Muhammad Abdullaev
Muhammadkadyr Mamatkulovich Abdullaev, best known as Muhammad Abdullaev, is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBO light-welterweight title in 2005. As an amateur he won gold medals in the light welterweight division at the 1999 World Championships and 2000 Olympics, where he served as the Olympic flag bearer for Uzbekistan.
Olympic results
Represented Uzbekistan at the 1996 Atlanta OlympicsLost to Terrance Cauthen 6–18
Represented Uzbekistan at the 2000 Sydney Olympics winning the gold medal.
Defeated Miguel Angel Cotto 17–7
Defeated Kelson Pinto RSCO 4
Defeated Sergey Bykovskiy 9–6
Defeated Mohamed Allalou RSCO 2
Defeated Ricardo Williams Jr. 27–20
World Championships results
1993 World Championships participant in Tampere, Finland as a Featherweight.
Lost to Enrique Carrion RSC 1
1997 World Championships participant in Budapest, Hungary as a Lightweight.
Lost to Matt Zegan 3–10
1999 World Championships Gold medallist in Houston, United States as a Light Welterweight.
Defeated Aydin Gasanov 10–6
Defeated Ricardo Williams Jr. 11–4
Defeated Sergey Bykovskiy 7–1
Defeated Lukas Konecny 12–2
Defeated Willy Blain 11–6
Other Amateur Achievements
Claimed amateur record: 288–12
1995 Asian Championships Silver medallist in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as a Lightweight.
1997 Asian Championships Gold medallist in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a Lightweight.
1998 World Cup Gold medallist in Chongqing, China as a Light Welterweight.
1998 Asian Games Gold medallist in Bangkok, Thailand as a Light Welterweight.
1999 Asian Championships Gold medallist in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as a Light Welterweight.