Career
He qualified for the Athens Olympics by winning the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. Today he is perhaps best known for defeating future boxing superstar Gennady Golovkin in the 2004 Olympic finals. Despite his brilliant amateur pedigree, he never turned professional.
1994 2nd place as a Flyweight at the Junior World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
Results were:
Defeated A. Kopanov (Kazakhstan) PTS (15-2)
Defeated A. Mahdi (Algeria) DSQ-2
Defeated Borislav Nikolov (Bulgaria) Royal Society of Chemistry -2
Defeated Jesus Vega (United States of America) PTS (11-8)
Lost to Alexander Jimenez (Cuba) PTS (3-11)
1998 2nd place as a Light Middleweight at the Goodwill Games in New New York Results were:
Defeated Mohamed Hikal (Egypt) PTS (8-1)
Defeated Jermain Taylor (United States of America) PTS (13-9)
Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) PTS (5-16)
Results were:
Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan) Royal Society of Chemistry -1
Defeated Paul Miller (Australia) PTS (9-5)
Beat Lukas Wilaschek (Germany) in the final.
2000 Olympics
Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan) 11-10
Defeated Eromosele Albert (Nigeria) 19-9
Defeated Jeff Lacy (United States of America) TKO 3
Defeated Zsolt Erdei (Hungary) 24-16
Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez (Cuba) 15-17
2004 Olympics
Defeated Christopher Camat (Philippines) 35-13
Defeated Sherzod Abdurahmonov (Uzbekistan) 33-19
Defeated Hassan Ndam Njikam (Cameroon) 26-13
Defeated Suriya Prasathinphimai (Thailand) 24-18
Defeated Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) 28-18.
