64 boxers on route to Olympic glory

04.10.2011

BOUT 411 Alizada Salman AZE
vs Pongprayoon Kaeo THA (blue-winner)


Following today's round of 16 bouts at the AIBA World Boxing Championships, 64 boxers from eight different weight categories have qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
 
Two more boxers will qualify from these eight categories after the semi-finals, if they have lost against finalists.
 
Four boxers from each Heavy and Super Heavy weight categories will qualify tomorrow, Wednesday 5 October 2011, after the quarter-finals. Two more boxers will also qualify from these two categories after the semi-finals if they have lost against finalists.
 
Light Fly (46-49kg)
- David AYRAPETYAN from Russia
- Jose DE LA NIEVE from Spain
- Kaeo PONGPRAYOON from Thailand
- Serdamba PUREVDORJ from Mongolia
- Jong SHIN from Korea Republic
- Devendro LAISHRAM from India
- Yosbany VEITA from Cuba
- Shiming ZOU from China
 
Fly (52kg)
- Misha ALOIAN from Russia
- Michael CONLAN from Ireland
- Jasurbek LATIPOV from Uzbekistan
- Elvin MAMISHZADE from Azerbaijan
- Vincenzo PICARDI from Italy
- Andrew SELBY from Wales
- Raushee WARREN from USA
- Khalid YAFAI from England
 
Bantam (56kg)
- Lazaro ALVAREZ from Cuba
- Luke CAMPBELL from England
- Detelin DALAKLIEV from Bulgaria
- Joseph DIAZ from USA
- John NEVIN from Ireland
- Orzubek SHAYMOV from Uzbekistan
- Sergey VODOPIYANOV from Russia
- Anvar YUSUNOV from Tajikistan
 
Light (60kg)
- Jai BHAGWAN from India
- Fazliddin GAIBNAZAROV from Uzbekistan
- Soon HAN from Korea Republic
- Vasyl LOMACHENKO from Ukraine
- Yasnier TOLEDO from Cuba
- Domenico VALENTINO from Italy
- Miklos VARGA from Hungary
- Gani ZHAILAUOV from Kazakhstan


 
Light Welter (64kg)
- Denys BERINCHYK from Ukraine
- Everton dos SANTOS from Brazil
- Gaybatulla GADZHIALIEYEV from Azerbaijan
- Gyula KATE from Hungary
- Manoj KUMAR from India
- Vincenzo MANGIACAPRE from Italy
- Thomas STALKER from England
- Munkh Erdene URANCHIMEG from Mongolia
 
Welter (69kg)
- Errol SPENCE from USA
- Serik SAPIYEV from Kazakhstan
- Egidijus KAVALIAUSKAS from Lithuania
- Fred EVANS from Wales
- Andrey ZAMKOVOY from Russia
- Taras SHELESTYUK from Ukraine
- Krishan VIKAS from India
- Vasili BELOUS from Moldova
 
Middle (75kg)
- Aleksandar DRENOVAK from Serbia
- Esquiva FALCAO from Brazil
- Andranik HAKOBYAN from Armenia
- Bogdan JURATONI from Romania
- Ievgen KHYTROV from Ukraine
- Ryota MURATA from Japan
- Darren O'NEILL from Ireland
- Danabek SUZHANOV from Kazakhstan
 
Light Heavy (81kg)
- Julio la CRUZ from Cuba
- Ehsan ROUZBAHANI from Iran
- Damien HOOPER from Australia
- Elshod RASULOV from Uzbekistan
- Adilbek NIYAZYMBETOV from Kazakhstan
- Oleksandr GVOZDYK from Ukraine
- Fanlong MENG from China
- Egor MEKHONTSEV from Russia
 
Qualifications by country
- Russia, Ukraine: 5
- Cuba, India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan: 4
- England, Ireland, Italy, USA: 3
- Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Hungary, Korea Republic, Mongolia, Wales: 2
- Armenia, Australia, Bulgaria, Iran, Japan, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Tajikistan, Thailand: 1
 
Today's Olympic Games qualification marks a significant milestone in the these Boxers' route to Olympic Games glory - a road that will take them from their national championships all the way to the ExCeL centre in London's Docklands, the venue for the London 2012 Olympic Games boxing tournament. Click HERE for further detail on AIBA's strict Olympic Games selection criteria and the road to Olympic medals.