Magomed Nurutdinov
Magomed Nurutdinov/Mahamed Nurudzinau is a Belarusian amateur boxer who boxed at the Olympics 2008 at welterweight and later became European champion.
At the 2005 World Championships he beat Konstantin Buga, Adam Trupish and Neil Perkins but lost the final to Cuban Erislandi Lara.
At the 2006 European Championships he was edged out by little-known Zoran Mitrovic, at the 2007 World Championships he won two bouts then was outclassed 6:26 by local hero and eventual winner Demetrius Andrade.
In the first Olympic qualifier hard-punching Nurutdinov outpointed Mariano Hilario, then won three fights inside the distance vs Bostjan Kerin, Pavol Hlavacka and in the final vs fellow-qualifier Oleksandr Stretskyy.
At the Olympics he was upset by John Jackson 2:4.
He won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships at Moscow, Russia after losing in the Semifinals against Alexis Vastine from France.
