Timur Ibragimov

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Timur Ibragimov
Real name	Timur Ibragimov
Rated at	Heavyweight
Nationality	Uzbekistani
Birth date	January 15, 1975 (1975-01-15) (age 33)
Birth place	Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	25
Wins	22
Wins by KO	13
Losses	2
Draws	0
No contests	0

Timur Ibragimov (born January 15, 1975 in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is an Uzbekistani heavyweight professional boxer based in Florida, USA.

1 Personal
2 Amateur career
3 Professional career
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Personal

Timur is the cousin of fellow heavyweight boxer Sultan Ibragimov, although Sultan represents Dagestan (Russia) and Timur represents Uzbekistan.^[1]

[edit] Amateur career

Ibragimov had over 200 amateur fights, and was a member of the 1996 Uzbek Olympic team as a light heavyweight (178 lbs).

Ibragimov captured 5 national titles in Uzbekistan and in 1991 was the Soviet Union junior champion, winning the championship just months before the Soviet Union collapsed. He also won an Asian Boxing Championship.

[edit] Professional career

Ibragimov turned pro in 2000 as a heavyweight and began his career on a winning streak, starting with 21-0-1 (the draw being against Kevin Johnson), largely against limited opposition.

In 2006 Ibragimov was outpointed by then-undefeated American Calvin Brock who was clearly the better conditioned athlete and superior boxer that night, and had Ibragimov in trouble several times en-route to Ibragimov's first loss. The heat in Las Vegas may not have served a good excuse for a slow fight, missing action, as Timur had been brought up in Termez, the hottest spot in the former Soviet Union.

On February 16, 2007 Ibragimov lost a unanimous decision to once-beaten fringe contender Tony Thompson but came back to beat German Timo Hoffmann (record 36-4-1).