Airat Kassimowitsch Chamatow
| Airat Kassimowitsch Chamatow medal table |
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 Soviet Union
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| World championships | ||
| gold | 1989 | Featherweight |
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| silver | 1991 | lightweight |
| Goodwill Games | ||
| bronze | 1990 | Featherweight |
Airat Kassimowitsch Chamatow ( Russian Айрат Касимович Хаматов ; born February 2, 1965 in Kazan ) is a former Soviet boxer and 1989 world champion in featherweight .
Career
Khamatov was Soviet runner-up in 1989 and started at the 1989 World Championships in Moscow , where he won the gold medal. He beat Ostavian Stoica, Romania, Abbas Khalaf, Iraq, Ha Hwa-Tae, North Korea, Arnaldo Mesa , Cuba and Kirkor Kirkorow , Bulgaria en route to the title .
In 1990 he also won the AIBA Challenge Matches in West Berlin by winning another final against Kirkor Kirkorow. At the Goodwill Games in Seattle in 1990 , he won the bronze medal after losing to Óscar de la Hoya in the semi-final .
In 1991 he won the last Soviet championships by beating Artur Grigorian in the final and took part in the 1991 European championships in Gothenburg . After victories against Martin Harley, England, Tibor Rafael , Czech Republic and Tontscho Tontschew , Bulgaria, as well as defeat in the final against Vasile Nistor , Romania, he won the silver medal.
He also won tournaments in Thailand and France. From 1992 to 1994 he played eight professional fights with two wins, two draws and four losses.
Web links
- Biography (russian)
- Professional profile, BoxRec
- Results EM 1991
- Final result of the AIBA Challenge 1990
- Results Goodwill Games 1990
- Results World Cup 1989
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| SURNAME | Chamatow, Airat Kassimowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Хаматов, Айрат Касимович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kazan |