Shlomo Niazov (שלמה ניאזוב; born May 12, 1962) is an Israeli former Olympic boxer. [1]
Niazov is Jewish, and was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. [1] [2]
When Niazov competed in the Olympics, he was 5-7.5 (172 cm) tall, and weighed 132 lbs (60 kg). [1] He is left-handed. [3]
Niazov competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, at the age of 22, in Boxing--Men's Lightweight, and came in tied for 33rd. [1] Niazov was the first Israeli Olympic boxer. [4]
Below is the record of Shlomo Niazov, an Israeli lightweight boxer who competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics:
In 1985 and 1986, Niazov fought five professional matches as a super lightweight. [5] [6] He won four of them, all by knockout. [5]
In 2000, he and Tal Niazov founded the Israel Professional Boxing Organization (IPBO) in Raanana, Israel. [4]
They operate Combined Martial Arts (CMA), which runs 12 gyms in Israel where some 500 people come to train in all kinds of martial arts and boxing. [4] Their best students as of 2007 were Elad Shmouel, Ran Nakash, and Hagar Finer. [4]