Serik Kerimbekuly Konakbaev (, Serık Kerımbekūly Qonaqbaev; ; born October 25, 1959, in Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR) is a retired Kazakh amateur boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the silver medal in the light welterweight division (– 63.5 kg), after being defeated in the final by Patrizio Oliva of Italy. Two years later he once again captured the silver medal, this time at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany.
Olympics
1980 Olympic results
Defeated Simion Cuţov (Romania) by unanimous decision, 5–0
Defeated Imre Bácskai (Hungary) RET 2
Defeated José Angel Molina (Puerto Rico) by walkover
Defeated José Aguilar (Cuba) by majority decision, 4–1
Lost to Patrizio Oliva (Italy) by majority decision, 1–4
1984 Olympics
Konakbayev came to attention of Howard Cosell, and after the Soviet Olympic authorities announced the USSR team wouldn't show up at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where Konakbayev had genuine chances to compete for the gold medal at the welterweight event of the Games, Cosell said:
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Article by Kyle McLachlan (Bad Left Hook, February 15, 2015).