Orzubek Nazarov

Orzubek Nazarov is a name most Japanese fans won't know, and that's exactly why he gets to me. A former WBA lightweight champion out of Kant in Kyrgyzstan, he came up through the old Soviet amateur system, won bronze at the 1986 world championships, then conquered the pros. I don't pretend to have studied every one of his fights, but I have a real soft spot for these hard-nosed boxers emerging from the ex-Soviet world. No theatrics, just quietly hunting his opponents down. The fighters who get strong far from the spotlight are always the scariest ones.

Name (English)

Orzubek Nazarov

Name (Japanese)

オルズベック・ナザロフ

Reading

おるずべっく・なざろふ

Born

August 30, 1966 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Origin

Kant, Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
• WBA World Lightweight Champion

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B6%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95

Tags

• Chuy Region
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.