Orzubek Nazarov

Orzubek Nazarov (born August 30, 1966 in Kant, Kyrgyz SSR) is a boxer of Uzbek/Kyrgyz ethnicity, who won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno. He is a former WBA Lightweight Champion.

Orzubek Nazarov
Nazarov (right) versus Andreas Otto of East Germany, 1989
Statistics
Real name	Orzubek Nazarov
Nickname(s)	Gussie
Weight(s)	Lightweight
Nationality	Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan
Born	August 30, 1966 Kant, Kyrgyz SSR, USSR
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	27
Wins	26
Wins by KO	19
Losses	1
Draws	0
No contests	0
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Men’s Boxing World Amateur Championships 1986 Reno Lightweight European Amateur Championships 1987 Turin Lightweight

Career

As an amateur Nazarov was the World bronze medalist in 1986 and European champion in 1987 and had a record of 153-12.

Pro

The southpaw turned pro in 1990 in Japan, one of the six Amateur Elite boxers (including Yuri Arbachakov) scouted out of the old Soviet Union by the Kyoei Gym. He won the WBA lightweight title in 1993 in South Africa against Dingaan Thobela and defended it on the road against contenders Thobela, Joey Gamache and Leavander Johnson and two lesser fighters in his adopted home country. Eye problems plagued him and he retired after being upset by Jean Baptiste Mendy in France.

See also

• List of WBA world champions
• List of lightweight boxing champions
• List of Japanese boxing world champions
• Boxing in Japan

External links

• Boxing record for Orzubek Nazarov from BoxRec