Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev

Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (, born 8 May 2001) is an Uzbek boxer, gold medalist of 2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships in welterweight category and bronze medalist of 2022 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships that held in Amman, Jordan. Asadkhuja also won gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the welterweight category.

Biography

Asadkhuja was born on 8 May 2001 in Fergana, Rishtan. He started to train boxing at Fergana sports College of Olympic reserve when he was 13.

Amateur career

• 2016 winner of 14. President Heydar Aliyev Junior Cup in 46 kg (Baku, Azerbaijan)
• 2016 winner of Junior Tournament Bekabad, Uzbekistan in 44 kg
• 2016 winner of Uzbek Junior National Championships Kokand in 44 kg
• 2017 winner of International Junior Tournament in 52 kg (Margilan, Uzbekistan)
• 2017 silver medalist of Uzbek Junior National Championships (Urgench, Uzbekistan)
• 2019 Winner of te International Junior Boxing Tournament in 64 kg (Anapa, Russia)
• 2020 National Champion of Uzbekistan (Elite) in 64 kg (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
• 2022 National Champion of Uzbekistan (Elite) in 67 kg (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
• 2024 gold medalist of the Paris Summer Olympics in 71 kg (Paris, France)

World Boxing Championships

In 2021, he participated in his first amateur Elite IBA World Boxing Championships, winning his first two bouts against Eugene McKeever and Ahmed Harara and losing in his third bout against Japanese boxer Sewon Okazawa.

In 2023, at the IBA World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he became world champion in the welterweight category by beating Yuto Wakita (5–0), Kiryl Samadurau (5–0); Cuban Roniel Iglesias (4–3) in the quarterfinal, Battömöriin Misheelt (5–0) in the semifinals, and Dulat Bekbauov (5–0) in the final.

Asian Boxing Championships

In 2022 at the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships Muydinkhujaev competed in 67 kg and became the bronze medalist of Asian Championships.

Professional boxing record

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