Nurhan_Süleymanoğlu
Nurhan Süleymanoğlu
Turkish boxer
Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (Kazakh: Нұрхан Сүлейменов, born February 28, 1971) is a Kazakhstan-born Turkish former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2007.
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Full name | Nurhan Süleymanoğlu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1971-02-28) February 28, 1971 (age 53) Chingkyut, Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Light Welterweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As an amateur, he participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he was stopped in the second round of the light welterweight (63,5 kg) division by Cuba's Héctor Vinent. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he was stopped in the second round by Belarus' Sergey Bykovsky.
Süleymanoğlu won silver medals in the same division at the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 European Championships, as well as a gold medal at the 1993 European Championships.
- 1993: World Championships in Tampere, Finland as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Vukasin Dobrasinovic (Yugoslavia) 12-2
- Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) RSC 2
- 1993: 1st place at Mediterranean Games in Narbonne, France as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Fathi Missaoui (Tunisia) points
- Defeated Nordine Mouchi (France) points
- Defeated Laureano Leyva (Spain) 4-2
- 1993: Winner at the European Championships in Bursa, Turkey as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Jason Williams (Gal) 14-3
- Defeated Peter Richardson (England) 8-5
- Defeated Nordine Mouchi (France) 10-6
- Defeated Armen Gevorkian (Armenia) 12-3
- Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany) 5-2
- 1995: 2nd place at World Championships in Berlin, Germany as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Zoran Didanovic (Yugoslavia) 8-4
- Defeated Besik Vardzelashvili (Georgia) 5-8
- Defeated Bulat Niazymbetov (Kazakhstan) 9-4
- Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany) 10-3
- Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) 4-7
- 1996: 2nd place at European Championships in Vejle, Denmark as a Light Weltwerweight:
- Defeated Gabriel Oida (Romania) 14-12
- Defeated Joszef Matolcsi (Hungary) 5-0
- Defeated Nordine Mouchi (France) 11-8
- Defeated Radoslav Suslekov (Bulgaria) 6-4
- Lost to Oktay Urkal (Germany) 4-6
- 1996: Represented Turkey at the Olympic Games in Atlanta as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Aboubacar Diallo (Guinea) 21-5
- Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) 1-23
- 1997: Competed in the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Light Welterewight:
- Lost to Benameur Meskine (Algeria) 3-5
- 1998: 2nd place at European Championships in Minsk, Belarus as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Mehmet Erarslan (Denmark) 8-2
- Defeated Jacek Bielski (Poland) 8-2
- Defeated Sergey Bykovsky (Belarus) 6-3
- Lost to Dorel Simion (Romania) 3-9
- 1999: Competed at the World Championships in Houston, United States as a Welterweight:
- Lost to Lucian Bute (Romania) 5-9
- 2000: 3rd place at European Championships in Tampere, Finland as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Spiridon Ioanidis (Greece) 6-3
- Defeated Mariusz Cendrowski (Poland) 6-2
- Lost to Alex Leonev (Russia) 6-11
- 2000: Represented Turkey at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Michael Strange (Canada) 9-3
- Lost to Sergey Bykovsky (Belarus) 38-40
16 Wins (8 knockouts, 8 decisions), 9 Losses (4 knockouts, 5 decisions) | |||||||
Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
Loss | 16-9 | Juan de la Rosa | TKO | 6 (10), 2:30 | 2007-07-20 | Casa de Amistad, Harlingen, Texas, United States | Originally for IBA middleweight title. De La Rosa missed weight; thus ineligible to win title. |
Loss | 16-8 | Jose Varela | KO | 2 (8), 0:54 | 2007-03-03 | Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Loss | 16-7 | Gabriel Martínez | TKO | 7 (8), 2:00 | 2007-01-12 | Far West Center, Odessa, Texas, United States | |
Loss | 16-6 | Eromosele Albert | UD | 10 | 2006-11-11 | Club Cinema, Pompano Beach, Florida, United States | |
Loss | 16-5 | Nick Acevedo | UD | 6 | 2006-09-26 | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States | |
Loss | 16-4 | Terrance Cauthen | UD | 12 | 2006-06-03 | Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, New Jersey, United States | For the IBU super welterweight title. |
Win | 16-3 | Lookton Jaytrong | KO | 3 (6) | 2005-10-14 | Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan | |
Loss | 15-3 | Carlos Quintana | TKO | 4 (10), 2:33 | 2005-02-25 | Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Florida, United States | |
Loss | 15-2 | Artur Atadzhanov | SD | 8 | 2004-11-18 | Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States | |
Win | 15-1 | Thomas Davis | TKO | 9 (10), 2:57 | 2004-09-24 | Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, New Jersey, United States | |
Loss | 14-1 | David Estrada | UD | 12 | 2004-07-15 | Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, California, United States | For vacant USBA welterweight title. |
Win | 14-0 | Archak TerMeliksetian | TKO | 6 (8), 2:41 | 2004-04-17 | Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, California, United States | |
Win | 13-0 | Jesús Soto Karass | UD | 12 | 2004-01-15 | Arena Theatre, Houston, Texas, United States | Won vacant WBA Fedecentro super welterweight title. |
Win | 12-0 | Jose Medina | TKO | 8 (10), 2:59 | 2003-07-15 | Playboy Mansion, Beverly Hills, California, United States | |
Win | 11-0 | Charles Clark | UD | 8 | 2003-06-19 | Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States | |
Win | 10-0 | Jose Aponte | UD | 6 | 2003-05-03 | World's Gym, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |
Win | 9-0 | Joshua Onyango | UD | 6 | 2003-03-20 | Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States | |
Win | 8-0 | Sal Lopez | UD | 6 | 2003-01-25 | Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
Win | 7-0 | Vernon Meeks | TKO | 1 (4) | 2003-01-09 | Zembo Shrine Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States | |
Win | 6-0 | Abel Hernandez | TKO | 3 (6), 1:05 | 2002-09-06 | Convention Center, Pharr, Texas, United States | |
Win | 5-0 | Anthony Wilson | UD | 6 | 2002-06-04 | Wyndham Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States | |
Win | 4-0 | Larry Kenney | UD | 4 | 2002-03-29 | Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas, United States | |
Win | 3-0 | Michael Soberanis | TKO | 2 (4), 2:59 | 2002-02-12 | Radisson Gulfview Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States | |
Win | 2-0 | Charles Sims | TKO | 1 (4), 2:52 | 2001-09-22 | Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas, United States | |
Win | 1-0 | Abel Hernandez | UD | 4 | 2001-04-19 | Radisson Astrodome Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States |
- Boxing record for Nurhan Süleymanoğlu from BoxRec (registration required)
- sports-reference