Abbos Atoev
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Abbos Atoyev is an Uzbek amateur boxer best known for winning gold in the light heavyweight competition at the 2007 World Championships. He was born in the village of Qulkhatib of Vabkent District
Vabkent District
Vabkent District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Vabkent.-External links:*...

 of Bukhara Province.

Career

The southpaw beat Frenchman Mamadou Diambang inside the distance, Croatian Marijo Šivolija
Marijo Šivolija
Marijo Šivolija-Jelica is a Croatian amateur boxer best known to medal repeatedly in international competition at light heavyweight.-Career:In 2003 he won a silver medal at the European Championships....

 in the quarterfinals, Yerkebuian Shynaliyev
Yerkebuian Shynaliyev
Yerkebulan Shynaliyev is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known to win the bronze medal at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2006....

 of Kazachstan in the semifinals.
In the final he sensationally upset Russian favorite Artur Beterbiyev
Artur Beterbiyev
Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiyev is a Chechen amateur boxer best known to win silver at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and gold at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships and the Euro title 2006 at light heavyweight.-Career:The aggressive puncher Beterbiyev won the 2006 European...

 20:17 in a fight in that he was knocked down in the third and trailing but edging it out back down the stretch.

At the 2008 Olympics he was upset by Jahon Qurbonov
Jahon Qurbonov
Jahon Qurbonov , also transliterated from Russian as Dzhakhon Kurbanov, is an amateur boxer from Tajikistan, who competed in the 2006 Asian Games in the Light Heavyweight division...

 in his first bout.

In 2009 he dropped down to middleweight and won the gold at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Milan, Italy from September 1, 2009 to September 12, 2009 in the Mediolanum Forum. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history...

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