Zhang Xiaoping
Encyclopedia
Zhang Xiaoping is a Chinese
amateur
boxer
who won a gold medal as a light heavyweight
in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
and fell one win short of direct qualification.
At the qualifier he beat Mehdi Ghorbani
and Dinesh Kumar
, a loss to Jahon Qurbonov
was meaningless.
In the final of the 2008 Beijing Olympics he beat Kenneth Egan
of Ireland to win the gold medal. The final match was controversial in that the judges failed to record multiple points for Egan, the NBC announcers concurred on this point. Zhang is expected to fight in a 'rematch' against Kenny Egan on the undercard of Bernard Dunne
's next WBA Super-Bantamweight title defence.
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
amateur
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
boxer
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...
who won a gold medal as a light heavyweight
Light heavyweight
In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...
in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Career
He won two matches at the world championships 2007 including an upset over Germany's world military champion Gottlieb Weiss but lost to veteran Yerkabulan ShinalievYerkebuian Shynaliyev
Yerkebulan Shynaliyev is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known to win the bronze medal at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2006....
and fell one win short of direct qualification.
At the qualifier he beat Mehdi Ghorbani
Mehdi Ghorbani
Mehdi Ghorbani is an amateur boxer from the Islamic Republic of Iran who competed in the Light Heavyweight division at the 2006 Asian Games winning the bronze medal in a lost semifinal bout against Tajikistan's Djakhon Kurbanov 10-30...
and Dinesh Kumar
Dinesh Kumar
Dinesh Kumar ' is an Indian amateur boxer from Bhiwani, Haryana who competed at the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight.He is coached by Jagdish Singh.He didn't compete in the 2007 World Championships....
, a loss to Jahon Qurbonov
Jahon Qurbonov
Jahon Qurbonov , also transliterated from Russian as Dzhakhon Kurbanov, is an amateur boxer from Tajikistan, who competed in the 2006 Asian Games in the Light Heavyweight division...
was meaningless.
In the final of the 2008 Beijing Olympics he beat Kenneth Egan
Kenneth Egan
Kenneth "Kenny" Egan is an amateur boxer from Clondalkin, Dublin best known for winning a Silver Medal in the final of the 81 kg, Light-Heavyweight boxing final at the 2008 Olympics...
of Ireland to win the gold medal. The final match was controversial in that the judges failed to record multiple points for Egan, the NBC announcers concurred on this point. Zhang is expected to fight in a 'rematch' against Kenny Egan on the undercard of Bernard Dunne
Bernard Dunne
Bernard Dunne is a retired Irish professional boxer and a former WBA, and European super bantamweight champion.On Saturday 21 March 2009, Dunne waged the war that he would be best remembered for and defeated Ricardo Cordoba in the 11th round to become the WBA super bantamweight champion in a fight...
's next WBA Super-Bantamweight title defence.
Beijing Olympic games results
2008 (as a Light heavyweight)- Defeated Mourad SahraouiMourad SahraouiMourad Sahraoui is an amateur boxer from Tunisia best known to win Gold in the heavyweight division at the 2007 All-African Games.-Career:...
(Tunisia) 3-1 - Defeated Artur BeterbiyevArtur BeterbiyevArtur Asilbekovich Beterbiyev is a Chechen amateur boxer best known to win silver at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and gold at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships and the Euro title 2006 at light heavyweight.-Career:The aggressive puncher Beterbiyev won the 2006 European...
(Russia) 8-2 - Defeated Abdelhafid Benchabla (Algeria) 12-7
- Defeated Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (Kazakhstan) 4-4
- Defeated Kenneth EganKenneth EganKenneth "Kenny" Egan is an amateur boxer from Clondalkin, Dublin best known for winning a Silver Medal in the final of the 81 kg, Light-Heavyweight boxing final at the 2008 Olympics...
(Ireland) 11-7
World amateur championships results
2007 (as a Light heavyweight)- Defeated Jasveer Singh (India) 17-3
- Defeated Gottlieb Weiss (Germany) 17-13
- Lost to Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (Kazakhstan) 5-14