Elshod Rasulov
Encyclopedia
Elshod Rasulov is an amateur boxer
from Uzbekistan
, who won Gold at the 2006 Asian Games
in the Middleweight (– 75kg)
division.
That year, he won the silver medal at the 48th World Military Boxing Championship
in the 69 kg. weight class, losing the gold medal to Boyd Melson
of the US, at Fort Huachuca
, Arizona
.
At the Chemiepokal 2006 he beat Sergiy Derevyanchenko
(UKR) but lost to world #1 Matvey Korobov
. In Doha 2006 he won the final bout against Kazakhstan
's Olympic welterweight champion Bakhtiyar Artayev
32-22.
At the world championships 2007 he was KOd by Argenis Casimiro Núñez
and didn't medal.
He qualified for the Olympics 2008 by defeating two unknown opponents from Syria and Japan even though he was KOd in one round by Thai Angkhan Chomphuphuang at the qualifier.
In Beijing he beat Jean-Mickaël Raymond
and Andranik Hakobyan
, but lost to old foe Emilio Correa. Afterwards he moved up to light heavy.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
, who won Gold at the 2006 Asian Games
Boxing at the 2006 Asian Games
Boxing at the 2006 Asian Games took place in the Academy for Sports Excellence in Sports City, 8 kilometers to the west of Doha. The event was only open to men, and the bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...
in the Middleweight (– 75kg)
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
division.
Career
In 2004 the southpaw counterpuncher knocked out Emilio Correa in the welterweight finals of the 13.World Junior Championships in Jeju then he moved up to middleweight.That year, he won the silver medal at the 48th World Military Boxing Championship
International Military Sports Council
The International Military Sports Council or Conseil International du Sport Militaire , established 1948, is one of the largest multidisciplinary organisations in the world...
in the 69 kg. weight class, losing the gold medal to Boyd Melson
Boyd Melson
Boyd "Rainmaker" Melson is an American light middleweight boxer.As an amateur, Melson won the 48th World Military Boxing Championship gold medal in the 69 kg. weight class, and was a four-time United States Army champion, a three-time NCBA All-American boxer, a four-time West Point Brigade...
of the US, at Fort Huachuca
Fort Huachuca
Fort Huachuca is a United States Army installation under the command of the United States Army Installation Management Command. It is located in Cochise County, in southeast Arizona, about north of the border with Mexico. Beginning in 1913, for 20 years the fort was the base for the "Buffalo...
, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
.
At the Chemiepokal 2006 he beat Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Sergiy Derevyanchenko is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who won the bronze medal at middleweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...
(UKR) but lost to world #1 Matvey Korobov
Matvey Korobov
Matvey Georgiyevich Korobov is a Russian professional boxer best known for winning the middleweight amateur world title in 2005 and 2007, and being a part of the Russian team at the 2005 Boxing World Cup.-Amateur career:...
. In Doha 2006 he won the final bout against Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
's Olympic welterweight champion Bakhtiyar Artayev
Bakhtiyar Artayev
Bakhtiyar Karipullauly Artayev is a Kazakh boxer who won the only Gold medal for Kazakhstan in the men's welterweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also the Winner of the Val Barker Trophy for the outstanding boxer of the 2004 Olympics Games...
32-22.
At the world championships 2007 he was KOd by Argenis Casimiro Núñez
Argenis Casimiro Núñez
Argenis Casimiro Núñez is a Dominican amateur boxer best known to medal twice at the PanAm Games.-Career:In 2003 at the PanAm Games he beat Washington Silva but lost to Cuban southpaw Yoan Pablo Hernández at light-heavyweight and won Bronze.In 2005 at the PanAm Championships he lost to Yusiel...
and didn't medal.
He qualified for the Olympics 2008 by defeating two unknown opponents from Syria and Japan even though he was KOd in one round by Thai Angkhan Chomphuphuang at the qualifier.
In Beijing he beat Jean-Mickaël Raymond
Jean-Mickaël Raymond
Jean-Mickaël Raymond is a French amateur boxer. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics as a middleweight.Raymond beat three unknowns in addition to Georgios Gazis. He was then stopped in the meaningless final by Darren Sutherland....
and Andranik Hakobyan
Andranik Hakobyan
Andranik Hakobyan is an Armenian amateur boxer. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight....
, but lost to old foe Emilio Correa. Afterwards he moved up to light heavy.