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Ismail Mukhamedovich Sillah(ukr. Ismail Sillah Mahmed; R. February 9, Zaporozhye, Ukrainian SSR) - Ukrainian professional boxer, performing in the light heavyweight category. Silver medalist at the 2005 World Championship, silver medalist at the 2006 European Amateur Championship. North American NABF light heavyweight champion (2010-2012). Former world title contender.
Biography
Born into a student family. Mother is a native of the city of Zhdanova, graduated from school with a gold medal, and studied at the Zaporozhye Medical Institute. My father, a native of the African state of Sierra Leone, came to the Soviet Union to get an education. Ismail has two brothers, the elder Adzhik and the younger Stefan.
Amateur career
In the amateur ring he had 318 fights and won 302.
- 2000 Won a silver medal at the European Youth Championships in the weight category up to 57 kg. Lost in the final to Romanian Jont Gheorghe.
- 2001 Won a gold medal at the European Youth Championships in the weight category up to 67 kg. Knocked out Russian Dmitry Chudinov in the final. Won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships. In the semifinals he defeated the Russian Artur Beterbiev, and in the final he defeated the Azerbaijani Elchin Alizade.
- 2002 Silver medalist of the Polish Presidential Cup. Winner of the international tournament in Hungary. Quarter-finalist of the World Youth Championship in the weight category up to 71 kg, lost to Irishman Andy Lee.
- 2003 Winner of the international tournament in Russia in the weight category up to 75 kg. Defeated Cuban Yunier Dorticos in the final. Quarterfinalist of the European Youth Championship, lost to Russian Egor Mekhontsev. Winner of the international tournament “Black Sea Cup” in Ukraine.
- 2004 Silver medalist of the international tournament in Russia. Lost in the final to Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov. Winner of the international tournament in Finland, knocked out Gambian Badou Jack in the final. Champion of Ukraine in the weight category up to 75 kg.
- 2005 Winner of the international tournament in Norway. Champion of Ukraine. World Cup participant, won all his fights. Silver medalist of the World Championship. Lost in the final to Russian Matvey Korobov.
- 2006 Winner of the international tournament in Turkey. Silver medalist of the European Championship, lost in the final to Russian Artur Beterbiev in the weight category up to 81 kg. World Cup participant, defeated South African Thabiso Mchunu by knockout and lost to Russian Artur Beterbiev.
- 2007 The winner of the international Klitschko Brothers tournament in Ukraine, defeated the Uzbek Abbos Atoev in the final. Silver medalist of the international tournament in Turkey.
- 2008 Winner of the Olympic qualifying tournament in Turkey. He was later accused of doping and disqualified for 2 years.
Professional career
In 2008, Sillah decided not to wait for the end of his period of disqualification in amateur boxing and turned professional.
On April 3, 2010, Sillah knocked out American Daniel Judah to win the NABF North American light heavyweight title.
In 2012, he unexpectedly lost by knockout to Russian Denis Grachev. In 2013 he knocked out Russian Konstantin Piternov.
Fight with Sergey Kovalev
Ismail Sillah became the first opponent of Sergey Kovalev after the latter won the WBO world title. In the first round, the opponents looked closely at each other, and Sillah won the round by a small margin. However, already at the beginning of the second round, Kovalev knocked down the challenger with a counter right blow to the left temple area. Sillah stood up before the referee finished counting, but could not recover from the shock. In the first attack after the knockdown, Kovalev sent his opponent to a severe knockout.
Battle table
The table lists the results of all boxing matches. Each line indicates the result of the match. Additionally, the match number is indicated by a color that indicates the result of the match. Explanation of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.
| Result | Rival | Indicators opponent |
Type | Round, Time |
date | Battle location | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-3 | Russia Maxim Vlasov | 33-2-0 | TKO | 3 (10), 0:23 | 2 June | Russia Moscow, Russia | Vlasov was knocked down in the first round. |
| 23-2 | Flag of Georgia Giorgi Tevdorashvili | 22-14-3 | TKO | 1 (8), 2:17 | October 31 | Flag of Ukraine Krivoy Rog, Ukraine | |
| 22-2 | Flag of Latvia Artur Kulikauskis | 16-24-5 | UD | 8 | June 13 | Flag of Ukraine Cherkassy, Ukraine | |
| 21-2 | Russian flag Sergey Kovalev | 22-0-1 | K.O. | 2 (12), 0:52 | November 30th | Flag of Canada Quebec City, Canada | WBO title fight. Sillah knocked down in round 2. |
| 21-1 | Flag of Russia Konstantin Piternov | 13-3 | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 24 August | Flag of Ukraine Donetsk, Ukraine | |
| 20-1 | Mexico flag Alvaro Enriquez | 12-11-2 | TKO | 1 (8), 1:58 | June 28 | US flag Montebello (California), USA | |
| 19-1 | USA Flag Mitch Williams | 7-2-1 | UD | 8 | 30th of March | US flag Los Angeles, USA | 79-72, 79-72, 79-72. Williams knocked down in round 4. |
| 18-1 | Flag of Ghana Daniel Adoti Alloti | 14-3 | K.O. | 2 (8), 2:45 | February 23 | US flag Montebello (California), USA | |
| 17-1 | Russian flag Denis Grachev | 11-0-1 | TKO | 8 (10), 2:18 | April 27 | US Flag Austin (TX), USA | Lost NABF light heavyweight title. Grachev knocked down in round 3. |
| 17-0 | Flag of Azerbaijan Ali Ismailov | 18-7-1 | TKO | 4 (10), 2:06 | November 4 | Flag of Russia Moscow, Russia | |
| 16-0 | Flag of Uganda Hamza Wandera | 12-2-2 | TKO | 3 (10), 2:03 | May 21st | Flag of Russia Moscow, Russia | Wandera knocked down in round 3. |
| 15-0 | Flag of Cuba Yordanis Despain | 8-0 | UD | 10 | March 4 | Flag of the USA Buena Vista, USA | 98-91, 98-91, 99-90. Despain knocked down in round 2. Defended NABF light heavyweight title. |
| 14-0 | USA Flag Reiko Saunders | 20-12-2 | UD | 10 | December 17 | US Flag Monroeville, USA | 99-88, 99-89, 99-89. Saunders was knocked down twice in the 10th round. |
| 13-0 | Flag of Latvia Evgeniy Andreev | 5-33 | TKO | 5 (8) | October 9 | Flag of Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| 12-0 | USA Flag Daniel Judah | 23-4-3 | TKO | 2 (10), 0:49 | April 3 | US Flag Las Vegas, USA | Won vacant NABF light heavyweight title. |
| 11-0 | USA Flag Larry Pryor | 6-6 | TKO | 4 (6), 0:46 | February 6 | US Flag Newark (New Jersey), USA | |
| 10-0 | USA Flag Julius Jackson | 3-5 | TKO | 1 (6), 1:27 | January 16 | US Flag Las Vegas, USA | Jackson is knocked down 1 time. |
| 9-0 | USA Flag Ray Smith | 9-3 | TKO | 2 (6), 1:55 | August 15 | US Flag Las Vegas, USA | |
| 8-0 | Flag of Canada David Whittom | 10-8-1 | TKO | 6 (6), 2:25 | 9th May | US Flag Las Vegas, USA | |
| 7-0 | Flag of Canada Carlos Reyes | 4-1 | K.O. | 3 (6), 1:42 | March 27 | US flag Los Angeles, USA | |
| 6-0 | USA Flag Jose Humberto Corral | 16-11 | TKO | 2 (4), 1:32 | 20th of December | US Flag Inglewood (California), USA | |
| 5-0 | USA Flag Dewayne Warren | 2-4 | K.O. | 1 (6), 0:54 | November 7 | Flag of the USA Cicero (Illinois), USA | |
| 4-0 | Flag of Georgia Armen Azizyan | 9-8 | UD | 6 | October 11 | Flag of Germany Berlin, Germany | Azizyan knocked down in the 4th round. |
| 3-0 | USA Flag Walter Edwards | 1-2 | TKO | 1 (4) | August 15 | US flag Washington, USA | |
| 2-0 | USA Flag Jose Grace | 4-2 | K.O. | 1 (4), 1:01 | July 24 | Flag of the USA San Diego, USA | |
| 1-0 | USA Flag Matt Halvorsen | 3-4 | K.O. | 1 (4), 1:18 | July 18 | US Flag Primm (Nevada), USA |
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Secluded in “my” chambers, I “licked” old wounds, not even hoping that they would ever heal, but simply trying to be as strong and calm as possible in case of any opportunity to start a war with Caraffa... There is no point in hoping for a miracle it was, because I knew perfectly well that in our case miracles were not expected... Everything that happens, I will have to do only myself.Inaction was killing, making me feel forgotten by everyone, helpless and unnecessary... And although I knew perfectly well that I was wrong, the worm of “black doubt” successfully gnawed at my inflamed brain, leaving there a bright trace of uncertainty and regrets...
I didn’t regret that I was with Caraffa myself... But I was terribly afraid for Anna. And also, I still couldn’t forgive myself for the death of my father and Girolamo, my beloved and the best people in the world for me... Will I ever be able to avenge them?.. Isn’t everyone right when they say that Caraffa cannot be defeated ? That I won’t destroy him, but will just die stupidly myself?.. Was the North really right in inviting him to go to Meteora? And was it really possible that the hope of destroying the Pope all this time lived only in me?!..
And one more thing... I felt that I was very tired... Inhumanly, terribly tired... Sometimes it even seemed - wouldn’t it have been better to go to Meteora?.. After all, someone went there?.. And why They weren’t worried that people were dying around them. It was important for them to KNOW, to receive intimate KNOWLEDGE, since they considered themselves exceptionally gifted... But, on the other hand, if they were truly so “exceptional,” then how could they forget the simplest, but in my opinion, our very important commandment is - do not retire while others need your help... How could they just close themselves off so easily, without even looking around, without trying to help others?.. How did they calm their souls?..
Of course, my “indignant” thoughts had nothing to do with the children in Meteora... This war was not their war, it concerned only adults... And the kids still had to walk long and hard along the path of knowledge in order to be able to protect your home, your relatives and all the good people living on our strange, incomprehensible Earth.
No, I was thinking specifically about adults... About those who considered themselves too “special” to risk their “precious” lives. About those who preferred to sit out in Meteora, inside its thick walls, while the Earth was bleeding and those as gifted as they were going to their deaths in crowds...
I have always loved freedom and valued the right of free choice of every individual. But there were moments in life when our personal freedom was not worth millions of lives of other good people... In any case, that’s what I decided for myself... And I wasn’t going to change anything. Yes, there were moments of weakness when it seemed that the sacrifice that was being made would be completely meaningless and in vain. That she would not change anything in this cruel world... But then the desire to fight returned again... Then everything fell into place, and with all my being I was ready to return to the “battlefield”, despite how unequal I was war...
Long, hard days crawled by in a string of “unknowns,” and still no one bothered me. Nothing changed, nothing happened. Anna was silent, not responding to my calls. And I had no idea where she was, or where I could look for her...
And then one day, mortally tired of empty, endless waiting, I finally decided to fulfill my long-standing, sad dream - knowing that I would probably never be able to see my beloved Venice in another way, I decided to go there “by breath” to say goodbye ...
It was May outside, and Venice was dressing up like a young bride, celebrating her most beautiful holiday - the holiday of Love...
Love hovered everywhere - the air itself was saturated with it!.. Bridges and canals breathed with it, it penetrated into every corner of the elegant city... into every fiber of every lonely soul living in it... For this one day, Venice turned into a magical flower love - burning, intoxicating and beautiful! The streets of the city were literally “drowning” in a myriad of scarlet roses, with lush “tails” hanging down to the very water, gently caressing it with fragile scarlet petals... All of Venice was fragrant, exuding the smells of happiness and summer. And for this one day, even the most gloomy inhabitants of the city left their homes, and smiling with all their might, they expected that maybe on this beautiful day even they, sad and lonely, would smile at the capricious Love...
The holiday began from the very early morning, when the first rays of the sun were just beginning to gild the city canals, showering them with hot kisses, from which they, blushing shyly, were filled with red bashful highlights... Right there, not even allowing you to wake up properly, under the windows The first love romances were already gently sounding from the city beauties... And the magnificently dressed gondoliers, having decorated their polished gondolas in a festive scarlet color, waited patiently at the pier, each hoping to seat the brightest beauty of this wonderful, magical day.
During this holiday, there were no prohibitions for anyone - young and old poured into the streets, enjoying the upcoming fun, and tried to take the best places on the bridges in advance in order to get a closer look at the passing gondolas carrying the famous Venetian courtesans, as beautiful as spring itself. These one-of-a-kind women, whose intelligence and beauty were admired by poets, and whom artists embodied forever in their magnificent canvases.
I always believed that love can only be pure, and I never understood or agreed with betrayal. But the courtesans of Venice were not just women from whom love was bought. Apart from the fact that they were always extraordinarily beautiful, they were all also superbly educated, incomparably better than any bride from a rich and noble Venetian family... Unlike the very educated noble Florentines, the women of Venice in my time were not even allowed to enter to public libraries and to be “well-read,” since the wives of noble Venetians were considered just a beautiful thing, a loving husband closed at home “for the good” of his family... And the higher the status of the lady, the less she was allowed to know. Courtesans, on the contrary, usually knew several languages, played musical instruments, read (and sometimes wrote!) poetry, knew philosophers very well, understood politics, sang and danced superbly... In short, they knew everything that any noble woman (in my opinion) should have known. And I have always honestly believed that if the wives of nobles knew even the slightest fraction of what the courtesans knew, fidelity and love would reign forever in our wonderful city...
I did not approve of treason, but also, I could not respect women who did not know (and did not want to know!) beyond what was beyond the walls of their native Venice. Surely, this was my Florentine blood speaking in me, but I absolutely could not stand ignorance! And people who had unlimited opportunities to KNOW, but did not want to, only caused me hostility.
But let's return to my beloved Venice, which, as I knew, was supposed to prepare for its usual annual celebration that evening...
Very easily, without any special effort, I appeared in the main square of the city.
Everything seemed to be the same as before, but this time, although decorated in the old way, Venice was almost empty. I walked along the lonely canals, unable to believe my eyes!.. It was not too late, and usually at such a time the city was still noisy, like an alarmed beehive, anticipating its favorite holiday. But that evening, beautiful Venice was empty... I couldn’t understand where all the happy faces had gone?.. What happened to my beautiful city in those short few years???
Walking slowly along the deserted embankment, I inhaled such familiar, warm and soft, salty air, unable to hold back the happy and sad tears flowing down my cheeks at the same time... This was my home!.. My truly native and beloved city. Venice has always remained MY city!.. I loved its rich beauty, its high culture... Its bridges and gondolas... And even just its unusualness, making it the only city of its kind ever built on Earth.
The evening was very pleasant and quiet. Gentle waves, quietly whispering something, lazily splashed against the stone portals... And smoothly rocking the elegant gondolas, they ran back into the sea, taking with them the crumbling rose petals, which, floating further, became like scarlet drops of blood, by someone generously splashed across the mirror water.
Suddenly, a very familiar voice pulled me out of my sad-happy dreams:
- It can not be!!! Isidora?! Is it really you?!..
Our good old friend, Francesco Rinaldi, stood looking at me in shock, as if a familiar ghost had suddenly appeared right in front of him... Apparently not daring to believe that it was really me.
- My God, where are you from?! We thought you died a long time ago! How did you manage to escape? Have you really been released?!..
“No, they didn’t let me go, my dear Francesco,” I answered sadly, shaking my head. – And, unfortunately, I did not manage to escape... I just came to say goodbye...
- But how can that be? You're here right? And completely free? Where is my friend?! Where is Girolamo? I haven’t seen him for so long and I missed him so much!..
- Girolamo is no more, dear Francesco... Just as his father is no more...
Was the reason that Francesco was a friend from our happy “past”, or was I just wildly tired of endless loneliness, but, telling him about the horror that the Pope had done to us, I suddenly felt inhumanly pain... And then I finally burst through!.. Tears poured out like a waterfall of bitterness, sweeping away embarrassment and pride, and leaving only the thirst for protection and the pain of loss... Hiding on his warm chest, I sobbed like a lost child looking for friendly support...
– Calm down, my dear friend... Well, what are you talking about! Please calm down...
Francesco stroked my tired head, as my father had done long ago, wanting to calm me down. The pain burned, again mercilessly throwing me into the past, which could not be returned, and which no longer existed, since there were no longer people on Earth who created this wonderful past...
– My home has always been your home, Isidora. You need to hide somewhere! Let's come to us! We'll do everything we can. Please come to us!.. You will be safe with us!
They were wonderful people - his family... And I knew that if only I agreed, they would do everything to shelter me. Even if they themselves are in danger for it. And for a short moment I suddenly wanted to stay so wildly!.. But I knew perfectly well that this would not happen, that I would leave right now... And in order not to give myself vain hopes, I immediately said sadly:
– Anna remained in the clutches of the “holy” Pope... I think you understand what this means. And now I have her alone... Sorry, Francesco.
And remembering something else, she asked:
– Can you tell me, my friend, what is happening in the city? What happened to the holiday? Or has our Venice, like everything else, also become different?..
– The Inquisition, Isidora... Damn it! It's all the Inquisition...
– ?!..
- Yes, dear friend, she even got here... And the worst thing is, many people fell for it. Apparently, the evil and insignificant need the same “evil and insignificant” so that everything that they have hidden for many years will be revealed. The Inquisition has become a terrible instrument of human revenge, envy, lies, greed and malice!.. You can’t even imagine, my friend, how low seemingly the most normal people can fall!.. Brothers slander unwanted brothers... children slander their aged fathers, wanting to get rid of them as quickly as possible... envious neighbors against neighbors... This is terrible! No one is protected today from the coming of the “holy fathers”... It’s so scary, Isidora! All you have to do is say to someone that he is a heretic, and you will never see that person again. True madness... which reveals the lowest and worst in people... How to live with this, Isidora?
| Ismail Sillah | |
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| Place of Birth: | Zaporozhye, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Accommodation: | Los Angeles, USA 2nd average weight (up to 76.2 kg) |
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| Style: | counterpuncher |
| Trainer: | Shadid Suluki |
| Promoter: | Square Ring Promotions |
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Ismail Mukhamedovich Sillah(ukr. Ismail Sillah Mahmed; R. February 9, 1985, Zaporozhye, Ukrainian SSR) - Ukrainian professional boxer, performing in the light heavyweight category. Silver medalist at the 2005 World Championship, silver medalist at the 2006 European Amateur Championship.
BiographyBorn into a student family. Mother is a native of the city of Zhdanova, graduated from school with a gold medal, and studied at the Zaporozhye Medical Institute. My father, a native of the African state of Sierra Leone, came to the Soviet Union to get an education. Ismail has two brothers, the elder Adzhik and the younger Stefan.
Amateur careerIn the amateur ring he had 318 fights and won 302.
- 2000 Won a silver medal at the European Youth Championships in the weight category up to 57 kg. Lost in the final to Romanian Jonts Gheorghe.
- 2001 Won a gold medal at the European Youth Championships in the weight category up to 67 kg. Knocked out Russian Dmitry Chudinov in the final. Won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships. In the semi-finals he defeated the Russian Artur Beterbiev, and in the final - the Azerbaijani Elchin Alizade.
- 2002 Silver medalist of the Polish Presidential Cup. Winner of the international tournament in Hungary. Quarterfinalist of the Youth World Championship in the weight category up to 71 kg, lost to Irishman Andy Lee.
- 2003 Winner of the international tournament in Russia in the weight category up to 75 kg. He defeated Cuban Yunier Dorticos in the final. Quarterfinalist of the European Youth Championship, lost to Russian Egor Mekhontsev. Winner of the international tournament “Black Sea Cup” in Ukraine.
- 2004 Silver medalist of the international tournament in Russia. Lost in the final to Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov. The winner of the international tournament in Finland, knocked out the Gambian Badou Jack in the final. Champion of Ukraine in the weight category up to 75 kg.
- 2005 Winner of the international tournament in Norway. Champion of Ukraine. World Cup participant, won all his fights. Silver medalist of the World Championship. Lost in the final to Russian Matvey Korobov.
- 2006 Winner of the international tournament in Turkey. Silver medalist of the European Championship, lost in the final to Russian Artur Beterbiev in the weight category up to 81 kg. World Cup participant, defeated South African Thabiso Mchunu by knockout and lost to Russian Artur Beterbiev.
- 2007 The winner of the international Klitschko Brothers tournament in Ukraine, defeated Uzbek Abbos Atoev in the final. Silver medalist of the international tournament in Turkey.
- 2008 Winner of the Olympic qualifying tournament in Turkey. He was later accused of doping and disqualified for 2 years.
In 2008, Sillah decided not to wait for the end of his period of disqualification in amateur boxing and turned professional.
On April 3, 2010, Sillah knocked out American Daniel Judah to win the NABF North American light heavyweight title.
In 2012, he unexpectedly lost by knockout to Russian Denis Grachev. In 2013, he knocked out Russian Konstantin Piternov.
Fight with Sergey KovalevIsmail Sillah became the first opponent of Sergey Kovalev after the latter won the WBO world title. In the first round, the opponents looked closely at each other, and Sillah won the round by a small margin. However, already at the beginning of the second round, Kovalev knocked down the challenger with a counter right blow to the left temple area. Sillah stood up before the referee finished counting, but could not recover from the shock. In the first attack after the knockdown, Kovalev sent his opponent to a severe knockout.
Battle tableThe table lists the results of all boxing matches. Each line indicates the result of the match. Additionally, the match number is indicated by a color that indicates the result of the match. Explanation of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.
| Result | Rival | Indicators opponent | Type | Round, Time | date | Battle location | Comments |
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| 22-2 | Artur Kulikauskis | 16-24-5 | UD | 8 | June 13, 2015 | Cherkasy, Ukraine | |
| 21-2 | Sergey Kovalev | 22-0-1 | K.O. | 2 (12), 0:52 | November 30, 2013 | Quebec City, Canada | WBO title fight. Sillah knocked down in round 2. |
| 21-1 | Konstantin Piternov | 13-3 | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | August 24, 2013 | Donetsk, Ukraine | |
| 20-1 | Alvaro Henriques | 12-11-2 | TKO | 1 (8), 1:58 | June 28, 2013 | ||
| 19-1 | Mitch Williams | 7-2-1 | UD | 8 | March 30, 2013 | Los Angeles, USA | 79-72, 79-72, 79-72. Williams knocked down in round 4. |
| 18-1 | Daniel Adoti Alloti | 14-3 | K.O. | 2 (8), 2:45 | February 23, 2013 | Montebello (California), USA | |
| 17-1 | Denis Grachev | 11-0-1 | TKO | 8 (10), 2:18 | April 27, 2012 | Austin (Texas), USA | Lost NABF light heavyweight title. Grachev knocked down in round 3. |
| 17-0 | Ali Ismailov | 18-7-1 | TKO | 4 (10), 2:06 | November 4, 2011 | Moscow, Russia | |
| 16-0 | Hamza Wandera | 12-2-2 | TKO | 3 (10), 2:03 | May 21, 2011 | Moscow, Russia | Wandera knocked down in round 3. |
| 15-0 | Yordanis Despain | 8-0 | UD | 10 | March 4, 2011 | Buena Vista, USA | 98-91, 98-91, 99-90. Despain knocked down in round 2. Defended NABF light heavyweight title. |
| 14-0 | Reiko Saunders | 20-12-2 | UD | 10 | December 17, 2010 | Monroeville, USA | 99-88, 99-89, 99-89. Saunders was knocked down twice in the 10th round. |
| 13-0 | Evgeny Andreev | 5-33 | TKO | 5 (8) | October 9, 2010 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| 12-0 | Daniel Judah | 23-4-3 | TKO | 2 (10), 0:49 | April 3, 2010 | Las Vegas, USA | Won vacant NABF light heavyweight title. |
| 11-0 | Larry Pryor | 6-6 | TKO | 4 (6), 0:46 | February 6, 2010 | Newark (New Jersey), USA | |
| 10-0 | Julius Jackson | 3-5 | TKO | 1 (6), 1:27 | January 16, 2010 | Las Vegas, USA | Jackson is knocked down 1 time. |
| 9-0 | Ray Smith | 9-3 | TKO | 2 (6), 1:55 | August 15, 2009 | Las Vegas, USA | |
| 8-0 | David Whittom | 10-8-1 | TKO | 6 (6), 2:25 | May 9, 2009 | Las Vegas, USA | |
| 7-0 | Carlos Reyes | 4-1 | K.O. | 3 (6), 1:42 | March 27, 2009 | Los Angeles, USA | |
| 6-0 | Jose Humberto Corral | 16-11 | TKO | 2 (4), 1:32 | December 20, 2008 | Inglewood (California), USA | |
| 5-0 | Dewayne Warren | 2-4 | K.O. | 1 (6), 0:54 | November 7, 2008 | Cicero (Illinois), USA | |
| 4-0 | Armen Azizyan | 9-8 | UD | 6 | October 11, 2008 | Berlin, Germany | Azizyan knocked down in the 4th round. |
| 3-0 | Walter Edwards | 1-2 | TKO | 1 (4) | August 15, 2008 | Washington, USA | |
| 2-0 | Jose Grace | 4-2 | K.O. | 1 (4), 1:01 | July 24, 2008 | San Diego, USA | |
| 1-0 | Matt Halvorsen | 3-4 | K.O. | 1 (4), 1:18 | July 18, 2008 | Primm (Nevada), USA |
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) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who competes in the light heavyweight category. Silver medalist at the 2005 World Championship, silver medalist at the 2006 European Amateur Championship. North American NABF light heavyweight champion (2010-2012). Former world title contender.
Biography
Born into a student family. Mother is a native of the city of Zhdanova, graduated from school with a gold medal, and studied at the Zaporozhye Medical Institute. My father, a native of the African state of Sierra Leone, came to the Soviet Union to get an education. Ismail has two brothers, the elder Adzhik and the younger Stefan.
Amateur career
In the amateur ring he had 318 fights and won 302.
- 2000 Won a silver medal at the European Youth Championships in the weight category up to 57 kg. Lost in the final to Romanian Jont Gheorghe.
- 2001 Won a gold medal at the European Youth Championships in the weight category up to 67 kg. Knocked out Russian Dmitry Chudinov in the final. Won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships. In the semifinals he defeated the Russian Artur Beterbiev, and in the final he defeated the Azerbaijani Elchin Alizade.
- 2002 Silver medalist of the Polish Presidential Cup. Winner of the international tournament in Hungary. Quarter-finalist of the World Youth Championship in the weight category up to 71 kg, lost to Irishman Andy Lee.
- 2003 Winner of the international tournament in Russia in the weight category up to 75 kg. Defeated Cuban Yunier Dorticos in the final. Quarterfinalist of the European Youth Championship, lost to Russian Egor Mekhontsev. Winner of the international tournament “Black Sea Cup” in Ukraine.
- 2004 Silver medalist of the international tournament in Russia. Lost in the final to Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov. Winner of the international tournament in Finland, knocked out Gambian Badou Jack in the final. Champion of Ukraine in the weight category up to 75 kg.
- 2005 Winner of the international tournament in Norway. Champion of Ukraine. World Cup participant, won all his fights. Silver medalist of the World Championship. Lost in the final to Russian Matvey Korobov.
- 2006 Winner of the international tournament in Turkey. Silver medalist of the European Championship, lost in the final to Russian Artur Beterbiev in the weight category up to 81 kg. World Cup participant, defeated South African Thabiso Mchunu by knockout and lost to Russian Artur Beterbiev.
- 2007 The winner of the international Klitschko Brothers tournament in Ukraine, defeated the Uzbek Abbos Atoev in the final. Silver medalist of the international tournament in Turkey.
- 2008 Winner of the Olympic qualifying tournament in Turkey. He was later accused of doping and disqualified for 2 years.
Professional career
In 2008, Sillah decided not to wait for the end of his period of disqualification in amateur boxing and turned professional.
On April 3, 2010, Sillah knocked out American Daniel Judah to win the NABF North American light heavyweight title.
In 2012, he unexpectedly lost by knockout to Russian Denis Grachev. In 2013 he knocked out Russian Konstantin Piternov.
Fight with Sergey Kovalev
Ismail Sillah became the first opponent of Sergey Kovalev after the latter won the WBO world title. In the first round, the opponents looked closely at each other, and Sillah won the round by a small margin. However, already at the beginning of the second round, Kovalev knocked down the challenger with a counter right blow to the left temple area. Sillah stood up before the referee finished counting, but could not recover from the shock. In the first attack after the knockdown, Kovalev sent his opponent to a severe knockout.
Battle table
The table lists the results of all boxing matches. Each line indicates the result of the match. Additionally, the match number is indicated by a color that indicates the result of the match. Explanation of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.
| Result | Rival | Indicators opponent |
Type | Round, Time |
date | Battle location | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-3 | Maxim Vlasov | 33-2-0 | TKO | 3 (10), 0:23 | 2 June | Moscow, Russia | Vlasov was knocked down in the first round. |
| 23-2 | Giorgi Tevdorashvili | 22-14-3 | TKO | 1 (8), 2:17 | October 31 | Krivoy Rog, Ukraine | |
| 22-2 | Artur Kulikauskis | 16-24-5 | UD | 8 | June 13 | Cherkasy, Ukraine | |
| 21-2 | Sergey Kovalev | 22-0-1 | K.O. | 2 (12), 0:52 | November 30th | Quebec City, Canada | WBO title fight. Sillah knocked down in round 2. |
| 21-1 | Konstantin Piternov | 13-3 | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 24 August | Donetsk, Ukraine | |
| 20-1 | Alvaro Henriques | 12-11-2 | TKO | 1 (8), 1:58 | June 28 | Montebello (California), USA | |
| 19-1 | Mitch Williams | 7-2-1 | UD | 8 | 30th of March | Los Angeles, USA | 79-72, 79-72, 79-72. Williams knocked down in round 4. |
| 18-1 | Daniel Adoti Alloti | 14-3 | K.O. | 2 (8), 2:45 | February 23 | Montebello (California), USA | |
| 17-1 | Denis Grachev | 11-0-1 | TKO | 8 (10), 2:18 | April 27 | Austin (Texas), USA | Lost NABF light heavyweight title. Grachev knocked down in round 3. |
| 17-0 | Ali Ismailov | 18-7-1 | TKO | 4 (10), 2:06 | November 4 | Moscow, Russia | |
| 16-0 | Hamza Wandera | 12-2-2 | TKO | 3 (10), 2:03 | May 21st | Moscow, Russia | Wandera knocked down in round 3. |
| 15-0 | Yordanis Despain | 8-0 | UD | 10 | March 4 | Buena Vista, USA | 98-91, 98-91, 99-90. Despain knocked down in round 2. Defended NABF light heavyweight title. |
| 14-0 | Reiko Saunders | 20-12-2 | UD | 10 | December 17 | Monroeville, USA | 99-88, 99-89, 99-89. Saunders was knocked down twice in the 10th round. |
| 13-0 | Evgeny Andreev | 5-33 | TKO | 5 (8) | October 9 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| 12-0 | Daniel Judah | 23-4-3 | TKO | 2 (10), 0:49 | April 3 | Las Vegas, USA | Won vacant NABF light heavyweight title. |
| 11-0 | Larry Pryor | 6-6 | TKO | 4 (6), 0:46 | February 6 | Newark (New Jersey), USA | |
| 10-0 | Julius Jackson | 3-5 | TKO | 1 (6), 1:27 | January 16 | Las Vegas, USA | Jackson is knocked down 1 time. |
| 9-0 | Ray Smith | 9-3 | TKO | 2 (6), 1:55 | August 15 | Las Vegas, USA | |
| 8-0 | David Whittom | 10-8-1 | TKO | 6 (6), 2:25 | 9th May | Las Vegas, USA | |
| 7-0 | Carlos Reyes | 4-1 | K.O. | 3 (6), 1:42 | March 27 | Los Angeles, USA | |
| 6-0 | Jose Humberto Corral | 16-11 | TKO | 2 (4), 1:32 | 20th of December | Inglewood (California), USA | |
| 5-0 | Dewayne Warren | 2-4 | K.O. | 1 (6), 0:54 | November 7 | Cicero (Illinois), USA | |
| 4-0 | Armen Azizyan | 9-8 | UD | 6 | October 11 | Berlin, Germany | Azizyan knocked down in the 4th round. |
| 3-0 | Walter Edwards | 1-2 | TKO | 1 (4) | August 15 | Washington, USA | |
| 2-0 | Jose Grace | 4-2 | K.O. | 1 (4), 1:01 | July 24 | San Diego, USA | |
| 1-0 | Matt Halvorsen | 3-4 | K.O. | 1 (4), 1:18 | July 18 | Primm (Nevada), USA |
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- What kind of person will you be? - one of the soldiers suddenly turned to Pierre, obviously, by this question meaning what Pierre was thinking, namely: if you want something, we will give it to you, just tell me, are you an honest person?- I? me?.. - said Pierre, feeling the need to belittle his social position as much as possible in order to be closer and more understandable to the soldiers. “I am truly a militia officer, only my squad is not here; I came to the battle and lost my own.
- Look! - said one of the soldiers.
The other soldier shook his head.
- Well, eat the mess if you want! - said the first and gave Pierre, licking it, a wooden spoon.
Pierre sat down by the fire and began to eat the mess, the food that was in the pot and which seemed to him the most delicious of all the foods that he had ever eaten. While he greedily bent over the pot, picking up large spoons, chewing one after another and his face was visible in the light of the fire, the soldiers silently looked at him.
-Where do you want it? You tell me! – one of them asked again.
– I’m going to Mozhaisk.
- Are you now a master?
- Yes.
- What’s your name?
- Pyotr Kirillovich.
- Well, Pyotr Kirillovich, let’s go, we’ll take you. In complete darkness, the soldiers, together with Pierre, went to Mozhaisk.
The roosters were already crowing when they reached Mozhaisk and began to climb the steep city mountain. Pierre walked along with the soldiers, completely forgetting that his inn was below the mountain and that he had already passed it. He would not have remembered this (he was in such a state of loss) if his guard, who went to look for him around the city and returned back to his inn, had not encountered him halfway up the mountain. The bereitor recognized Pierre by his hat, which was turning white in the darkness.
“Your Excellency,” he said, “we are already desperate.” Why are you walking? Where are you going, please?
“Oh yes,” said Pierre.
The soldiers paused.
- Well, have you found yours? - said one of them.
- Well, goodbye! Pyotr Kirillovich, I think? Farewell, Pyotr Kirillovich! - said other voices.
“Goodbye,” said Pierre and headed with his driver to the inn.
“We have to give it to them!” - Pierre thought, taking his pocket. “No, don’t,” a voice told him.
There was no room in the upper rooms of the inn: everyone was occupied. Pierre went into the yard and, covering his head, lay down in his carriage.
As soon as Pierre laid his head on the pillow, he felt that he was falling asleep; but suddenly, with the clarity of almost reality, a boom, boom, boom of shots was heard, groans, screams, the splashing of shells were heard, the smell of blood and gunpowder, and a feeling of horror, the fear of death, overwhelmed him. He opened his eyes in fear and raised his head from under his overcoat. Everything was quiet in the yard. Only at the gate, talking to the janitor and splashing through the mud, was some orderly walking. Above Pierre's head, under the dark underside of the plank canopy, doves fluttered from the movement he made while rising. Throughout the yard there was a peaceful, joyful for Pierre at that moment, strong smell of an inn, the smell of hay, manure and tar. Between two black canopies a clear starry sky was visible.
“Thank God this isn’t happening anymore,” thought Pierre, covering his head again. - Oh, how terrible fear is and how shamefully I surrendered to it! And they... they were firm and calm all the time, until the end... - he thought. In Pierre's concept, they were soldiers - those who were at the battery, and those who fed him, and those who prayed to the icon. They - these strange ones, hitherto unknown to him, were clearly and sharply separated in his thoughts from all other people.
“To be a soldier, just a soldier! - thought Pierre, falling asleep. – Enter into this common life with your whole being, imbued with what makes them so. But how can one throw off all this unnecessary, devilish, all the burden of this external man? At one time I could have been this. I could run away from my father as much as I wanted. Even after the duel with Dolokhov, I could have been sent as a soldier.” And in Pierre’s imagination flashed a dinner at a club, at which he called Dolokhov, and a benefactor in Torzhok. And now Pierre is presented with a ceremonial dining room. This lodge takes place in the English Club. And someone familiar, close, dear, sits at the end of the table. Yes it is! This is a benefactor. “But he died? - thought Pierre. - Yes, he died; but I didn't know he was alive. And how sorry I am that he died, and how glad I am that he is alive again!” On one side of the table sat Anatole, Dolokhov, Nesvitsky, Denisov and others like him (the category of these people was as clearly defined in Pierre’s soul in the dream as the category of those people whom he called them), and these people, Anatole, Dolokhov they shouted and sang loudly; but from behind their shout the voice of the benefactor could be heard, speaking incessantly, and the sound of his words was as significant and continuous as the roar of the battlefield, but it was pleasant and comforting. Pierre did not understand what the benefactor was saying, but he knew (the category of thoughts was just as clear in the dream) that the benefactor was talking about goodness, about the possibility of being what they were. And they surrounded the benefactor on all sides, with their simple, kind, firm faces. But although they were kind, they did not look at Pierre, did not know him. Pierre wanted to attract their attention and say. He stood up, but at the same moment his legs became cold and exposed.
He felt ashamed, and he covered his legs with his hand, from which the greatcoat actually fell off. For a moment, Pierre, straightening his overcoat, opened his eyes and saw the same awnings, pillars, courtyard, but all this was now bluish, light and covered with sparkles of dew or frost.
“It’s dawning,” thought Pierre. - But that’s not it. I need to listen to the end and understand the words of the benefactor.” He covered himself with his overcoat again, but neither the dining box nor the benefactor was there. There were only thoughts clearly expressed in words, thoughts that someone said or Pierre himself thought about.
Pierre, later recalling these thoughts, despite the fact that they were caused by the impressions of that day, was convinced that someone outside himself was telling them to him. Never, it seemed to him, had he been able to think and express his thoughts like that in reality.
“War is the most difficult task of subordinating human freedom to the laws of God,” said the voice. – Simplicity is submission to God; you can't escape him. And they are simple. They don't say it, but they do it. The spoken word is silver, and the unspoken word is golden. A person cannot own anything while he is afraid of death. And whoever is not afraid of her belongs to him everything. If there were no suffering, a person would not know his own boundaries, would not know himself. The most difficult thing (Pierre continued to think or hear in his sleep) is to be able to unite in his soul the meaning of everything. Connect everything? - Pierre said to himself. - No, don't connect. You can’t connect thoughts, but connecting all these thoughts is what you need! Yes, we need to pair, we need to pair! - Pierre repeated to himself with inner delight, feeling that with these words, and only with these words, what he wants to express is expressed, and the whole question tormenting him is resolved.
- Yes, we need to mate, it’s time to mate.
- We need to harness, it’s time to harness, your Excellency! Your Excellency,” a voice repeated, “we need to harness, it’s time to harness...
It was the voice of the bereitor waking Pierre. The sun hit Pierre's face directly. He looked at the dirty inn, in the middle of which, near a well, soldiers were watering thin horses, from which carts were driving through the gate. Pierre turned away in disgust and, closing his eyes, hastily fell back onto the seat of the carriage. “No, I don’t want this, I don’t want to see and understand this, I want to understand what was revealed to me during my sleep. One more second and I would have understood everything. So what should I do? Pair, but how to combine everything?” And Pierre felt with horror that the entire meaning of what he saw and thought in his dream was destroyed.
The driver, the coachman and the janitor told Pierre that an officer had arrived with the news that the French had moved towards Mozhaisk and that ours were leaving.
Pierre got up and, ordering them to lay down and catch up with him, went on foot through the city.
The troops left and left about ten thousand wounded. These wounded were visible in the courtyards and windows of houses and crowded in the streets. On the streets near the carts that were supposed to take away the wounded, screams, curses and blows were heard. Pierre gave the carriage that had overtaken him to a wounded general he knew and went with him to Moscow. Dear Pierre learned about the death of his brother-in-law and about the death of Prince Andrei.
X
On the 30th, Pierre returned to Moscow. Almost at the outpost he met Count Rastopchin's adjutant.
“And we are looking for you everywhere,” said the adjutant. “The Count definitely needs to see you.” He asks you to come to him now on a very important matter.
Pierre, without stopping home, took a cab and went to the commander-in-chief.
Count Rastopchin had just arrived in the city this morning from his country dacha in Sokolniki. The hallway and reception room in the count's house were full of officials who appeared at his request or for orders. Vasilchikov and Platov had already met with the count and explained to him that it was impossible to defend Moscow and that it would be surrendered. Although this news was hidden from the residents, officials and heads of various departments knew that Moscow would be in the hands of the enemy, just as Count Rostopchin knew it; and all of them, in order to relinquish responsibility, came to the commander-in-chief with questions about how to deal with the units entrusted to them.
While Pierre was entering the reception room, a courier coming from the army was leaving the count.
The courier hopelessly waved his hand at the questions addressed to him and walked through the hall.
While waiting in the reception area, Pierre looked with tired eyes at the various officials, old and young, military and civilian, important and unimportant, who were in the room. Everyone seemed unhappy and restless. Pierre approached one group of officials, in which one was his acquaintance. After greeting Pierre, they continued their conversation.
- How to deport and return again, there will be no trouble; and in such a situation one cannot be held accountable for anything.
“Why, here he is writing,” said another, pointing to the printed paper he was holding in his hand.
- That's another matter. This is necessary for the people,” said the first.
- What is this? asked Pierre.
- Here's a new poster.
Pierre took it in his hands and began to read:
“The Most Serene Prince, in order to quickly unite with the troops that were coming to him, crossed Mozhaisk and stood in a strong place where the enemy would not suddenly attack him. Forty-eight cannons with shells were sent to him from here, and His Serene Highness says that he will defend Moscow to the last drop of blood and is ready to fight even in the streets. You, brothers, don’t look at the fact that public offices have been closed: things need to be tidied up, and we will deal with the villain in our court! When it comes down to it, I need young people from both towns and villages. I’ll call the cry in two days, but now there’s no need, I’m silent. Good with an axe, not bad with a spear, but best of all is a three-piece pitchfork: a Frenchman is not heavier than a sheaf of rye. Tomorrow, after lunch, I’m taking Iverskaya to the Catherine Hospital, to see the wounded. We will consecrate the water there: they will recover sooner; and now I’m healthy: my eye hurt, but now I can see both.”
“And the military people told me,” said Pierre, “that there is no way to fight in the city and that the position...
“Well, yes, that’s what we’re talking about,” said the first official.
– What does this mean: my eye hurt, and now I’m looking at both? - said Pierre.
“The count had barley,” said the adjutant, smiling, “and he was very worried when I told him that people had come to ask what was wrong with him.” “And what, count,” the adjutant suddenly said, turning to Pierre with a smile, “we heard that you have family worries?” It’s as if the Countess, your wife...
Ismail Mukhamedovich Sillah- Ukrainian professional boxer, performing in the light heavyweight category. Silver medalist at the 2005 World Championship, silver medalist at the 2006 European Championship.
Born into a student family. Mother is a native of the city of Zhdanov, graduated from school with a gold medal, and studied at the Zaporozhye Medical Institute. My father, a native of the African state of Sierra Leone, came to the Soviet Union to get an education. Ismail has two brothers, the elder Adzhik and the younger Stefan.
Amateur career
In the amateur ring he had 318 fights and won 302.
2000 Won a silver medal at the European Youth Championships in the weight category up to 57 kg. Lost in the final to the Romanian, Jonts Gheorghe.
2001 Won a gold medal at the European Youth Championships in the weight category up to 67 kg. Knocked out Russian Dmitry Chudinov in the final. Won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships. He defeated the Russian, Artur Beterbiev, in the semi-finals, and lost to the Azerbaijani, Elkhin Alizade, in the final.
2002 Silver medalist of the Polish Presidential Cup. Winner of the international championship in Hungary. quarter-finalist of the Youth World Championship in the weight category up to 71 kg, lost in the quarter-finals to the Irishman, Andy Lee.
2003 Champion of the international tournament in Russia in the weight category up to 75 kg. He defeated the Cuban, Yunier Dorticos, in the final. Quarterfinalist of the European Youth Championship, lost to the Russian, Egor Mekhontsev. Champion of the Black Sea Cup in the international tournament in Ukraine.
2004 Silver medalist at the international tournament in Russia. Lost in the final to Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov. The winner of the international tournament in Finland, knocked out the Gambian Badou Jack in the final. Champion of Ukraine in the weight category up to 75 kg.
2005 Champion of the international tournament in Norway. Champion of Ukraine. World Cup participant, won all his fights. Silver medalist of the World Championship. He defeated the Latvian Donatos Bondorovas in the qualifying fight. Lost in the final to the Russian, Matvey Korobov.
2006 Champion of the international tournament in Turkey. Silver medalist of the European Championship, lost in the final to the Russian, Artur Beterbiev in the weight category up to 81 kg. A participant in the World Cup, he defeated the South African, Thabiso Mchunu, by knockout, and lost to the Russian, Artur Beterbiev.
2007 Winner of the international Klitschko Brothers tournament in Ukraine, defeated Uzbek Abbos Atoev in the final. Silver medalist of the international tournament in Turkey.
2008 Winner of the European qualifying championship for the Olympic Games. He was later accused of doping and disqualified for 2 years.
Professional career
In 2008, Sillah decided not to wait for the end of his penalty in amateur boxing and turned professional.
On April 3, 2010, Sillah knocked out American Daniel Judah to win the NABF North American light heavyweight title.
In 2012, he unexpectedly lost by knockout to Russian Denis Grachev. In 2013, he knocked out Russian Konstantin Piternov.
Ismail Sillah, whose biography is described in this article, is a Ukrainian boxer. Silver medalist of the World Championship and European Championship in 2005 and 2006. This is one of the most gifted representatives of boxing. Participates in light heavyweight competitions. Claimed the WBO World Championship title. Took patronage over the Mariupol orphanage.
Family
Ismail Sillah was born on February 9, 1985 in Ukraine, in Zaporozhye, into a student family. His mother is Ukrainian and studied at a medical university. The father is African from Sierra Leone. At that time he came to the USSR to receive an education. Ismail's mother and father got married, but their marriage did not last long.
They went into business: they bought things that were in short supply at that time (jeans, electronics, etc.) and resold them. The goods were brought by the head of the family. Having left for the UK once again, he never returned.
Ismail has two brothers - an older and a younger one. At first, the father supported his ex-wife and children with money, and then disappeared completely. As it turned out later, he started a new family in the UK. When Ismail was 7 years old, he and his mother and brothers moved to Mariupol, where his grandparents (on his mother’s side) lived.
How it all began
He became interested in boxing from the age of six, when he and his older brother watched one of the fights for the first time. When the family moved to Mariupol, the grandmother took her grandchildren to the sea. On the way they came across a sports complex building. The sea immediately lost its attractiveness for the guys. The grandmother understood this and took them to the sports complex.
There they met their future coach V.V. Klenin for the first time. He liked the boys and invited them to training. The grandmother tried to dissuade her grandchildren from boxing. She suggested going to gymnastics. But the guys have already chosen their path in sports.
The training helped Ismail at school. Because of his unusual skin color, he was often teased and bullied by his peers. But thanks to sports, Ismail Sillah quickly gained good physical shape and was able to fight back, after which the attacks on him stopped.
Education
Ismail graduated from primary high school. Then he entered the Donetsk National University at the Faculty of Economics. I trained as a marketer. But he didn’t want to make a career in this field, choosing sports for himself.
Amateur career
In 2002, Ismail Sillah was able to win the European Championship in the category from 15 to 16 years old (juniors). And a year later he brought home two “golds” from the Cadet European Championships and the World Championships. From 2002 to 2003 Ismail took part in junior matches twice, but lost both times in the quarterfinals.
He became the Champion of Ukraine only in 2004, when he turned 19 years old. In the weight category up to 75 kg, Ismail was able to defeat V. Pyatetsky at the very beginning of the fight. Since 2005, he earned “silver” and firmly established himself in the adult Ukrainian team.
The athlete very quickly became a leader, and a series of victories began. One of the biggest is “silver” in 2006 at the European Boxing Championships in Plovdiv. In 2008, he was able to win a ticket to the Olympic Games for the second time. The first time he lost to the American K. Downs. But for the second time he won, winning the qualifying Istanbul tournament.
Ismail Sillah's amateur career consists of 318 fights. He won the vast majority (302) of his fights. Failed to win only 16 times. The opponents with whom the fights took place included many famous boxers: Chudinov, Bursak, Beterbiev and others.
Discrimination
After receiving a ticket to the Olympic Games, Ismail Sillah was on a par with the contenders for gold, but failed a doping test and was disqualified for two years. AIBA also stripped him of his license. Ismail himself said in an interview that he did not take illegal drugs. The commission hinted at a certain amount, but he refused to pay it. And as a result, he was framed during a doping test.
Professional career
Sillah did not wait for the end of the period of disqualification and switched to professional boxing in 2008, signing a contract with I. Gottsev. The first fight in this category took place in July of the same year in Los Angeles. Ismail knocked out his opponent M. Helvorsen in the 1st round.
He trained under the guidance of the famous S. Suluka. Ismail Sillah, whose fights began to really impress, switched to a high tempo. In the first half of the year alone, he created a track record with 11 victorious fights. Although there were no famous fighters in it yet.
Soon Ismail's talent revealed itself in full force. In April 2010, he was able to knock out the American D. Judah and received the title of North American Champion according to NABF. In 2012 and 2013 won victories over the Russians and K. Piternov.