Georgi Kandelaki
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Georgi Kandelaki (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang".; born 10 April 1974) is a Georgian former boxer and current boxing administrator. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships he became the first Georgian to win a World Championship,[1] and from 2002 to 2003 held the World Boxing Union heavyweight title.
Early life
Kandelaki was born in the village of Variani[2] and was introduced to boxing by his father, Tarash Kandelaki.[1] In 1991, he completed Variani secondary school, and went on to study at the Gori State University Economics Department.[1]
Amateur career
In 1992 Kandelaki won the Junior World Championships in the heavyweight class, and in 1993 he won the European Championships and reached the final of the World Championships, where he lost by default to Félix Savón.
In the 1995 World Championships, he reached the quarter-finals having beaten Friday Ahunanya, and again lost by default to Félix Savón.
Representing Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics, he defeated Thompson Garcia and Wojciech Bartnik before losing to Félix Savón in the quarter-finals. In the European Championships the same year, he lost to Christophe Mendy in the quarter-finals.
In 1997, he fought in the super heavyweight class in the World Championships, and defeated Vitali Boot, Petr Horáček, Jean-Francois Bergeron and Sergei Liakhovich to reach the final, where he won the title against Alexis Rubalcaba.
Highlights
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Professional career
In 1998, Kandelaki started boxing as a professional for Panix Promotions. In 2002, he won the World Boxing Union heavyweight title. In 2003, he retired unbeaten because of an eye injury.[3]
Retirement and later life
After his boxing career, Kandelaki founded the Georgian Professional Boxing Association and became its president.[3][4][5] He trained boys as boxers in his home village of Variani and other villages.[2] He was mentioned in the book The President, the World Champion and I by Lali Moroshkina.[6]
Professional boxing record
Mixed martial arts record
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References
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External links
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- Georgi Kandelaki Boxing Record at BoxingRecords.com
- Pages with script errors
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Georgian people of Greek descent
- Male boxers from Georgia (country)
- Heavyweight boxers
- Super-heavyweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Georgia (country)
- World boxing champions
- Sportspeople from Shida Kartli
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence