Timur Ibragimov
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photo by Patrick Fulcher
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| Real name | Timur Ibragimov |
| Rated at | Heavyweight |
| Nationality | Uzbekistan |
| Born |
January 15, 1975 Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 36 |
| Wins | 31 |
| Wins by KO | 16 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
Timur Ibragimov (Тимур Ибрагимов; born January 15, 1975 in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a heavyweight professional boxer.
Ibragimov is from Uzbekistan. He is the cousin of former WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov, although Sultan is a native of Dagestan. Both of Ibragimov's parents are of Turkic origin, and his father is from the Khorezm region. Ibragimov himself is an Uzbek Turk and a Muslim.
Ibragimov had over 200 amateur fights, and during the 1990s, he was one of the world's leading amateur boxers in the light heavyweight division. In 1991, Ibragimov won the Soviet Union Junior National Championships for his age category (16 to 18 years old). After the break-up of the USSR, Ibragimov won the Uzbekistani National Championships five times. Ibragimov participated several times in the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships and the Asian Games, and in 1995 he was a quarter finalist at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin. Ibragimov won the Gold Medal at the Central Asian Games in 1997.
Ibragimov participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta as a member of the 1996 Uzbek Olympic team. In this tournament, Ibragimov lost a highly controversial decision to Croatia's Stipe Drews.
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