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Nurmagomed Magomedsandovich Shanavazov (Russian: Нурмагомед Магомедсандович Шанавазов) (born February 19, 1965), is a Soviet Russian former boxer. He is best known for handing Riddick Bowe his first defeat at an international competition.^[1] An ethnic Dargin hailing from Dagestan, Shanavazov won the Light Heavyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union. He was training at the Dynamo sports society in Makhachkala.

Amateur career

At the Soviet-Cuban joint pre-Olympic training camp in Suhumi, Georgian SSR, set for the 1988 Olympics, he sparred with Félix Savón, constantly staggering him with devastating bodyshot flurries at close range. They never met again though as Shanavazov was in the lighter weight class.

Olympic Results

Defeated Patrick Lihanda (Uganda) by majority decision, 4–1
Defeated Markus Bott (West Germany) by majority decision, 4–1
Defeated Andrea Magi (Italy) by majority decision, 4–1
Defeated Damir Škaro (Yugoslavia) by walkover
Lost to Andrew Maynard (United States) by unanimous decision, 0–5

Professional career

Because of poor management and poor performance Shanavazov had no success as a professional. He turned pro in 1990 and also retired that same year, finishing with a record of three fights, zero wins.

Professional boxing record

2 Losses (1 knockout, 1 decision), 1 Draw [1]
Record	Result	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
0–2–1	Loss	Sergei Kobozev	KO	2 (8)	3 Nov 1990	Sport Palace Gornyak, Rudniy, Kazakh SSR, USSR
0–1–1	Draw	Sergei Kobozev	PTS	8	30 Sep 1990	Rostov-on-Don, RSFSR, USSR
0–1	Loss	Rund Kanika	PTS	6	23 Apr 1990	Nogent-sur-Marne, France