Elchin Alizade

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Medal record
Competitor for Azerbaijan
World Amateur Championships
Silver	2005 Mianyang	Heavyweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze	2006	Heavyweight

Elchin Alizade (b. January 2, 1986) is an Azerbaijani amateur boxer best known to win silver at the 2005 World championships at heavyweight 201lbs limit.

[edit] Career

In 2001 he won Silver against Ismail Sillakh at 67 kg, in 2002 he won the Bronze medal at 71kg at the U17 (cadets) World Championships.

At junior level he won two more bronzes at 201lbs/91kg, at the 2004 junior world championships and at the 2005 junior European championships where he lost the semifinal to Sergey Kalchugin. He won silver when he lost the 2004 World University Boxing Championships final to Vyacheslav Glazkov.

In 2005 he injured himself at the senior world championships in his semifinal victory and lost the final by walkover against Alexander Alekseev. In December he won a fight against Eric Fields at a USA vs. Azerbaijan Dual in Illinois by RSCO.

In 2006 at the European Championships he KOd Olympic silver medallist Viktar Zuyev in the first round but was beaten inside the distance by hard-punching Ukrainian surprise winner Denis Poyatsika.

At the the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships‎ he won the rematch on points against Poyatsika but lost against Russian favorite Rakhim Chakhkeiv.

At the Olympic qualifiers he was upset twice by Oleksandr Usyk and Milorad Gajovic and didn't make it.