Kirkor Kirkorov is a retired boxer

Boxing

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 from Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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 in Barcelona, Spain. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Featherweight Division (– 57 kg) by Germany's eventual bronze medalist Andreas Tews

Andreas Tews

Andreas Tews was a German amateur boxer. Tews won the Flyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the Featherweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics....

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Kirkorov also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

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, reaching the third round before falling to South Korea's Lee Jae-Hyuk

Lee Jae-Hyuk

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. He won the world title in his weight division in 1991, after having claimed the silver medal two years earlier in Moscow

Moscow

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He is of Armenian

Armenians

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descent.