Kanat Abutalipov

Kanat Kalizhanovich Abutalipov (Kazakh: Қанат Қалижанұлы Әбутәліпов; born March 22, 1983, in Barshino) is a Kazakhstani boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight but lost his only fight to eventual silver medallist Yankiel León (3:10) from Cuba.[1]

Kanat Abutalipov
Personal information
Full nameКанат Калижанович Абуталипов
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1983-03-22) March 22, 1983
Barshino, Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classBantamweight

At the World Championships 2009 he won two bouts and made it to the quarterfinals.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again lost to the eventual bantamweight silver medalist, John Joe Nevin, this time in the last 16.[2]

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