Education
Dagestan State University.
Dagestan State University.
He formerly competed for the Russian Federation. At the 2006 European Championships he beat Stephen Smith in the semis and Shahin Imranov 28:10 in the final. There he outlasted Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko, another southpaw.
Olympic Games
2008
Lost to Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) 7-14
World Championships
2007 (featherweight)
Defeated Iulian Stan (Romania) Royal Society of Chemistry -1
Defeated Marcel Herfuth (Germany) PTS
Defeated Bahodirjon Sooltonov (Uzbekistan) 24-9
Defeated Raynell Williams (United States) 25-8
Defeated Yakup Kılıç (Turkey) walk-over
Defeated Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) 16-11
2009 (lightweight)
Defeated Mohammad Aziz (Afghanistan) 25-1
Defeated Erick Bonez (Ecuador) 18-0
Defeated Sailom Ardee (Thailand) 14-8
Defeated Éverton Lopes (Brazil) 17-2
Lost to José Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 5-9
2011 (lightweight)
Lost to Hector Manzanilla (Venezuela) DQ
2015 (lightweight)
Defeated Sean Mccomb (Ireland) 2-1
Defeated Sofiane Oumiha (France) 3-0
Defeated Robson Conceicao (Brazil) 3-0
Lost to Lazaro Alvarez (Cuba) TKO (cuts)
Boxing World Cup
2008 (lightweight)
Defeated José Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 14-4
Defeated Hu Qing (China) 12-10
European Championships
2006 (featherweight)
Defeated Sandor Racz (Hungary) RSCO-2
Defeated Edgar Manukyan (Armenia) RSCO-2
Defeated Stephen Smith (England) RSCO-2
Defeated Shahin Imranov (Azerbaijan) 28-10
European Games
2015 (lightweight)
Defeated Otar Eranosyan (Georgia) 3-0
Defeated Elian Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 3-0
Defeated Sean McComb (Ireland) 3-0
Defeated Sofiane Oumiha (France) 3-0.
At the 2007 World Championships southpaw counterpuncher Selimov beat American southpaw Raynell Williams and won against Yakup Kılıç by walk-over to reach the finals. In the round one bout of the featherweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Vasyl Lomachenko finally got his revenge and outclassed world amateur champion 14-7 cutting short his dream for Olympic gold.
