Ramaz Paliani

Ramaz Paliani ( Georgian : რამაზ ფალიანი; born August 21, 1973 in Mestia , Georgian SSR ) is a former Georgian boxer . Paliani represented Georgia , Russia and Turkey at international championships. He was bronze medalist at the World Championships in 1993 and 1999 and the Olympic Games in 1992 , silver medalist at the European Championships in 1993 and World Champion in 2001 , European Champion in 1996 , 1998 and 2000 , and winner of the Mediterranean Games in 2001.

He is the older brother of the boxer Selim Paliani .

Career

amateur

In the junior division (U19), Paliani won the European championship title and the bronze medal of the world championships in 1990 for the Soviet Union in the light flyweight division (-48 kg).

In 1992 Palinani took part in the Olympic Games in Barcelona under the Olympic flag . After victories over Julian Wheeler, USA (8: 4), Rogerio de Brito, Brazil (19: 2), and the 1988 Olympic third party Daniel Dumitrescu, Romania (11: 5), and a semi-final defeat against the eventual silver medalist Faustino Reyes , Spain (14: 9), he won bronze medal in the featherweight (-57 kg).

At the European Championships in 1993 , Paliani won the silver medal for Georgia behind Serafim Todorow , Bulgaria (10: 1). In the same year he also won the bronze medal at the world championships . In 1994, starting for Russia , he won the Goodwill Games with a final victory over Joel Casamayor , Cuba (15: 8), but was eliminated the following year at the World Championships in the quarter-finals against Falk Huste , Germany (8: 1) . In 1996 Paliani was European champion, this time he was able to beat Todorow in the final (3: 2), but did not get beyond the quarter-finals at the Olympic Games , which he lost to the later Olympic champion Somluck Kamsing , Thailand (13: 4).

In 1998 Paliani changed citizenship again and became a Turk . After Siegen a. a. via Falk Huste, again European champion and after he won a. a. Yudel Johnson , Cuba (11.2), and lost to Ricardo Juarez , USA (6: 5), the bronze medal at the World Championships the following year. In 2000 he won his third European title with a final victory over Boris Georgiev , Bulgaria (9: 5) and also took part in the Olympic Games for the third time . However, after victories over Haider Ali, Pakistan (5: 4), and Valdemir Pereira, Brazil (RSC 3rd), and a defeat against Beksat Sattarchanow , Kazakhstan (12:11), he did not get past the quarter-finals.

In 2001 Paliani won the Mediterranean Games and won the world title after beating Galib Schafarow , Kazakhstan (RSC 3rd) in the final.

professional

In 2002 Paliani turned pro and moved to Philadelphia , USA. Of the 16 fights he played until 2006, he won 14 (8 KO's) and lost one. One fight ended in a draw. His biggest fight was the draw against the future WBC lightweight world champion David Díaz in 2005.

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