Mohammad Sattarpour
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Mohammad Sattarpour ' onMouseout='HidePop("83702")' href="/topics/Tehran">Tehran
, Iran
) is an amateur boxer
from Iran
who competed in the Welterweight (-69 kg)
division at the 2006 Asian Games
winning the bronze medal in a lost bout in the semifinals against Thailand's
eventual silver medalist Angkhan Chomphuphuang 18-36. During the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, he reached the semifinals but eventually lost against India's Vijender Singh after putting up a fierce fight in a close bout of 10-7. He won a Bronze medal.
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
) 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 Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
who competed in the Welterweight (-69 kg)
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division at 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...
winning the bronze medal in a lost bout in the semifinals against Thailand's
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
eventual silver medalist Angkhan Chomphuphuang 18-36. During the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, he reached the semifinals but eventually lost against India's Vijender Singh after putting up a fierce fight in a close bout of 10-7. He won a Bronze medal.