Mohamed Hikal
Mohamed Hikal (born January 10, 1979) is an Egyptian boxer. He won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division (75 kg) at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He competed in four Olympic Games from 2000-2012.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Mohamed Abdel Mawgoud Hikal |
Nationality | Egypt |
Born | Gharbiya -zefta, dahtora-elassasy street | 10 January 1979
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Weight class | Middleweight |
Career
Hikal won the gold medal in the welterweight division at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.
He also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There, Hikal was defeated in the second round of the welterweight (69 kg) division by Russia's eventual bronze medalist, Oleg Saitov.
Hikal subsequently moved up to middleweight, and later managed to upset defending world champion Gennady Golovkin and win the bronze medal in the middleweight (75 kg) division at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
At the 2008 Olympics, he lost his first bout to James DeGale. At the 2012 Olympics he lost in the first round to Soltan Migitinov.