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Ramazan Palyani

Male

"Razzamatazz"
(Ramazi Paliani)
(aka Ramaz Paliani)
(aka Ramazan Paliani, Ramazan Paliany)
Lightweight, Turkey, based in USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Born: August 24, 1973, Mestia, Georgia, Soviet Union
Height 5ft 7 1/2in, mt 1,70
southpaw

as amateur:
1993 Tampere, Finland, 7th World Champs bronze medallist for Georgia 57
1994 St Petersburg, Russia, Goodwill Games gold medallist 57
Wpts Vyacheslav Vlasov (Rus) 10-7, Wpts Giovanni Giungato (Ita) 14-3
Final: Wpts Joel Casamayor (Cub) 15-8
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games for Russia 57
Wpts Soo Young Shin (Kor) 10-7, Wpts Tigran Ouzlian (Gre) 27-2
Lpts Somluck Kamsing (Tha) 4-13
1998 Minsk, Belarus, European Sr Championships gold medal 57
Final: Wpts Artyom Simonyan (Arm)
1998 Beijing, China, World Cup 51
Lpts Tulkunbay Turgunov (Uzb) 5-11
1999 Houston 10th World Senior Champs bronze medal for Turkey 57
Wpts Reidar Walstad (Nor) 12-0, Wpts Joel Jhonson (Cub) 11-2
Wpts Jamgan Narantsogt (Mgl) 16-2, Semis: Lpts Ricardo Juarez (USA) 5-6
2000 Tampere, Finland, European Senior Championships
gold medallist 57 for Turkey
Wpts David Mulholland (Eng) 10-1, Ali Oubaali (Fra) 4-2
Wpts Aleksei Vorobiev (Blr) 3-0, Final: Wpts Boris Georgiev (Bul) 8-5
2000 Sydney Olympic Games for Turkey 57
Wpts Haider Ali (Pak) 5-4, Wstpd 3 Valdemir Pereira (Bra)
Lpts Bekzat Sattarkhanov (Tur) 11-12
2001 Mestre, Italy, Trofeo Italia silver medallist 57
Final: Lpts Serik Zejlelow (Kzk)
2001, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11th World Sr Champs gold medal for Turkey 57
Wstpd 3 Steven Bell (Eng), Wstpd 3 John Paul Campbell (Ire)
Wstpd 3 Viorel Simion (Rom), Wpts Joni Turunen (Fin) 23-11
Final: Wstpd 3 Galib Jafarov (Kaz)
2001 Tunis, Tunisia, Mediterranean Games gold medallist for Turkey 57
Final: W Driss Melki (Tun)

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1990
Tbilisi, Soviet Union, International Junior Tournament gold medal, 51 kg
+ Dec. 13	Georgi Kochishvili	Tbilisi, Soviet Union	WPTS 5:0
+ Dec. 14	Pasquale Campete	Tbilisi, Soviet Union	WWO
+ Dec. 15	Georgiy Melkonyan	Tbilisi, Soviet Union	WPTS 5:0
1991-1993 No activity recorded
1994
Saint Petersburg, Russia, Goodwill Games gold medal, 57 kg
+ July 26	Vyacheslav Vlasov	Saint Petersburg, Russia	WPTS 10:7
+ July 28	Giovanni Giungato	Saint Petersburg, Russia	WPTS 14:3
+ July 30	Joel Casamayor	Saint Petersburg, Russia	WPTS 15:8
1995 No results recorded
1996
Atlanta, Georgia, Olympic Games quarter-finals, 57 kg
+ July 22	Soo Young Shin	Atlanta, Georgia	WPTS 10:7
+ July 27	Tigran Ouzlian	Atlanta, Georgia	WPTS 27:2
- July 31	Somluck Kamsing	Atlanta, Georgia	LPTS 13:4

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
2002
+ Nov. 21	Robert Sowers	Allentown, Pennsylvania	W 4
+ Dec. 13	Kywame Hill	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	KO 1
2003
+ Jan. 31	Joel Rijos	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	W 4
+ Mar. 18	Kema Muse	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 3
+ May 7	Genaro Mellado	North Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 2
+ July 11	Arnold Henderson	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 6
+ July 31	Mike Hamon	Sault St Marie, Michigan	KO 1
2004
+ Mar. 11	Marteze Logan	Glen Burnie, Maryland	W 12
(Won vacant IBA American Lightweight Title)
+ Aug. 7	Aberivaldo dos Santos	Mashantucket, Con	TKO 5
+ Oct. 15	Isidro Tejedor	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	W 8
2005
+ May 7	Rafael Ortiz	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 8
= Dec. 10	David Diaz	Rising Sun, Indiana	Drew 12
(For IBA Lightweight Title)
2006
+ June 6	Paata Varduashvili	Variani, Georgia	KO 5
+ July 2	Valeri Khvedianeli	Variani, Georgia	KO 9
+ July 26	Malkaz Berkatsashvili	Variani, Georgia	KO 5
- Nov. 17	Raymond Narh	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	TKO by 8
(For vacant Pennsylvania State Lightweight Title)

Summary

Total bouts: 16, Won: 14 (8 inside the limit), Lost: 1 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0