Nurhan Süleymanoğlu

Personal information
Full name	Nurhan Süleymanoğlu
Nationality	Turkey
Born	February 28, 1971 (age 54); Chingkyut, Kazakhstan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Welterweight
Medal record
World Amateur Championships
European Amateur Championships
Goodwill Games
World Amateur Championships
European Amateur Championships
Goodwill Games
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Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (Kazakh: Нұрхан Сүлейменов, born February 28, 1971) is a Kazakhstan-born Turkish former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2007.

As an amateur, he participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he was stopped in the second round of the light welterweight (63,5 kg) division by Cuba's Héctor Vinent. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he was stopped in the second round by Belarus' Sergey Bykovsky.

Süleymanoğlu won silver medals in the same division at the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 European Championships, as well as a gold medal at the 1993 European Championships.

Amateur highlights

1993: World Championships in Tampere, Finland as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Vukasin Dobrasinovic (Yugoslavia) 12-2
- Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) RSC 2
1993: 1st place at Mediterranean Games in Narbonne, France as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Fathi Missaoui (Tunisia) points
- Defeated Nordine Mouchi (France) points
- Defeated Laureano Leyva (Spain) 4-2
1993: Winner at the European Championships in Bursa, Turkey as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Jason Williams (Gal) 14-3
- Defeated Peter Richardson (England) 8-5
- Defeated Nordine Mouchi (France) 10-6
- Defeated Armen Gevorkian (Armenia) 12-3
- Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany) 5-2
1995: 2nd place at World Championships in Berlin, Germany as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Zoran Didanovic (Yugoslavia) 8-4
- Defeated Besik Vardzelashvili (Georgia) 5-8
- Defeated Bulat Niazymbetov (Kazakhstan) 9-4
- Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany) 10-3
- Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) 4-7
1996: 2nd place at European Championships in Vejle, Denmark as a Light Weltwerweight:
- Defeated Gabriel Oida (Romania) 14-12
- Defeated Joszef Matolcsi (Hungary) 5-0
- Defeated Nordine Mouchi (France) 11-8
- Defeated Radoslav Suslekov (Bulgaria) 6-4
- Lost to Oktay Urkal (Germany) 4-6
1996: Represented Turkey at the Olympic Games in Atlanta as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Aboubacar Diallo (Guinea) 21-5
- Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) 1-23
1997: Competed in the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Light Welterewight:
- Lost to Benameur Meskine (Algeria) 3-5
1998: 2nd place at European Championships in Minsk, Belarus as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Mehmet Erarslan (Denmark) 8-2
- Defeated Jacek Bielski (Poland) 8-2
- Defeated Sergey Bykovsky (Belarus) 6-3
- Lost to Dorel Simion (Romania) 3-9
1999: Competed at the World Championships in Houston, United States as a Welterweight:
- Lost to Lucian Bute (Romania) 5-9
2000: 3rd place at European Championships in Tampere, Finland as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Spiridon Ioanidis (Greece) 6-3
- Defeated Mariusz Cendrowski (Poland) 6-2
- Lost to Alex Leonev (Russia) 6-11
2000: Represented Turkey at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia as a Light Welterweight:
- Defeated Michael Strange (Canada) 9-3
- Lost to Sergey Bykovsky (Belarus) 38-40

Professional record

16 Wins (8 knockouts, 8 decisions), 9 Losses (4 knockouts, 5 decisions)
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	16-9	Juan de la Rosa	TKO	6 (10), 2:30	2007-07-20	Casa de Amistad, Harlingen, Texas, United States	Originally for IBA middleweight title. De La Rosa missed weight; thus ineligible to win title.
Loss	16-8	Jose Varela	KO	2 (8), 0:54	2007-03-03	Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Loss	16-7	Gabriel Martínez	TKO	7 (8), 2:00	2007-01-12	Far West Center, Odessa, Texas, United States
Loss	16-6	Eromosele Albert	UD	10	2006-11-11	Club Cinema, Pompano Beach, Florida, United States
Loss	16-5	Nick Acevedo	UD	6	2006-09-26	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Loss	16-4	Terrance Cauthen	UD	12	2006-06-03	Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, New Jersey, United States	For the IBU super welterweight title.
Win	16-3	Lookton Jaytrong	KO	3 (6)	2005-10-14	Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Loss	15-3	Carlos Quintana	TKO	4 (10), 2:33	2005-02-25	Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Florida, United States
Loss	15-2	Artur Atadzhanov	SD	8	2004-11-18	Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States
Win	15-1	Thomas Davis	TKO	9 (10), 2:57	2004-09-24	Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Loss	14-1	David Estrada	UD	12	2004-07-15	Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, California, United States	For vacant USBA welterweight title.
Win	14-0	Archak TerMeliksetian	TKO	6 (8), 2:41	2004-04-17	Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, California, United States
Win	13-0	Jesús Soto Karass	UD	12	2004-01-15	Arena Theatre, Houston, Texas, United States	Won vacant WBA Fedecentro super welterweight title.
Win	12-0	Jose Medina	TKO	8 (10), 2:59	2003-07-15	Playboy Mansion, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Win	11-0	Charles Clark	UD	8	2003-06-19	Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States
Win	10-0	Jose Aponte	UD	6	2003-05-03	World's Gym, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	9-0	Joshua Onyango	UD	6	2003-03-20	Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States
Win	8-0	Sal Lopez	UD	6	2003-01-25	Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	7-0	Vernon Meeks	TKO	1 (4)	2003-01-09	Zembo Shrine Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	6-0	Abel Hernandez	TKO	3 (6), 1:05	2002-09-06	Convention Center, Pharr, Texas, United States
Win	5-0	Anthony Wilson	UD	6	2002-06-04	Wyndham Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
Win	4-0	Larry Kenney	UD	4	2002-03-29	Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas, United States
Win	3-0	Michael Soberanis	TKO	2 (4), 2:59	2002-02-12	Radisson Gulfview Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States
Win	2-0	Charles Sims	TKO	1 (4), 2:52	2001-09-22	Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas, United States
Win	1-0	Abel Hernandez	UD	4	2001-04-19	Radisson Astrodome Hotel, Houston, Texas, United States