Career
At the 2006 European Championships he beat Stephen Smith in the semis and Shahin Imranov 28:10 in the final.
At the 2007 World Championships southpaw counterpuncher Selimov beat American southpaw Raynell Williams and won against Yakup Kılıç by walk-over to reach the finals. There he outlasted Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko, another southpaw. In the round one bout of the featherweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Vasyl Lomachenko finally got his revenge and outclassed world amateur champion 14-7 cutting short his dream for Olympic gold.
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