Magomed Abdusalamov
Magomed Abdusalamov is a Russian former professional boxer who fought at heavyweight. As an amateur, he won the 2005 and 2006 Russian national championships in the super heavyweight division. He turned professional in 2008, fighting nineteen times and winning his first eighteen by knockout. In 2013, Abdusalamov was forced to retire from the sport due to severe brain injuries sustained during his only career defeat to Mike Perez.
Magomed Abdusalamov was born in Dagestans capital city of Makhachkala on March 25, 1981. He grew up in a strict Muslim household and was his parents first male child. Growing up in large family from an early age his disciplinarian father pushed his son into sports as a way to shelter him from the growing violence and crime in the city.
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