Mourad Aliev (born 31 July 1995) is a French professional boxer. At regional level, he has challenged once for the European heavyweight title in 2025. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2019 European Games. He also represented France at the 2020 Olympics.
Early life Aliev was born in Moscow, Russia, and is of Azerbaijani descent. His father, Ozer, was also an amateur boxer, representing the USSR. Aliev moved to France at the age of six as a political refugee and became a naturalised French citizen at the age of 22.
Amateur career At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Aliev was disqualified in his bout against Frazer Clarke due to a head-butt. As soon as the decision was announced in the ring, Aliev had denounced an injustice. Later, the supervisor certified an error in refereeing and said that there is no error on the part of Aliev, but the decision can not be modified. Aliev staged a sit-in protest for an hour,Olympics-Boxing-France's Aliev protests with sit-in after disqualification Chang-ran Kim, Reuters, August 1, 2021French boxer stages ringside protest after 'headbutt' disqualification loss against Britain's Frazer Clarke Pippa Field, The Telegraph, 1 August 2021 after punching the ringside camera.A French Olympic boxer punched a TV camera and sat in the ring for an hour to protest his disqualification Insider, Sinéad Baker, August 1, 2021 Both actual and former French National Olympic and Sports Committee presidents supported Aliev against what they consider being an injustice.
Professional career Aliev made his professional debut on 20 November 2021, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory against German Skobenko at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany.
On 7 June 2025, Mourad Aliev suffered his first loss as a professional boxer against Kosovan boxer Labinot Xhoxhaj at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany. The bout was scored as a unanimous decision victory for Xhoxhaj, with the judges scoring the fight 115-113, 115-112, 114-113 in favour of Xhoxhaj.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes16Win15–1Raphael AkpejioriUD823 May 202615Win14–1Yonny MolinaRTD1 (8), 23 Nov 202514Loss13–1Labinot XhoxhajUD127 Jun 202513Win13–0Davide BritoTKO6 (10), 12 Dec 202412Win12–0Luis Jose Marin Garcia2 (8), 7 Sep 202411Win11–0Dilan PrasovicTKO3 (10), 11 May 202410Win10–0Awadh TamimTKO3 (8), 27 Jan 20249Win9–0Daso SimeunovicTKO3 (8), 17 Dec 20238Win8–0Evgenios LazaridisUD1030 Sep 20237Win7–0Ali KiydinTKO9 (10), 4 Feb 20236Win6–0Yakup SaglamTKO5 (10), 5 Nov 20225Win5–0Dzemal BosnjakTKO6 (8), 24 Sep 20224Win4–0Mirko TintorTKO2 (8), 14 May 20223Win3–0Milos VeleticUD619 Mar 20222Win2–0Dorde Tomic2 (6), 19 Feb 20221Win1–0German Skobenko420 Nov 2021
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