Shavkatdzhon Shokirovich Rakhimov was born on 14 August 1994 and is a Tajikistani professional boxer.
12 Facts About Shavkat Rakhimov
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Shavkat Rakhimov held the International Boxing Federation junior lightweight title from 2022 to 2023 and the International Boxing Organisation super-featherweight title from 2017 to 2019.
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In 2013, Rakhimov won a gold medal at the Tajikistan National Championships in Dushanbe in June, and went on to compete at the 2013 World Boxing Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan in October where he defeated Adilson Justino of Angola and Branimir Stankovic of Serbia but lost to Ermek Sakenov of Kyrgyzstan in the third round.
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In 2014, Shavkat Rakhimov won a gold medal at the Tajikistan National Championships in Khujand in May, and went on to win a bronze medal at the 2014 World University Boxing Championships in Yakutsk, Russia in September.
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In 2015, Shavkat Rakhimov won a gold medal at the 2015 Tajikistan National Championship in Dushanbe in March.
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Shavkat Rakhimov made his professional debut in 2015 at the age of 21.
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Shavkat Rakhimov won the WBO Inter-Continental Youth super featherweight title in 2016, and by mid 2017 had amassed a record of 10 wins with all but two by stoppage.
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On 10 February 2018, Shavkat Rakhimov defeated former IBF and IBO champion Malcolm Klassen to retain the IBO super featherweight title.
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Shavkat Rakhimov won the bout by technical knockout in the eighth round.
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On 19 August, Shavkat Rakhimov defended his title against Mexican boxer Robinson Castellanos, who had a recent victory over Yuriorkis Gamboa and had previously challenged for the WBA and interim WBC titles in 2017 and 2016, respectively.
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Shavkat Rakhimov won the bout by technical knockout at 1:36 of the second round.
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On 23 March 2019, Shavkat Rakhimov defeated South African boxer Rofhiwa Maemu by knockout in the fourth round.