Zaur Abdullaev
Zaur Magomedalievich Abdullaev is a Russian professional boxer who challenged for the WBC interim lightweight title in 2019.
Professional career
Abdullaev made his professional debut on 4 March 2017, scoring a first-round technical knockout victory over Sardorbek Kamilov at the Sports Complex Leader in Berezovsky, Russia.After compiling a record of 7–0 he defeated Ardie Boyose on 10 February 2018 at the DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia, capturing the WBO Youth lightweight title via seventh-round TKO. At the time of the stoppage all three judges had Abdullaev winning with scores of 60–54, 59–55 and 59–55.
In his next fight he defeated Deiner Berrio via unanimous decision on 22 April at DIVS to capture the vacant WBC Silver lightweight title. Two judges scored the bout 117–111 and the third scored it 115–113.
He retained the title by UD against Hank Lundy in September, followed by a TKO win in a non-title fight against Humberto Martínez in February 2019 before facing Devin Haney for the vacant WBC interim lightweight title. The bout took place on 13 September 2019 at the Hulu Theater in New York City. Abdullaev suffered the first defeat of his career, losing by fourth-round corner retirement after Abdullaev's corner pulled him out of the bout before the start of the fifth round.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 13 | – | 22 Aug 2020 |  Yekaterinburg, Russia.png" /> | |||||
| 12 | Loss | 11–1 |  Devin Haney | RTD | 4, 3:00 | 13 Sep 2019 |  Hulu Theater, New York City, New York, US.png" /> | For WBC interim lightweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 |  Humberto Martínez | TKO | 10, 2:31 | 22 Feb 2019 |  KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg, Russia.png" /> | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Hank Lundy | UD | 12 | 7 Sep 2018 | Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk, Russia.png" /> | Retained WBC Silver lightweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Deiner Berrio | UD | 12 | 22 Apr 2018 |  | Won vacant WBC Silver lightweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 |  Ardie Boyose | TKO | 7, 2:20 | 10 Feb 2018 | | Won vacant WBO Youth lightweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Roberto Gonzales | TKO | 7, 2:51 | 15 Dec 2017 | | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 |  Ziyoyidin Tokhirov | 4, 1:18 | 9 Sep 2017 |  Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk, Russia.png" /> | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 |  Mao Kawanishi | UD | 4 | 9 Jul 2017 | | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Dmitry Ganiev | RTD | 5, 3:00 | 5 May 2017 | | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Sherzodbek Mamajonov | 3, 3:00 | 2 May 2017 |  | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Sharobidden Jurakhonov | 4 | 25 Mar 2017 |  Palace of Culture, Pervouralsk, Russia.png" /> | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 |  Sardorbek Kamilov | 1, 1:15 | 4 Mar 2017 |  |