Sakhil Alakhverdovi: Boxing Career and Notable Fights
Sakhil Alakhverdovi is a Georgian amateur boxer born in 1999. He has competed in the minimumweight division and represented Georgia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the flyweight class.
World and European medals
Alakhverdovi won bronze at the 2021 AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Belgrade. The following year, he claimed the European elite title at 48 kilograms in Yerevan. He reached another world final in Tashkent in 2023, earning silver after facing Kazakhstan’s Sanzhar Tashkenbay.
His early record included gold at the 2017 European Youth Championships at 49 kilograms. He later progressed to senior continental and world medals, including the 2021 world bronze, 2022 European title and 2023 world silver.
The European final in Yerevan
Alakhverdovi faced Bulgaria’s Ergyunal Sebahtin Sabri in the 2022 European final. According to the IBA’s championship report, Sabri’s quick attacks kept the contest competitive through two rounds. Alakhverdovi found a better rhythm and landed the more effective shots as the bout developed, securing his first European elite championship.
His gold was part of a strong Georgian performance in Yerevan, where four of the country’s boxers reached finals. The result also followed his world bronze in Belgrade, linking success at two consecutive major senior tournaments.
World-final experience
In the 2023 final at Tashkent’s Humo Arena, Tashkenbay established an advantage at long range and won by unanimous decision. Alakhverdovi finished with silver at 48 kilograms, adding another medal to his senior record.
His Olympic appearance belongs to a separate competition history. Olympedia lists him in the Tokyo men’s flyweight event, with a joint seventeenth-place finish. Reading the Olympic, European and world results separately gives a clearer picture of his progression than treating each tournament as the same weight-class championship.
Further career results
Olympedia records his full birth date as January 9, 1999, and his birthplace as Tbilisi. His Tokyo appearance was for Georgia, distinct from his subsequent world championship medal results.
Sources
- Olympedia: Sakhil Alakhverdovi
- IBA: Sakhil Alakhverdovi at the 2021 World Championships
- IBA: European Championships 2022 results and Alakhverdovi’s gold
- IBA: 2023 World Championships finals
- EUBC: 2017 championship medal standings
