Jahon Qurbonov also transliterated from Russian as Dzhakhon Kurbanov, is an amateur boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

, who competed in the 2006 Asian Games

Boxing at the 2006 Asian Games

Boxing at the 2006 Asian Games took place in the Academy for Sports Excellence in Sports City, 8 kilometers to the west of Doha. The event was only open to men, and the bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...

 in the Light Heavyweight (-81 kg)

Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

 division. There he beat Mehdi Ghorbani

Mehdi Ghorbani

Mehdi Ghorbani is an amateur boxer from the Islamic Republic of Iran who competed in the Light Heavyweight division at the 2006 Asian Games winning the bronze medal in a lost semifinal bout against Tajikistan's Djakhon Kurbanov 10-30...

 in the semifinals and won the gold medal in a decisive final bout against Korea's

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

 Hak Sung Song 30-15.

At the 2007 World Championships he beat Luis Gonzalez

Luis Gonzalez (boxer)

Luis Alberto González Hurtado is a Venezuelan boxer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's light-heavyweight division.At the World Championships 2007 he lost his first bout to Jahon Qurbonov....

 but was DQd against Yerkabulan Shynaliyev

Yerkebuian Shynaliyev

Yerkebulan Shynaliyev is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known to win the bronze medal at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2006....

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Qurbanov beat Abbos Atoev

Abbos Atoev

Abbos Atoyev is an Uzbek amateur boxer best known for winning gold in the light heavyweight competition at the 2007 World Championships...

 of Uzbekistan and then Croatia's Marijo Šivolija

Marijo Šivolija

Marijo Šivolija-Jelica is a Croatian amateur boxer best known to medal repeatedly in international competition at light heavyweight.-Career:In 2003 he won a silver medal at the European Championships....

 before being eliminated by Shynaliyev

Yerkebuian Shynaliyev

Yerkebulan Shynaliyev is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known to win the bronze medal at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2006....

, again via DQ for biting.