Yerkebulan Shynaliyev | |
Fullname: | Еркебулан Шыналиев |
Nationality: | Kazakh |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1987 |
Birth Place: | Karabastau near Shymkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 1.780NaN0 |
Weight: | 81kg (179lb) |
Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (born October 7, 1987) is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known for winning bronze medals at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2006.
At the seniors 2007, the short southpaw beat Asian Champ Jahon Qurbonov and Tony Jeffries 20:9 but lost to eventual winner Abbos Atoev 8:17 in the semifinal.
2008 (as a Light heavyweight)
Note: Shynaliyev was leading 12-6 when Kurbanov was disqualified for biting Shynaliyev on the shoulder.[1]
2007 (as a Light heavyweight)