Merey Akshalov

Merei Akschalow ( Kazakh Мерей Төлегенұлы Ақшалов; * 9 June 1989 in Astana ) is a Kazakh amateur boxer. It was 2013 world champion in the light welterweight division.

Boxing career

In 2007 Akschalow first appeared at the World Championships in Chicago, where he started at lightweight. He was able to prevail in the preliminary round narrowly against Issouf Kinda Burkina Faso this is before he was ausgepunktet in the second preliminary round by Englishman Frankie Gavin. For this he won in 2008, the Asian Olympic qualification in domestic Astana, after he had defeated in the lightweight Daijiro Hoshi of Japan, Gene Bert Basadre of the Philippines and Asilbek Talasbajew from Kyrgyzstan. In the subsequent 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was the Hungarian Miklós Varga beat with 12:3, but retired in the second round against the Chinese Qing Hu with 7:11 from.

In 2010 he won the Military World Championships in Camp Lejeune, a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina. He hit play in the final the American Jamal Herring.

In 2012, he won the Kazakh Championships welterweight and won in March 2013, the chemistry Cup Hall of itself; he defeated while Petros Ananijan from Russia, Enchsorig Sorigtbaatar from Mongolia, Dmitri Galagot from Moldova and Artem Harutiunian from Germany.

In July 2013, he took up at the Asian Championships in Amman, could prevail against Ali Mazafar from Kuwait, Li Quanlong from China, Ermek Sakenow from Kyrgyzstan and Urantschimegiin monk - Erdene of Mongolia and thus won the gold medal in the light welterweight. In this weight class he then launched in October 2013 at the World Championships in Almaty. He suggested in the preliminary round Josh Taylor of Scotland, in the second round Carlos Adames from the Dominican Republic, in the quarterfinals Ermek Sakenow from Kyrgyzstan in the semifinals Éverton Lopes from Brazil and in the final Yasniel Toledo from Cuba.