Aghasi Mammadov

Aghasi Aghagul oghlu Mammadov (born 1 June 1980) is an Azerbaijani boxer who competed in the bantamweight division (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.

Aghasi Mammadov

Personal information
Full name	Aghasi Aghagul oghlu Mammadov
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Born	(1980-06-01) 1 June 1980 Baku, Azerbaijan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Bantamweight
Medal record Representing Azerbaijan Olympic Games 2004 Athens Bantamweight World Amateur Championships Bangkok 2003 Bantamweight Representing Turkey World Amateur Championships Belfast 2001 Bantamweight European Amateur Championships 2000 Tampere Bantamweight Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Bantamweight

Career

Mammadov competed for Turkey for several years, under the name Aghasi Aghaguloghlu, for instance at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Olympic results 2000 (as a bantamweight)

• Defeated Mai Kangde (China) 17-4
• Defeated Nehomar Cermeño (Venezuela) 11-3
• Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux (Cuba) 5-14

He returned to Azerbaijan before the 2002 European Championships, and now competes for Azerbaijan. A year later, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he won the world title in the Bantamweight Division in the finals against Russia's Gennady Kovalev. In the second round he sensationally beat Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux 16:13 after losing to him in Sydney and Belfast. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by topping the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Olympic results 2004 (as a bantamweight)

• Defeated Joel Brunker (Australia) RSC 3 (0:59)
• Defeated Detelin Dalakliev (Bulgaria) 35-16
• Defeated Maksym Tretyak (Ukraine) 32-12
• Lost to Worapoj Petchkoom (Thailand) 19-27

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ağası Məmmədov (other name: Ağası Agaguloğlu)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.