Bakhodir Jalolov: record, next fight and profile →
Bakhodir Jalolov returned to the pro ranks with a bang. The unbeaten heavyweight was brief and emphatic in his destruction of grossly overmatched Julio Cesar Calimeno. A straight left hand flattened Colombia’s (4-2, 4KOs), prompting an immediate stoppage just 0:46 into round one of their bout Saturday evening at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.
Olympic Gold medalist Bakhodir Jalolov has been added to Probellum's Revolution card, the UAE’s first world championship boxing event, in the Coca-Cola Arena on Saturday December 11.
Lou DiBella is fed up being treated like a second-class citizen in the boxing world. The former HBO Sports executive and veteran boxing promoter recently appeared on the SI Boxing Podcast to vent his frustration at being shut out of opportunities to work directly with the sport’s top television and streaming platforms. Although he has seen his influence wane in recent years, the New York-based DiBella still maintains a deep roster. The problem is that he has few outlets through which to exhibit his wares.
Richard Torrez Jr. was the last man standing for the United States men’s team but unable to end a 17-year Gold medal drought. The 22-year-old super heavyweight representative for the United States came up short in his Olympic Gold bid following a points loss to number-one seed Bakhodir Jalolov in the final bout of Tokyo Olympics competition Sunday afternoon at Kokugikan Arena. Jalolov won by scores of 30-26, 30-26, 29-27, 29-27 and 29-27 to become the first Uzbek to win Gold in the super heavyweight division.
Frazer Clarke said he was proud of his effort after winning a bronze medal at the Olympic Games. The super-heavyweight from Burton-on-Trent bowed out of the tournament after being stopped on cuts in his semi-final against Bakhodir Jalolov, the No 1 seed from Uzbekistan.
Richard Torrez Jr. continues to perform like a team captain. The southpaw slugger from Tulare, California puts USA in the Gold medal round at Super Heavyweight for the first time since 1988 following a third-round stoppage Kazakhstan's Kamshybek Kunkabayev.
Mourad Aliev expected to turn away the challenge of Great Britain's Frazer Clarke to advance to the medal round. Instead, the French super heavyweight wound up giving Michael Conlan a run for his money with the most dramatic in-ring protest over officiating in the Olympics. France's Aliev erupted in the moments before and immediately after his being disqualified from his Super Heavyweight quarterfinal bout with Clarke. A point deduction prompted Aliev to flip off referee Andrew Mustacchio and then spit out and kick his gumshield, resulting in a disqualification win for Clarke.
Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) advanced to the quarterfinal round with relative ease, as the number-one seed at super heavyweight manhandled Mahammad Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) en route to a three-round shutout win. Scores were 30-27 on four scorecards and 30-26 on the fifth card.
Bakhodir Jalolov sent a message to the rest of the super heavyweight field. The hulking 6'7" southpaw from Uzbekistan charged into the quarterfinal round of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics following a one-sided drubbing of Azerbaijan's Mahammad Abdullayev.
In a battle of two heavyweight sluggers, possessed with some considerable power, 2019 world amateur champion and 2020 Asian Olympic qualifier winner Bahodir Jalolov (8-0, 8 KOs) stopped Latvian Kristaps Zutis (7-2-2, 7 KOs) at 1:16 of the second round.