Shakhram Giyasov

Shakhram Giyasov (Shakhram Dzhamshedovich Giyasov) is an Uzbek boxer. He was born on 7 July 1993 in Bukhara and started boxing at the age of 12 at the Bukhara sports school. His nickname is “Wonder Boy”.

As an amateur he won silver in the welterweight division at the 2016 Rio Olympics, losing the final 0–3 to Daniyar Yeleussinov of Kazakhstan. In 2017 he became world champion in Hamburg (beating Roniel Iglesias 5–0 in the final) and won the Asian Championships in Tashkent the same year.

He turned professional on 10 March 2018. In April 2019 he won the vacant WBA International light-welterweight title, which he later defended, and signed with Matchroom Sport (Eddie Hearn). On 7 May 2022 he won the vacant IBF North American welterweight title. On 23 May 2026, at the Pyramids of Giza, he lost a unanimous decision to Jack Catterall in a fight for the vacant WBA (Regular) welterweight title.