Bakhtiyar Artayev

Personal information
Full name	Бахтияр Карипуллаевич Артаев
Nationality	Kazakhstan
Born	(1983-03-14) March 14, 1983 (age 29) Taraz, Jambyl Province
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Welterweight / Middleweight
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Welterweight World Amateur Championships Bronze 2005 Mianyang Welterweight Bronze 2007 Chicago Middleweight Asian Games Silver 2006 Doha Middleweight

Bakhtiyar Karipullauly Artayev (Kazakh: Бақтияр Кәріпұллаұлы Артаев; born March 14, 1983 in Taraz, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh boxer who won the only Gold medal for Kazakhstan in the men's welterweight division (– 69 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also the Winner of the Val Barker Trophy for the outstanding boxer of the 2004 Olympics Games. After the 2004 Summer Olympics he became a living legend of boxing in Kazakhstan; one of the Taraz sport centres was named after him and a book was written.

Career[link]

The first tournament that Bakhtiyar won was the regional children's tournament under his coach Nurlan Akurpekov, who still coaches Artayev today. Before the 2004 Summer Olympics he tended to play second fiddle in the Kazakhstan boxing team, fighting only in Kazakhstan amateur tournaments. Nevertheless, he participated in 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships, where he lost in the quarterfinals. Before the 2004 Summer Olympics he had not been considered as a favourite in a welterweight division. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he defeated Iran's S Karimi Ahmedabad. Surprisingly, in Athens he easily got into semi-finals where he defeated two time Olympic champion, Oleg Saitov from Russia. In the final, Bakhtiyar defeated a Cuban boxer Lorenzo Aragon, who had not been beaten for a year and a half.

He won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang, China and went up to middleweight.

Artayev's results were as follows:

the 2004 Summer Olympics:

• Round of 32: Defeated Willy Bertrand Tankeu (Cameroon) Wipeout points stoppage
• Round of 16: Defeated Aliasker Bashirov (Turkmenistan) 33-23
• Quarterfinals: Defeated Viktor Polyakov (Ukraine) RSC-3 (0:50)
• Semifinals: Defeated Oleg Saitov (Russia) 20-18
• Gold Medal Match: Defeated Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros (Cuba) 36-26

the 2007 World Championship:

• Round of 64: Defeated Nakani Giorgi RSCI R2 (1:43)
• Round of 32: Defeated CHO Deok-Jin RSC R4 (0:55)
• Round of 16: Defeated Prasathinphimai Suriya 20:7
• Quarterfinals: Defeated Said Rachidi 19:11
• Semifinals: Lost to Alfonso Blanco (boxer) 7:15

the 2008 Summer Olympics:

• Round of 32: Defeated Said Rachidi 8:2
• Round of 16: Defeated Matvey Korobov 10:7
• Quarterfinals: Lost to James Degale 3:8

References[link]

• Olympic profile

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Erislandy Lara
Statistics
Real name	Erislandy Lara Santoya
Nickname(s)	El Oro de Guantanamo
Rated at	Light Middleweight
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Nationality	Cuban
Born	(1983-04-11) April 11, 1983 (age 29) Guantanamo, Cuba
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	18
Wins	16
Wins by KO	11
Losses	1
Draws	1

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Competitor for  Cuba
World Amateur Championships
Gold	2005 Mianyang	Welterweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold	2006 Cartagena	Welterweight
World Cup
Silver	2005 Moscow	Welterweight

Erislandy Lara Santoya (born April 11, 1983) is a Cuban boxer. The southpaw was the 2005 amateur world champion at welterweight.

Amateur career[link]

In 2003 and 2004 Lara lost four times against double world champ Lorenzo Aragon.

In 2005 after Aragon stepped down Lara bested his countryman Yudel Jhonson Cedeno repeatedly and was sent to the world championships. There he avenged an earlier loss to Russian Andrey Balanov, beat American Boyd Melson, upset top favorite and Olympic champion Bakhtiyar Artayev (31–22) and won Gold against Magomed Nurutdinov (BLR).

Lara has lost twice to another Kazakh: Bakhyt Sarsekbayev. In their only meeting he beat American world champ Demetrius Andrade 9:4.

World Cup[link]

• 2005 in Moscow, Russia (welterweight)
  • Defeated Manon Boonjumnong (Thailand) 21–9
  • Defeated Stefan Dragomir (Romania) RSC-3
  • Defeated Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Kazakhstan) 39–33
  • Lost to Andrey Balanov (Russia) 21–36

Failed Defection and Pro career[link]

In 2007, Erislandy Lara, together with superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux, defected from Cuba before the PanAm games. Some weeks later he was caught by Brazilian authorities and was returned to Cuba, where he was banned from practicing boxing indefinitely.

In 2008 he made a second defection attempt, this time on a speed boat to Mexico, and succeeded. He has since made his way to Hamburg, Germany, where he joined former Olympic champions Odlanier Solis, Yan Barthelemy and Yuriorkis Gamboa in the Arena Box-Promotion stable.

Pro career[link]

On January 1 of 2009, Lara made his ESPN debut against Rodrigo Aguiar, Lara won the fight via TKO in the 1st round.

His following fight came on February 20 against Keith Gross, Erislandy Lara dropped Gross with a left hand, Gross beat the count on wobbly legs, Lara continue unleashing combinations to the head and body, a left uppercutt finished the fight in the 1st round.

On May 2, 2009 in the Pacquiao vs Hatton undercard, Lara faced Chris Gray, Lara won the fight via Unanimous Decision.

On May 22, Lara faced Aging Edwin Vazquez, Erislandy Lara finished the fight with good combinations which prompted the referee to stop the fight, On that same night Cuban fellow Guillermo Rigondeaux made his pro debut, which he won via referee stoppage in the third round.

After beating Edwin Vazquez, Erislandy Lara went on to win 9 straight fights, including four consecutive first round knock out victories. On March 25, 2011, he fought Carlos Molina to a 10 round majority draw. The scores were 97–93 for Molina, 95–95 and 95–95 even. ^[1]

Lara fought former WBO Welterweight champion Paul Williams on July 9, 2011, in Atlantic City, where he lost a majority decision. Judges Don Givens (116–114) and Hilton Whitaker II (115–114) both favored Williams, while Al Bennett scored it even at 114–114 ^[2]. Almost all fans and boxing analysts believed that Lara had been robbed by the judges^[3]

On April 20th, 2012, Lara made his comeback to the ring after 9 months to fight Ronald Hearns for the WBC light middleweight semi-final eliminator spot at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The fight, which was settled to 10 rounds simply lasted 1 minute and 34 seconds as Lara delivered an impressive TKO in the very first round. Referee Keith Hughes decided to stop the fight after Lara had sent Hearns to the canvas once with a clean left hook that required count and immediately after delivered two fast combinations (one of which also required count) that seemed to be enough to overwhelm Hearns who seconds before the stop by the referee appeared to be defenseless upon Lara's final combination. Consequently Lara improved to a 16-1-1.

Professional record[link]

16 Wins (11 knockouts), 1 Loss, 1 Draw [4]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	16–1–1	Ronald Hearns	TKO	1 (10), 1:34	2012-04-20	Beau Rivage, Bilox, Mississippi, United States
Loss	15–1–1	Paul Williams	MD	12	2011-07-09	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	WBC Light Middleweight Title Eliminator.
Draw	15–0–1	Carlos Molina	MD	10	2011-03-25	Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	15–0	Delray Raines	KO	1 (10), 2:59	2011-01-14	Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, United States
Win	14–0	Tim Connors	TKO	1 (10), 1:38	2010-11-27	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won vacant WBA Fedelatin Light Middleweight title.
Win	13–0	Willie Lee	TKO	1 (10), 1:48	2010-08-18	Monroe Civic Center, Monroe, Louisiana, United States
Win	12–0	William Correa	TKO	1 (10), 2:34	2010-07-09	Softball Country Arena, Denver, Colorado, United States
Win	11–0	Danny Perez	UD	10	2010-04-02	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	10–0	Grady Brewer	TKO	10 (10), 2:44	2010-01-29	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	9–0	Luciano Perez	UD	10	2009-12-12	UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win	8–0	Jose Varela	KO	1 (8), 2:12	2009-09-19	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	7–0	Darnell Boone	UD	6	2009-07-17	Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	6–0	Edwin Vazquez	TKO	4 (8), 1:13	2009-05-22	Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, Florida, United States
Win	5–0	Chris Gray	UD	4	2009-05-02	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	4–0	Keith Gross	KO	1 (4), 1:09	2009-02-20	University Center Arena, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Win	3–0	Rodrigo Aguiar	TKO	1 (4), 2:59	2009-01-09	Buffalo Bill's, Primm, Nevada, United States
Win	2–0	Deniss Aleksejevs	TKO	1 (4), 2:19	2008-09-12	Kugelbake Halle, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen
Win	1–0	Ivan Maslov	PTS	4	2008-07-04	Bueyuek Anadolu Hotel, Ankara	Lara's professional debut.

External links[link]

• Amateur record
• Professional boxing record for Erislandy Lara from BoxRec
• ESPN Record

References[link]

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Robert Alfonso

Personal information
Full name	Robert Leodan Alfonso Acea
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1986-11-11) November 11, 1986 (age 25) Havana, Ciudad de la Habana
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	102 kilograms (220 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Super Heavyweight
Medal record Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Super Heavyweight

Robert Leodan Alfonso Acea (born November 11, 1986) is a Cuban amateur boxer. He is best known for his victory at the 2007 Pan American games in the super heavyweight division.

Career[link]

Alfonso beat Newfel Ouatah but lost to Russian Evgeny Romanov at the world junior championships 2004 (semifinal).

He was also defeated nationally by compatriot superstar Odlanier Solis twice in 2004 at 201 lbs and later went up to super heavy.

He became the Cuban #1 only after Solis (who had gone up in weight, too) defected and he beat veteran Michel López Núñez in the National Championships 2007 and 2008.

He immediately won a major title, in the Pan American Games in Rio, beating Brazilian Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 4:0 in the semis and Columbian Oscar Rivas 8:4 in the finals [1].

He qualified for the 2008 Olympics by beating young American Michael Hunter jr. in the final of their qualifier 9:1.

He lost his first Olympic bout 3:5 to Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov.

External links[link]

• World juniors 2004
• sports-reference

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James DeGale MBE
Statistics
Real name	James Frederick DeGale
Rated at	Super middleweight
Nationality	British
Born	(1986-02-03) 3 February 1986 (age 26) Lenton, Nottingham, England
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	13
Wins	12
Wins by KO	9
Losses	1
Draws	0
No contests	0

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Competitor for  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	Middleweight
Competitor for  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze	2006 Melbourne	Middleweight
EU Amateur Championships
Silver	2007 Dublin	Middleweight
Silver	2008 Cetniewo	Middleweight

James Frederick DeGale MBE (born 3 February 1986) is a British boxer and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Harlesden, London. He started amateur boxing at the Trojan club at the age of 10 before moving to Dale Youth boxing club.^[1] As a boy he soon acquired the nickname Chunky^[2] a name that has followed him throughout his career and to this day he is known as James ‘Chunky’ DeGale. The predominantly southpaw Londoner fights as a switchhitter. At the Commonwealth Games 2006 he won Bronze when he lost to Jarrod Fletcher.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. ^[3]

Amateur career[link]

Degale represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Middleweight boxing event, winning the gold medal. In the quarter finals he beat a former Olympic gold medalist from Athens (Bakhtiyar Artayev) and in the semi-final once again beat the late Irishman Darren Sutherland (prior to this latest meeting the boxers had fought five times with Sutherland winning four and DeGale only one). In the final DeGale won a scrappy and bad tempered affair against the Cuban Emilio Correa who was deducted two points in the first round for biting DeGale's shoulder.^[4]

World amateur championships results[link]

2007 (as a middleweight)

• Lost to Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 13–28

Olympic results[link]

2008

• Defeated Mohamed Hikal (Egypt) 13–4
• Defeated Shawn Estrada (USA) 11–5
• Defeated Bakhtiyar Artayev (Kazakhstan) 8–3
• Defeated Darren Sutherland (Ireland) 10–3
• Defeated Emilio Correa (Cuba) 16–14

Professional career[link]

On 2 December 2008, he agreed a deal with promoter Frank Warren to become professional along with Frankie Gavin and Billy Joe Saunders. The contract agreed is rumoured to be worth around £1.5 million.^[5] On 28 February 2009 DeGale made his professional debut against Georgia boxer Vepkhia Tchilaia, winning the fight on points 40–36. DeGale came in for a mixed reaction, being booed off after being taken the distance by his little-known opponent. However DeGale has been backed by many, as the Georgian was boxing extremely defensively.^[6] Five more victories followed before DeGale won his first title, the WBA International super-middleweight title, defeating Sam Horton by 5th round TKO. On 18 September, 2010, DeGale made the first defence of his WBA title against fellow Brit Carl Dilks, gaining victory by TKO after just 2'54" of the first round.

Frank Warren revealed that DeGale would challenge Paul Smith for the British Super Middleweight title on Warren's blockbuster event in Liverpool, set for 11th December at the Echo Arena. On the huge bill includes fellow Olympians; Frankie Gavin and Billy Joe Saunders, Nathan Cleverly and Kell Brook. On 11 December, DeGale went on to beat Paul Smith via ninth round TKO in order to become the British Super-Middleweight Champion.

On 21 May 2011, DeGale lost to George Groves. The judges scored the bout 115–115, 115–114, 115–114.

DeGale signed a contract to face Polish, European champion Piotr Wilczewski on the 15th October.

On the 15th of October 2011, DeGale beat Piotr Wilczewski by majority decision to win the European Super-Middleweight title in the Echo Arena Liverpool.

Professional boxing record[link]

11 Wins (8 knockouts), 1 Defeat, 0 Draws[7]
Res.	Rd	Opponnent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	12-1	Cristian Sanavia	TKO	4(12)	21 Apr 2012	Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark	EBU (European) super middleweight title on the line
Win	11-1	Piotr Wilczewski	MD	12	15 Oct 2011	Liverpool Echo Arena	Wilczewski's European title on the line
Loss	10–1	George Groves	MD	12	21 May 2011	The O2 Arena, London	Lost British super-middleweight title
Win	10–0	Alpay Kobal	TKO	5	12 March 2011	Braehead Arena, Glasgow
Win	9–0	Paul Smith	TKO	9	11 December 2010	Echo Arena, Liverpool	Won British super-middleweight title
Win	8–0	Carl Dilks	TKO	1	18 September 2010	LG Arena, Birmingham	BBBofC British super-middleweight title eliminator
Win	7–0	Sam Horton	TKO	5	15 May 2010	Upton Park, London	WBA International super middleweight title
Win	6–0	Matthew Barr	TKO	2	13 February 2010	Wembley Arena, London
Win	5–0	Nathan King	PTS	4	5 December 2009	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
Win	4–0	Ally Morrison	TKO	3	30 October 2009	Echo Arena, Liverpool
Win	3–0	Ciaran Healy	TKO	1	18 July 2009	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester
Win	2–0	Jindrich Kubin	TKO	1	15 May 2009	Odyssey Arena, Belfast
Win	1–0	Vepkhia Tchilaia	PTS	4	28 February 2009	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham	Professional debut

References[link]

External links[link]

• jamesdegale.net
• Professional boxing record for James DeGale from BoxRec
• Olympic profile