Zou Shiming
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Zou Shiming is the most successful amateur boxer
from the People's Republic of China
. He has won three world titles in 2005, 2007 and 2011 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
in the Light flyweight (-48 kg)
division.
n 2001 defending world champ Yan Bartelemí, a southpaw, in Bangkok
, but lost the final to Russia
n Sergey Kazakov
.
He won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics
, beating 17-year old American southpaw Rau'shee Warren but losing the rematch to Bartelemí. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships
in Puerto Princesa, Philippines
. In the final he was defeated by Pakistan's Noman Karim
.
In 2005, he won the World Championships in his home country in Mianyang
, defeating Hungarian Pál Bedák
in the finals, the first Chinese boxer to do so.
In the 2006 Asian Games
he won the title, defeating
Thailand's
Suban Pannon
, 21-1 in the final match.
In 2007, he repeated his World Championship triumph beating Russian David Ayrapetyan
23-6 early and Harry Tanamor
from the Philippines
in the finals. He won gold medal from the 2007 Asian Championship Game, losing the final bout against Mongolian Pürevdorjiin Serdamba
.
At the 2008 Olympic Games, he won China's 50th gold medal by winning the final light flyweight boxing event and it was China's first boxing gold medal in Olympic history. His opponent in the final bout was forced to retire due to a shoulder injury. After his opponent Serdamba was not able to continue the bout, Zou burst into tears. It was anticipated that young Pürevdorjiin Serdamba's recent success against 27 year old Zou was the biggest obstacle for Chinese boxing.
2005 (in Mianyang, People's Republic of China)
2007 (in Chicago, United States)
Amateur boxing
Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...
from the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. He has won three world titles in 2005, 2007 and 2011 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in the Light flyweight (-48 kg)
Light flyweight
- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...
division.
Career
At the 2003 World Championships, Zou upset CubaCuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n 2001 defending world champ Yan Bartelemí, a southpaw, in Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, but lost the final to Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n Sergey Kazakov
Sergey Kazakov
Sergey Kazakov is a Russian amateur boxer best known to win the World Championships 2003 and European Championships 1998, 2002 and 2004 in the Men's Light Flyweight.Kazakov won the European Championships in 1998...
.
He won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, beating 17-year old American southpaw Rau'shee Warren but losing the rematch to Bartelemí. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships
2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships
The 22nd edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from January 11 to January 18, 2004 in Puerto Princesa Coliseum, Puerto Princesa, Philippines...
in Puerto Princesa, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. In the final he was defeated by Pakistan's Noman Karim
Noman Karim
Nauman Karim is a boxer from Pakistan.He won the bronze medal in the light flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok. He also competed at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships, but was stopped in the third round....
.
In 2005, he won the World Championships in his home country in Mianyang
Mianyang
Mianyang is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Its administrative area includes the city proper of Mianyang, with 985,586 inhabitants in the built up area , the county-level city of Jiangyou, and six counties, covering an area of over and a population...
, defeating Hungarian Pál Bedák
Pál Bedák
Pál Bedák is a boxer from Hungary best known to win the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. His older brother Zsolt Bedák is a bantamweight boxer....
in the finals, the first Chinese boxer to do so.
In the 2006 Asian Games
2006 Asian Games
The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games...
he won the title, defeating
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...
Suban Pannon
Suban Pannon
Suban Pannon is a Thai amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games.-Career:Pannon won the 1998 Asian Games in the men's light flyweight division. He claimed the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas.He...
, 21-1 in the final match.
In 2007, he repeated his World Championship triumph beating Russian David Ayrapetyan
David Ayrapetyan
David Valeryevich Ayrapetyan is a Russian-Armenian amateur boxer. He is best known for having won the European title at light flyweight in 2006, and a silver medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...
23-6 early and Harry Tanamor
Harry Tanamor
Harry Tañamor is an amateur boxer from Zamboanga City, Philippines best known to medal repeatedly on the world stage at light flyweight.-Career:...
from the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
in the finals. He won gold medal from the 2007 Asian Championship Game, losing the final bout against Mongolian Pürevdorjiin Serdamba
Pürevdorjiin Serdamba
Pürevdorjiin Serdamba is a Mongolian amateur boxer. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in the junior flyweight category. He became the first Mongolian to win a gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2009.-Career:...
.
At the 2008 Olympic Games, he won China's 50th gold medal by winning the final light flyweight boxing event and it was China's first boxing gold medal in Olympic history. His opponent in the final bout was forced to retire due to a shoulder injury. After his opponent Serdamba was not able to continue the bout, Zou burst into tears. It was anticipated that young Pürevdorjiin Serdamba's recent success against 27 year old Zou was the biggest obstacle for Chinese boxing.
2004 Olympic Results
- Defeated Rau'shee Warren (United States) 22-9
- Defeated Endalkachew Kebede (Ethiopia) 31-8
- Defeated Redouane Asloum (France) 20-12
- Lost to Yan Bhartelemy (Cuba) 17-29
2008 Olympic Results
- Defeated Eduard BermúdezEduard BermudezEduard Johan Bermúdez Salas is a Venezuelan light-flyweight amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has his debut to local boxer Zou Shiming.-References:*...
(Venezuela) 11-2 - Defeated Nordine OubaaliNordine OubaaliNordine Oubaali is a French amateur boxer of Moroccan descent best known to win a Bronze medal at light flyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...
(France) 3-3 (Zou won on countback) - Defeated Birzhan ZhakypovBirzhan ZhakypovBirzhan Zhakypov is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known to win the light flyweight bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships....
(Kazakhstan) 9-4 - Defeated Patrick Barnes (Ireland) 15-0
- Technical win against Pürevdorjiin SerdambaPürevdorjiin SerdambaPürevdorjiin Serdamba is a Mongolian amateur boxer. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in the junior flyweight category. He became the first Mongolian to win a gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2009.-Career:...
(Mongolia) 1-0 (Pürevdorjiin Serdamba was forced to retire due to shoulder injury)
World Amateur championship results
2003 (in Bangkok, Thailand)- Defeated Yan Bhartelemy (Cuba) 22-15
- Defeated Rudolf Dydi (Slovakia) 21-9
- Defeated Harry TanamorHarry TanamorHarry Tañamor is an amateur boxer from Zamboanga City, Philippines best known to medal repeatedly on the world stage at light flyweight.-Career:...
(Philippines) 21-13 - Lost to Sergey KazakovSergey KazakovSergey Kazakov is a Russian amateur boxer best known to win the World Championships 2003 and European Championships 1998, 2002 and 2004 in the Men's Light Flyweight.Kazakov won the European Championships in 1998...
(Russia) 19-23
2005 (in Mianyang, People's Republic of China)
- Defeated Łukasz Maszczyk (Poland) 18-10
- Defeated Salim SalimovSalim SalimovSalim Salimov is an ethnic Turkish boxer from Bulgaria.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native European country...
(Bulgaria) 22-9 - Defeated Yan Bhartelemy (Cuba) 12-10
- Defeated Sherali DostievSherali DostievSherali Dostiev is a male boxer from Tajikistan...
(Tajikistan) 18-13 - Defeated Pál BedákPál BedákPál Bedák is a boxer from Hungary best known to win the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. His older brother Zsolt Bedák is a bantamweight boxer....
(Hungary) 31-13
2007 (in Chicago, United States)
- Defeated Constantin Paraschiv (Romania) 15-3
- Defeated Birzhan ZhakypovBirzhan ZhakypovBirzhan Zhakypov is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known to win the light flyweight bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships....
(Kazakhstan) 30-13 - Defeated David AyrapetyanDavid AyrapetyanDavid Valeryevich Ayrapetyan is a Russian-Armenian amateur boxer. He is best known for having won the European title at light flyweight in 2006, and a silver medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...
(Russia) 23-6 - Defeated Patrick Barnes (Ireland) 22-8
- Defeated Nordine OubaaliNordine OubaaliNordine Oubaali is a French amateur boxer of Moroccan descent best known to win a Bronze medal at light flyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...
(France) 16-1 - Defeated Harry TanamorHarry TanamorHarry Tañamor is an amateur boxer from Zamboanga City, Philippines best known to medal repeatedly on the world stage at light flyweight.-Career:...
(Philippines) 17-3
External links
- "Zhou Shiming", n°20 on TimeTime (magazine)Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch" - "The Boxing Rebellion", in The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
- Feb 4th, 2008