Nurmagomed Shanavazov

Nurmagomed Magomedsandovich Shanavazov (born February 19, 1965), is a Soviet Russian former boxer. He is best known for handing Riddick Bowe his first defeat at an international competition. An ethnic Dargin hailing from Dagestan, Shanavazov won the Light Heavyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union. He was training at the Dynamo sports society in Makhachkala.

Amateur career

At the Soviet-Cuban joint pre-Olympic training camp in Sukhumi, Georgian SSR, set for the 1988 Olympics, he sparred with Félix Savón, constantly staggering him with devastating bodyshot flurries at close range. They never met again though as Shanavazov was in the lighter weight class.

Olympic Results Defeated Patrick Lihanda (Uganda) by majority decision, 4–1 Defeated Markus Bott (West Germany) by majority decision, 4–1 Defeated Andrea Magi (Italy) by majority decision, 4–1 Defeated Damir Škaro (Yugoslavia) by walkover Lost to Andrew Maynard (United States) by unanimous decision, 0–5

Professional career Because of poor management and poor performance Shanavazov had no success as a professional. He turned pro in 1990 and also retired that same year, finishing with a record of three fights, zero wins.

Professional boxing record

0–2–1 Loss

KO 2 (8) 3 Nov 1990

0–1–1 Draw

PTS 8 30 Sep 1990

0–1 Loss

PTS 6 23 Apr 1990