev, but the decision can not be modified. [9] [10] [11] [12] Aliev staged a sit-in protest for an hour, [13] [6] after punching the ringside camera operator. [14] Both actual and former French National Olympic and Sports Committee presidents supported Aliev against what they consider being an injustice. [10]
Aliev made his professional debut on 20 November 2021, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory against German Skobenko at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany. [15]
| 7 fights | 7 wins | 0 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 5 | 0 |
| By decision | 2 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | |
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| 7 | Win | 7-0 | Ali Kiydin | TKO | 9 (10) | Feb 04, 2023 | Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen, Germany | Won WBC International Silver Heavyweight Title | |
| 6 | Win | 6-0 | Yakup Saglam | KO | 5 (10) 0:26 | Nov 05, 2022 | Rudolf Weber-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany | Won WBC Mediterranean Heavyweight Title | |
| 5 | Win | 5-0 | Dzemal Bosnjak | KO | 6 (8) 3:00 | Sep 24, 2022 | No Limit Boxing, Leverkusen, Germany | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Mirko Tintor | TKO | 2 (8), 2:12 | 14 May 2022 | BJK Akatlar Arena, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Milos Veletic | UD | 6 | 19 Mar 2022 | Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Dorde Tomic | TKO | 2 (6), 0:40 | 19 Feb 2022 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | German Skobenko | UD | 4 | 10 Nov 2021 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | ||
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