Boris Georgiev

Boris Georgiev (born 5 December 1982) is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the light welterweight class.

Career In 2000 he lost the European featherweight final against Ramaz Paliani (Turkey) 5:8. The same year he won a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary, losing the final to Gyula Kate (HUN) 17–16.

In 2002 Alexander Maletin knocked him out in the lightweight final of the European Championships. A year later at the World Championships Georgiev was knocked out by Cuban legend Mario Kindelan. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in second place at the 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Olympics 2004: Defeated Nasserredine Fillali (Algeria) RSC 2 (1:38) Defeated Rock Allen (United States) 30–10 Defeated Nurzhan Karimzhanov (Kazakhstan) 20–18 Lost to Yudel Johnson Cedeno (Cuba) 9–13

2005 at the world championships he lost to Cuban Inocente Fiss 28–19.

2006 he won the European title at junior welterweight 25:17 against Russian Oleg Komisarov.

Professional boxing record

2012-03-04 Ideh Ockuko 4–3–0 York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom