Biography
Shakhobidin Zoirov is an Uzbek southpaw boxer, born on 3 March 1993 in Kogon. As an amateur he fought as a flyweight.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics he won gold, beating Brendan Irvine, Antonio Vargas, Elvin Mamishzada and Yoel Finol, all 3–0, and Russia's Mikhail Aloyan 3–0 in the final. At the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg he won all six bouts 5–0, beating India's Amit Panghal in the final.
At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon he lost the final 1–2 to Ilyas Suleimenov and took silver. At the Asian Championships he won silver in 2013 and 2015 and gold in 2021 in Dubai.
He turned professional in April 2019 with a knockout of Anthony Holt in Dubai and has won all five of his professional fights (three by knockout), the latest in August 2023 in Tashkent by technical knockout over Gerson Larios.
Life path
- 2013Asian Championships silver
Amman.
- 2014Asian Games silver
Incheon.
- 2015Asian Championships silver
Bangkok.
- 2016Olympic champion in Rio
Flyweight.
- 2019World champion
Yekaterinburg.
- 2019Professional debut
Dubai, win by knockout.
- 2021Asian champion
Dubai.
- 2023Professional bout
Tashkent, technical knockout of Gerson Larios.
Achievements
- 🥇Olympic Games (flyweight)Rio-2016 (2016)
- 🥇World ChampionshipsYekaterinburg (2019)
- 🥇Asian ChampionshipsDubay (2021)
- 🥈Asian GamesIncheon (2014)
- 🥈Asian ChampionshipsAmman (2013)
- 🥈Asian ChampionshipsBangkok (2015)