Aleksandar Khristov
Aleksandar Khristov is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who became world champion and represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the bantamweight division. He also won three medals in the European Amateur Boxing Championships, including gold at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Turin, Italy.
Khristov was the winning boxer in a disputed bantamweight bout in the 1988 Seoul Olympics when he was given a controversial 4-1 victory over South Korean opponent Jung-Il Byun, who refused to leave the ring for over an hour after Khristov was given the verdict.
Results
1985 European Championships- Defeated Hermann Leber 5:0
- Defeated Relu Nistor 5:0
- Defeated Jarmo Eskelinen 5:0
- Lost to Ljubiša Simić 1:4
- Defeated Mike Devanney RSC-3
- Defeated Ljubiša Simić 5:0
- Defeated René Breitbarth 5:0
- Defeated Yuriy Alexandrov 5:0
- Round of 64: Defeated Peter Anok by decision,4-1
- Round of 32: Defeated Jung-Il Byun by decision, 4-1
- Round of 16: Defeated Jimmy Majanya by decision, 5-0
- Quarterfinal Defeated Alexander Artemev by decision, 3-2
- Semifinal: Defeated Jorge Eliecer Julio by decision, 3-2
- Final: Lost to Kennedy McKinney by decision, 0-5
- Lost to Carlos Barreto 3-9