Muhammad Abdullaev


Mohammadqodir 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 Olympics
Lost 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.

Professional career

Abdullaev turned professional in 2001 and has had limited success. Although he won his first 11 bouts, including a victory over former IBF Lightweight Title holder Philip Holiday, he was KO'd in 2003 by Emmanuel Clottey, although he was winning the fight at the time, and it appeared that he was counted out only because he didn't understand the referee's count. He has since lost to Miguel Cotto and Andreas Kotelnik.