Muhammadkadyr Mamatkulovich Abdullaev (; born 15 November 1973), best known as Muhammad Abdullaev, is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBO light-welterweight title in 2005. As an amateur he won gold medals in the light welterweight division at the 1999 World Championships and 2000 Olympics, where he served as the Olympic flag bearer for Uzbekistan.
Represented Uzbekistan at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (as a Lightweight)
Lost to Terrance Cauthen (United States) 6âÂÂ18 Represented Uzbekistan at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (as a Light Welterweight) winning the gold medal.
Defeated Miguel Angel Cotto (Puerto Rico) 17âÂÂ7 Defeated Kelson Pinto (Brazil) RSCO 4 Defeated Sergey Bykovskiy (Belarus) 9âÂÂ6 Defeated Mohamed Allalou (Algeria) RSCO 2 Defeated Ricardo Williams Jr. (United States) 27âÂÂ20 World Championships results 1993 World Championships participant in Tampere, Finland as a Featherweight. Lost to Enrique Carrion (Cuba) RSC 1 1997 World Championships participant in Budapest, Hungary as a Lightweight. Lost to Matt Zegan (Poland) 3âÂÂ10 1999 World Championships Gold medallist in Houston, United States as a Light Welterweight. Defeated Aydin Gasanov (Russia) 10âÂÂ6 Defeated Ricardo Williams Jr. (United States) 11âÂÂ4 Defeated Sergey Bykovskiy (Belarus) 7âÂÂ1 Defeated Lukas Konecny (Czech Republic) 12âÂÂ2 Defeated Willy Blain (France) 11âÂÂ6 Other Amateur Achievements Claimed amateur record: 288âÂÂ12 1995 Asian Championships Silver medallist in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as a Lightweight. 1997 Asian Championships Gold medallist in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a Lightweight. 1998 World Cup Gold medallist in Chongqing, China as a Light Welterweight. 1998 Asian Games Gold medallist in Bangkok, Thailand as a Light Welterweight. 1999 Asian Championships Gold medallist in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as a Light Welterweight.
Abdullaev turned professional in 2001 and has had limited success. Although he won his first 11 bouts, including a victory over former IBF Lightweight Title holder Philip Holiday, he was KO'd in 2003 by Emmanuel Clottey, although he was winning the fight at the time, and it appeared that he was counted out only because he didn't understand the referee's count (which was in English). He has since lost to Miguel Cotto and Andreas Kotelnik.