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Nikoloz Izoria
Nikoloz Izoria (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ იზორია) (born August 31, 1985) is a boxer from Georgia.
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| Full name | ნიკოლოზ იზორია | ||||||||
| Nationality | Georgia | ||||||||
| Born | August 31, 1985 Poti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||
| Weight class | Flyweight | ||||||||
Medal record
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He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Azerbaijan's eventual bronze medalist Fuad Aslanov.
Izoria had won the silver medal in the same division six months earlier, at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.
At the 2008 Olympics he beat Botswana's Thato Batshegi 14:4 but lost to Azerbaijan's Shahin Imranov 9:18.
External links edit
- Yahoo! Sports