Serik Sapiyev


Serik Zhumangaliyevich Sapiyev is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan who won the world title in the light welterweight division in 2005 and 2007 and Olympic Gold 2012 at welterweight. He also won the Val Barker Trophy for best boxer at the London Olympic Games in 2012.

Career

Light Welterweight

The fleetfooted southpaw counterpuncher defeated Uzbekistan's Dilshod Mahmudov at the 2005 World [Amateur Boxing Championships].
He also won bronze at the 2006 Asian Games after losing to Thailand's Olympic Gold medallist Manus Boonjumnong whom he knocked down in the fight but still lost 18–22.
At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he reached the final, by beating Manus conqueror Masatsugu Kawachi of Uzbekistan, where he won against Russian fellow southpaw Gennady Kovalev 20:5.
At the Boxing at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight#Top Half|2008 Olympics (results)] he once again lost to defending champion Manus Boonjumnong 5:7 and moved up in weight.

Welterweight

At the 2009 [World Amateur Boxing Championships – Welterweight#Finals|2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships] he was upset in the semis by Russian southpaw Andrey Zamkovoy and won a bronze.
At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he won silver, losing to Ukrainian Taras Shelestyuk.
Sapiyev won Boxing at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Men's welterweight#Finals|Olympic gold] and the Val Barker Trophy for best boxer at London 2012.
This time he defeated Zamkovoy in the semis and beat Welsh boxer Fred Evans in the final.

World Amateur championship results

2005
  • Defeated Pavol Hlavacka 37–13
  • Defeated Karl Dargan 37–26
  • Defeated Mykola Semenyaga 27–15
  • Defeated Emil Magerramov 41–23
  • Defeated Dilshod Mahmudov 39–21
2007