Boris Georgiev

Boris Georgiev (Bulgarian: Борис Георгиев) (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.

Boris Georgiev
Born	Boris Georgiev December 5, 1982 Sofia, Bulgaria
Other names	Bobby George
Residence	Luton, United Kingdom
Nationality	Bulgaria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Division	Welterweight (-66,7 kg)
Stance	Orthodox
Years active	2009, 2011-2012
Professional boxing record
Total	7
Wins	7
By knockout	3
Losses	0
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec
last updated on: September 23, 2009

Boris Georgiev

Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	Light Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
	2006 Plovdid	Light Welterweight
	2000 Tampere	Featherweight
	2002 Perm	Lightweight
EU Amateur Championships
	2004 Madrid	Light Welterweight
	2006 Pécs	Light Welterweight

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

References

1. "Boris Georgiev's career boxing record". Boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2009-09-23.