Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (born October 7, 1987) is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known to win the bronze medal at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Career Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2006. At the seniors 2007 the short southpaw beat Asian Champ Jahon Qurbonov and Tony Jeffries 20:9 but lost to eventual winner Abbos Atoev 8:17 in the semifinal. Olympic games results 2008 (as a Light heavyweight) Defeated Daugirdas Semiotas (Lithuania) 11-3 Defeated Carlos Negrón (Puerto Rico) 9-3 Defeated Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) WDQ 3 (2:43) Lost to Zhang Xiaoping (China) 4-4 Note: Shynaliyev was leading 12-6 when Kurbanov was disqualified for biting Shynaliyev on the shoulder. World amateur championship results 2007 (as a Light heavyweight) Defeated Evgeni Chernovol (Moldava) 28-10 Defeated Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) DQ 4 Defeated Zhang Xiaoping (China) 14-5 Defeated Tony Jeffries (England) 20-9 Lost to Abbos Atoev (Uzbekistan) 8-17 References External links Juniors 2006 World 2007 sports-reference Living people Dughlats 1987 births Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Kazakhstan Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Light-heavyweight boxers 21st-century Kazakhstani people