Serik Konakbayev

Serik Kerimbekuly Konakbaev is a retired Kazakh amateur boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 [Summer Olympics] in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the silver medal in the light welterweight division, after being defeated in the final by Patrizio Oliva of Italy. Two years later he once again captured the silver medal, this time at the 1982 [World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Championships] in Munich, West Germany.

Olympics

1980 Olympic results

Defeated Simion Cuţov by unanimous decision, 5–0
Defeated Imre Bácskai (boxer, [born 1961)|Imre Bácskai] RET 2
Defeated José Angel Molina by walkover
Defeated José [Aguilar (boxer)|José Aguilar] by majority decision, 4–1
Lost to Patrizio Oliva by majority decision, 1–4

1984 Olympics

Konakbayev came to attention of Howard Cosell, and after the Soviet Olympic authorities announced the USSR team wouldn't show up at the 1984 [Los Angeles Olympics], where Konakbayev had genuine chances to compete for the gold medal at the Boxing at the [1984 Summer Olympics – Welterweight|welterweight event] of the Games, Cosell said: