Bektemir Melikuziev
Uzbek boxer: silver medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympics, medallist at the amateur World Championships, professional since 2019 (super-middleweight).
- Occupation:
- Athlete, Boxer
- Nickname:
- Bek the Bully
- Born:
- 1996
- Birthplace:
- Furqat District, Fergana
Biography
Bektemir Melikuziev is an Uzbek southpaw boxer nicknamed “Bek the Bully”, born in 1996.
In 2014 he won gold at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing at welterweight. In 2015 he won the Asian Championships in Bangkok at middleweight and took silver at the World Championships in Doha, losing the final to Cuba's Arlen López. At the 2016 Rio Olympics he won silver at middleweight, again losing the final to López. In 2017 he won the Asian Championships in Tashkent at light heavyweight and took bronze at the World Championships in Hamburg.
He made his professional debut on 13 June 2019 with a knockout of Martin Fidel Ríos and fights as a super-middleweight. He has won the WBA Continental Americas (2019), WBO Inter-Continental (2020), WBO Global (2023) and WBA Inter-Continental (2023) titles. His only defeat was a knockout loss to Gabriel Rosado on 19 June 2021. On 30 May 2025 he beat Darius Fulghum by unanimous decision over 12 rounds in a WBA title eliminator.
Life path
- 2014Youth Olympic gold
Nanjing, welterweight.
- 2015Asian champion and world silver
Bangkok / Doha, middleweight.
- 2016Rio Olympic silver
Middleweight.
- 2017Asian champion and world bronze
Tashkent / Hamburg, light heavyweight.
- 2019Professional debut
13 June, win by knockout; WBA Continental Americas title.
- 2020WBO Inter-Continental title
Super-middleweight.
- 2023WBO Global and WBA Inter-Continental titles
Super-middleweight.
- 2025WBA eliminator against Fulghum
Unanimous decision win.
Achievements
- 🥈Olympic Games (middleweight)Rio-2016 (2016)
- 🥈World Championships (middleweight)Doha (2015)
- 🥉World Championships (light heavyweight)Gamburg (2017)
- 🥇Asian ChampionshipsBangkok (2015)
- 🥇Asian ChampionshipsToshkent (2017)
- 🥇Youth Olympic GamesNanjing (2014)