Kanat Kalizhanovich Abutalipov (Kazakh: Қанат Қалижанұлы Әбутәліпов; born March 22, 1983, in Barshino) is a Kazakhstani boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight but lost his only fight to eventual silver medallist Yankiel León (3:10) from Cuba.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Канат Калижанович Абуталипов |
| Nationality |  Kazakhstan |
| Born | March 22, 1983 Barshino, Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Weight class | Bantamweight |
At the World Championships 2009 he won two bouts and made it to the quarterfinals.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again lost to the eventual bantamweight silver medalist, John Joe Nevin fom Ireland, this time in the last 16.[2]
References edit
- ^ Olympic fights at ESPN
- ^ "Up to 56 kg (Bantam weight) men results - Boxing - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
External links edit
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kanat Abutalipov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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