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Aziz Salihu

1954 - Today

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Aziz Salihu (born 1 May 1953 in Pristina, Yugoslavia) is one of the best retired Super heavyweight boxer of Kosovar Albanian descent. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze medal in the super heavyweight division (> 91 kg), after a loss in the semifinals at the hands of Tyrell Biggs of the United States. Salihu also competed at the 1980 (Moscow) and 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aziz Salihu is the 202nd most popular boxer (down from 175th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Kosovo and the most popular Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Aziz Salihu ranks 202 out of 496. Before him are Bruno Ahlberg, Guillermo Lovell, Gennadiy Shatkov, Ion Alexe, Michael Moorer, and Sverre Sørsdal. After him are Hasim Rahman, Horace Gwynne, Miguel Cotto, Albert Ireton, Roberto Balado, and Mike McCallum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Aziz Salihu ranks 560. Before him are Donald Petrie, Peter Erskine, Alla Kudlai, Brigitte Rohde, Jaroslav Netolička, and Sergejus Jovaiša. After him are Hugh Quarshie, José González Ganoza, Don Coscarelli, Gregory S. Paul, Ken Page, and Hans-Günter Bruns.

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In Kosovo

Among people born in Kosovo, Aziz Salihu ranks 18 out of 7. Before him are Dragan Tomić (1935), Jeton Kelmendi (1978), Xherdan Shaqiri (1991), Fadil Vokrri (1960), Lorik Cana (1983), and Rita Ora (1990). After him are Era Istrefi (1994), Etrit Berisha (1989), Majlinda Kelmendi (1991), Amir Rrahmani (1994), Goran Đorović (1971), and Adelina Ismajli (1979).

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Among BOXERS In Kosovo

Among boxers born in Kosovo, Aziz Salihu ranks 1. 

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