In 2004 the southpaw counterpuncher knocked out
Emilio Correa in the welterweight finals of the 13th World Junior Championships in Jeju then he moved up to middleweight. That year, he won the silver medal at the 48th
World Military Boxing Championship in the 69 kg weight class. The gold was won by
Boyd Melson of the US. At the Chemiepokal 2006 he beat
Sergiy Derevyanchenko (UKR) but lost to world #1
Matvey Korobov. In Doha at the 2006 Asian Games he won the final bout against
Kazakhstan's Olympic welterweight champion
Bakhtiyar Artayev 32–22. At the 2007 World Championships he lost by knock out to
Argenis Casimiro Núñez and didn't medal. He qualified for the
2008 Olympics by defeating two unknown opponents from Syria and Japan even though he was KOd in one round by Thai
Angkhan Chomphuphuang at the qualifier. In Beijing he beat
Jean-Mickaël Raymond and
Andranik Hakobyan, but lost to old foe
Emilio Correa. Afterwards he moved up to light heavy. At the
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat
Abdelkader Bouhenia (FRA) in the semis, then lost to
Artur Beterbiyev. At the 2010 Asian Games he won again. At the
2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost to
Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) and won Bronze.
At the 2012 Olympics (results) he defeated
Yahia El-Mekachari then lost to Russian favorite
Egor Mekhontsev 15:19. ==References==