Albert Batyrgaziev (AL BA) boxer

Albert Khanbulatovich Batyrgaziev (Russian: Альберт Ханбулатович Батыргазиев, IPA: ɐlʲˈbʲerd bətɨrɡɐˈzʲi(ɪ̯)ɪf; born 23 June 1998) is a Russian professional boxer who won a gold medal in the featherweight division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.Batyrgaziev was a champion kickboxer as a teenager before he took up boxing in earnest in 2016. As an amateur, Batyrgaziev represented Russia at the 2019 World Championships. After making his professional debut in 2020, Batyrgaziev secured a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 by winning a gold medal at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament.Batyrgaziev won his first two fights in Tokyo to reach the semifinals, where he came from behind to beat Cuban three-time Olympic medalist Lázaro Álvarez 3:2 in a close bout. In the featherweight final, Batyrgaziev beat Duke Ragan of the United States 3:2 to become the first professional boxer in Olympic history to win a gold medal.Batyrgaziev made his professional debut on 3 July 2020, scoring a seventh-round stoppage victory via corner retirement (RTD) against Armen Ataev to capture the vacant WBA Asia East super-featherweight title at the Soviet Wings Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia.His second fight came against Erzhan Turgumbekov on 22 August 2020 in Kazan, Russia. In a fight which saw Turgumbekov receive a point deduction in the sixth round for hitting below the belt, Batyrgaziev went on to win via technical knockout (TKO) at 1 minute and 38 seconds in the tenth and final round.