Bülent Ulusoy (born January 7, 1978, in Trabzon) is a Turkish boxer best known to win the European title 2000 at welterweight.

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Bülent Ulusoy
Personal information
BornJanuary 7, 1978 (1978-01-07) (age 46)
Trabzon, Turkey
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Turkey
European Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Tampere Welterweight
EU Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Strasbourg Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 2004 Madrid Welterweight
Silver medal – second place 2006 Pécs Welterweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Belfast Light Middleweight
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis Light Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almeria Welterweight
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Career

In 2000, Bulent Ulusoy won the Euro welterweight title. At the Olympics 2000 he lost the quarterfinal to Vitalie Gruşac.[1] In 2001 he competed at the world championships at junior middleweight and beat Jean Pascal and lost to Marian Simion 19:20.

Ulusoy qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the Olympics 2004 he lost in the men's welterweight division to Sherzod Husanov.[1]

He won the 2005 Mediterranean Games. At the European Championships 2006 he lost his first match against Russian favorite Andrey Balanov.

References

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