Career
At the 2007 World Championships he beat Luis Gonzalez but was DQd against Yerkabulan Shynaliyev. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Qurbanov beat Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan and then Croatia"s Marijo Šivolija before being eliminated by Shynaliyev, again via DQ for biting. He qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London, where he was knocked out by Yahia El-Mekachari in the first round.