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{{Short description|Uzbekistani boxer (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Muhammad Abdullaev
| image = Muhammad Abdullaev 2001 stamp of Uzbekistan.jpg
| caption = Abdullaev on a 2001 stamp of Uzbekistan
| realname = Mohammadqodir Abdullaev
| nicknames = 
| nationality = Uzbekistani
| weight = {{plainlist|
*[[Light-welterweight]]
*[[Welterweight]]
}}
| height = 1.71 m
| reach = 169 cm
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Andijan]], [[Uzbek SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| style = [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
| total = 25
| wins = 21
| KO = 14
| losses = 4
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | [[Amateur boxing]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{UZB}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight|-63.5 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1999 Houston]] | -63.5 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok]] | [[Boxing at the 1998 Asian Games|-63.5 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | Asian Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1995 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|1995 Tashkent]]| -60 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1997 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|1997 Kuala Lumpur]]| -60 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1999 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|1999 Tashkent]]| -63.5 kg}}
}}

'''Mohammadqodir Abdullaev''' ({{langx|uz|Muhammadqodir Abdullayev}}; born 15 November 1973), best known as '''Muhammad Abdullaev''', is an [[Uzbekistan]]i former [[professional boxer]] who competed from 2001 to 2011, and challenged once for the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] [[light-welterweight]] title in 2005. As an [[amateur boxing|amateur]] he won gold medals in the light welterweight division at the [[1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1999 World Championships]] and [[2000 Olympics]], where he served as the Olympic flag bearer for Uzbekistan.<ref name=sr/>

== Olympic results ==

Represented Uzbekistan at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (as a Lightweight)

Lost to Terrance Cauthen (United States) 6–18
Represented Uzbekistan at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (as a Light Welterweight) winning the gold medal.

Defeated Miguel Angel Cotto (Puerto Rico) 17–7
Defeated Kelson Pinto (Brazil) RSCO 4
Defeated Sergey Bykovskiy (Belarus) 9–6
Defeated Mohamed Allalou (Algeria) RSCO 2
Defeated Ricardo Williams Jr. (United States) 27–20
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) 3–10
1999 World Championships Gold medallist in Houston, United States as a Light Welterweight.
Defeated Aydin Gasanov (Russia) 10–6
Defeated Ricardo Williams Jr. (United States) 11–4
Defeated Sergey Bykovskiy (Belarus) 7–1
Defeated Lukas Konecny (Czech Republic) 12–2
Defeated Willy Blain (France) 11–6
Other Amateur Achievements
Claimed amateur record: 288–12
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.

== Professional career ==
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 (boxer)|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]].<ref name=boxrec/>

{{update|date=November 2020}}

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=boxrec>{{boxrec|id=37886}}</ref>
<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004632/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/mukhammad-kadyr-abdullayev-1.html Mukhammad Kadyr Abdullayev]. sports-reference</ref>
}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Boxing Light Welterweight}}
{{Footer World Amateur Champions Light Welterweight}}
{{Asian Games Champions Boxing Light Welterweight}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullaev, Mahammatkodir}}
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[[Category:Olympic boxers for Uzbekistan]]
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[[Category:Boxers at the 1994 Asian Games]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Andijan]]
[[Category:Uzbekistani male boxers]]
[[Category:AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Light-welterweight boxers]]
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[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan]]
[[Category:Asian Games boxers for Uzbekistan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Uzbekistani sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century Uzbekistani people]]
[[Category:Andijan State University alumni]]