Career
Throughout his career, he competed under several different names. Various references provide different and often contradicting information about his exact birth name and what name he used in which competition. The majority of the sources however seem to suggest, that his original name was Ismail Mustafov, Ismail Huseinov or Ismail Mustafov-Huseinov, and his name was forcibly changed to Ivailo Marinov, Ivailo Khristov or Ivailo Marinov-Khristov under the Zhivkov regime.
Olympic results 1980 1st round bye Defeated Gerard Hawkins (Great Britain) 5-0 Defeated Ahmed Siad (Algeria) 5-0 Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) 1-4 1988 1st round bye Defeated Mark Epton (Great Britain) 5-0 Defeated Henry MartÃnez (El Salvador) 5-0 Defeated Alexander Mahmutov (Soviet Union) 5-0 Defeated Leopoldo Serantes (Philippines) 5-0 Defeated Michael Carbajal (United States) 5-0 He was picked as Bulgaria"s Number.