Muhammad Abdullaev

Muhammad Abdullaev
Born	Mohammadqodir Abdullaev (1973-11-15) 15 November 1973 Andijan, Uzbekistan
Nationality	Uzbekistani
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light-welterweight Welterweight
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Reach	169 cm (67 in)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	25
Wins	21
Wins by KO	14
Losses	4
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing Uzbekistan Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Light-welterweight World Championships 1999 Houston Light welterweight

Mohammadqodir Abdullaev (Uzbek: Muhammadqodir Abdullayev; born November 15, 1973), best known as Muhammad Abdullaev, is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBO light-welterweight title in 2005. As an amateur he won gold medals in the light welterweight division at the 1999 World Championships and 2000 Olympics.

Amateur achievements

• 2000 Olympic Welterweight Gold Medalist
• 288-12 as an amateur
• Beat Miguel Angel Cotto once and Ricardo Williams Jr twice in amateur competition.
• World Amateur champion 1999
• World Cup champion 1998

Olympic results

1996 (as a Lightweight)

• Lost to Terrance Cauthen (United States) 6-18

2000 (as a Light Welterweight)

• Defeated Miguel Angel Cotto (Puerto Rico) 17-7
• Defeated Kelson Pinto (Brazil) RSC 4
• Defeated Sergey Bykovsky (Belarus) 9-6
• Defeated Mohamed Allalou (Algeria) RSC
• Defeated Ricardo Williams, Jr. (United States) 27-20

Pro career

Also known as Mohammad Abdullaev, Abdullayev turned pro in 2001 and has had limited success. Although he won his first 11 bouts, including a victory over former IBF Lightweight Title holder Philip Holiday, he was KO'd in 2003 by Emmanuel Clottey, although he was winning the fight at the time, and it appeared that he was counted out only because he didn't understand the referee's count (which was in English). He has since lost to Miguel Cotto and Andreas Kotelnik.

References

• Boxing record for Muhammad Abdullaev from BoxRec (registration required)
• sports-reference