Timurziev Islam Biography

On the last day of summer, the domestic box has carried a tangible loss. At the age of 32, after a long illness, the former first issue of the Russian national team in heavyweight Islam Timurziev died. The ailment pursuing a talented athlete did not give him the opportunity to fully reveal his remarkable potential in the ring. Already knowing his diagnosis, Islam continued to perform at competitions of the highest level for about three years, including the Olympic Games of the year in Beijing.

However, the Olympic tournament was the last access to the ring for Timurziev. He was forced to complete his sports career at the age of only 25 years. All subsequent years, Islam unsuccessfully fought with a serious illness. Unfortunately, the growing tumor of the brain over time chained the champion to the invalid chair, and then brought it to the grave. Help “Championship” Islam Yakhyevich Timurziev was born on January 9 - died on August 31.

Achievements: European champion, winner of the World Cup, member of the Olympic Games, winner of the World Games of military personnel, champion, silver and bronze medalist of the Russian championships in heavyweight, repeated winner of Russian and continental championships in younger age groups, Honored Master of Sports Islam Timurziev was born on January 9 of the year in the city of Nemes in the Ingush family.

Boxing fascination came to the boy at the summer. For the first time, the threshold of the boxing section Islam crossed the gym of one of the schools of the city of Karabulak, where his family moved. Moreover, the future champion came to boxing by chance - there is simply nothing to do, since there were no more other sports sections in the town. And in the Timurziev family, no one was engaged in boxing before him.

Islam was lucky with the coach. Bashir Akhmetovich Evloev became a real mentor for the guy and almost the second father. I never had conflicts with a mentor, ”Timurziev recalled. And Yevloev became the first and only coach in his life. Together they shoulder to shoulder walked the whole boxing career of Islam. Timurziev’s inclinations were visible immediately. Since childhood, he was a very powerful, strong and beating guy who clearly distinguished his physical data among the rest of his peers.

And the first successes were not long in coming. Already in the year, Islam won the European Championship among the cadets, and in the year again became the best on the continent among juniors. In the same year, he excited in his age group and at the Russian Championship. Gradually, Timurziev began to get to the podium of honor in tournaments among adults. In the year, he got a gold medal at the World Games of the military and a bronze award at the adult championship of the country.

And in the year he became the winner of the Russian championship among adults. It seemed that the year would be truly triumphant for the young promising Knockouter-Supertyzhelaves. Indeed, representing the colors of the Dynamo Society, Nazran-Magnitogorsk, Timurziev helped the national team of Russia to win the team of the world in Moscow, having overcome in the final battle that the Odinher Solisa Olympic champion of the Masted Cuban Cuban.

True, Islam himself was not very pleased with this victory. As a result, there is only a victory on points. It's a shame, ”Timurziev lamented. Islam Timurziev here should be noted that usually his fights Islam ended with early victories. Until the end of the third round, he almost never fought, ”Timurziev frank. In the same year, Islam successfully graduated from the Institute of Economics and the Law of the city of Nazran, having received a diploma of higher education in the specialty "Economics".

But here, like a thunder among the clear sky, a message came that Timurziev was discovered, albeit benign, but a brain tumor. For several months, conservative treatment continued, the purpose of which was to prevent the disease from progressing and growing this neoplasm. In the year, Islam returned to the ring and achieved one of his most significant triumphs in a sports career, having excited the European Championship in the Bulgarian Plovdiv.

On the way to the final, Timurziev figured out the future Olympic champion Italian Roberto Kammarell, Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev, and in a decisive battle defeated the promising Finnish giant Robert Helenius. True, in the World Cup in Azerbaijan, Cubans Solis managed to take Ravang from Islam for a year ago. They met again in the last battle of the tournament. In the course of a very stubbornly folding fight, Timurziev broke his hand and, moreover, was again very tired in the end, as a result of which he was removed from the battle in the 3rd round.

At the Russian Championship of the year, Islam was in frankly unimportant physical form and lost to Denis Sergeyev in an equal battle in the final. However, the coaching staff still entrusted Timurziev to represent the country at the world championship in Chicago.At that tournament, a powerful, with a knockout blow from both hands of Russian heavyweight with a pronounced spicy style was highlighted by the legendary American multiple world champion in professional and heavy weight categories Evander Holifield.

However, Islam managed to achieve in the Chicago quarterfinals, in which he, again very tired in the end, pulled out the victory from the black American Michael Hunter in a heavy battle. But the semifinal battle against Roberto Cammarellus Timurziev no longer came out. The Boxing Federation of Russia then reported that the Ingush fighter was removed from the tournament for medical reasons associated with the attack of appendicitis.

However, it is possible that on the actions of Islam, already in those days, a serious ailment found from him began to affect. Nevertheless, he received a bronze medal in Chicago and won a cherished named license for the Olympic Games in Beijing a year. Many experts and simple boxing lovers considered Timurziev the favorite of the Olympics in his weight category and one of the main hopes of the Russian boxing in that tournament.

Unfortunately, Islam stopped the fight at the Olympic Games after the first exit to the ring. Timurziev actively began the battle against the two-meter British David Price, confidently winning the 1st round. However, already at the very beginning of the 2nd three-minute, recklessly rushing into the attack, ran into the oncoming right cross and sank with his knee on the flooring of the ring.

After the referee of Knockdown, the battle continued, but then one of the passing strokes of Price who came in passing to Timurziev again forced to sit down. The referee again opened an account, after which he decided to withdraw the Russian heavyweight from the battle. Many those who watched this fight considered that the judge’s decision in the ring on her termination was frankly premature.

However, nothing could be changed. This was the last official battle of Timurziev. He was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports and was not recommended to continue to engage in boxing. After he hung gloves on a nail, little was heard about Islam. Only occasionally in the media there was information about his ongoing struggle against serious illness. It seemed several times that the disease managed to cope.

Timurziev even said in an interview that he did not exclude his return to boxing, only planned to go to the ring as a professional boxer. Islam considered his idol in boxing the great American heavyweight of Mohammed Ali. However, these plans were not destined to come true. Last year, a neurosurgical operation to remove a tumor from the brain was performed in Turkey Timurziev. Islam had vision problems, he lost the ability to walk and was chained first to a wheelchair, and then to bed.

In the last days of August, a message was held about the emergency hospitalization of Timurziev, and his condition was evaluated as severe. The sad outcome of the long and unsuccessful struggle of Islam with a heavy ailment came exactly on August 31 in the intensive care unit of the Ingush Republican Clinical Hospital. He had a number of diagnoses, but the cause of death is called blood poisoning.

It will be buried according to traditions today, before lunch. Islam Timurziev remained two minor daughters. Islam Timurziev, the editors of the sports portal "Championship" expresses condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.