Kairat Yeraliyev

Kairat Yeraliyev
	Yeraliyev at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Қайрат Ерәлиев
Nationality	Kazakh
Born	8 November 1990; Shymkent, Kazakhstan[1]
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Kazakhstan
Sport	Boxing
Event(s)	Bantamweight
Coached by	Myrzagali Aitzhanov[3]
Representing Kazakhstan
World Amateur Championships
Asian Championships
Asian Games
	Updated on 2 September 2017.

Kairat Yeraliyev (Kazakh: Қайрат Ерәлиев; born 8 November 1988) is a Kazakh boxer who competes in the bantamweight division. He won bronze medals at the 2013 World Championships and 2014 Asian Games, but was eliminated in the second bout at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Career

At the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Almaty, he beat Nicolae Andreiana, Omurbek Malabekov and Olympic Champion Robeisy Ramírez. In the semifinals losing to Javid Chalabiyev of Azerbaijan.

At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, he beat Othman Arbabi, Mohammad Al-Wadi. In the semifinals losing to Ham Sang-myeong of South Korea.

He won the bronze medal at the men's bantamweight event at the 2015 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships.

He won the bronze medal at the men's bantamweight event at the 2017 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships.

Kairat started the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships with 5-0 wins over Christopher Florez of the Mexico in the first round, and 4-1 Murodjon Akhmadaliev of Uzbekistan in the second round. In quarterfinals Yeraliyev wins 5-0 Omar El-Hag of Germany and semifinals he wins Peter McGrail of England and advanced to the final. In the final, Kairat Yeraliyev fight Duke Ragan of United States and gave the victory 3-2 and the gold medal.

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