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Magomed Abdusalamov

Magomed Abdusalamov
Магомед Абдусаламов
Former Boxing Commissioner Randy Gordon Consoling Magomed Abdusalamov.jpg
Abdusalamov (in black) in 2017
Statistics
Nickname(s) Mago
Weight(s) Heavyweight
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Nationality Russian
Born (1981-03-25) 25 March 1981 (age 36)
Makhachkala,
Dagestan ASSR,
Soviet Union
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 19
Wins 18
Wins by KO 18
Losses 1

Magomed Abdusalamov (Russian: Магомед Абдусаламов; born 25 March 1981) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2013. As an amateur he won the 2005 and 2006 Russian national championships in the super-heavyweight division. He turned professional in 2008, fighting nineteen times at heavyweight and winning his first eighteen by knockout. In 2013, Abdusalamov was forced to retire from the sport due to severe brain injuries sustained during his only career defeat to Mike Perez.

Magomed Abdusalamov was born in Dagestan's capital city of Makhachkala on March 25, 1981. He grew up in a strict Muslim household and was his parents’ first male child. Growing up in large family from an early age his disciplinarian father pushed his son into sports as a way to shelter him from the growing violence and crime in the city.

In spite of his success at the nationals 2005 and 2006, hard-punching southpaw Abdusalamov stood in the shadows of Islam Timurziev, who was regularly sent to international competitions ahead of him.

He did not qualify for the 2008 Olympics after losing to eventual Bronze medalist David Price in a qualifier.

He turned pro in 2008 and won his first four bouts for Warriors boxing.

Of his nineteen professional fights he got eighteen wins, all by KO or TKO.

In September 2012 he was dropped hard by Jameel McCline in the first round, but won by TKO in the second round to win the vacant World Boxing Council United States Heavyweight title at Olympiyskiy in Moscow, Russia. He defended the USNBC title twice with stoppage wins in 2013, against Victor Bisbal in Atlantic City, New Jersey in March 2013, and Sebastian Ceballos in Buenos Aires, Argentina in April 2013.


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