In 2006 at the European Championships he KOd Olympic silver medallist Viktar Zuyev in the first round but was beaten inside the distance by hard-punching Ukrainian surprise winner Denis Poyatsika.

At the 10th Anwar Chowdhry Cup in final bout he defeated Dmitriy Gotfrid of Kazakhstan (27:07) and won a gold medal.

At the World Cup 2006 he defeated Adam Willett (USA) 19:5, Zhenis Taumurinov (KZK) 18:13, but lost at semifinal to Cuban Osmay Acosta and won bronze medal.

Great Silk Road Boxing Tournament he defeated Iago Kiladze (22:9), Azer Mamadov (23:19), Yousef Abdelghani (20:16) and won a gold medal.

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he won the rematch on clearly points against Poyatsika but lost against Russian favorite Rakhim Chakhkeiv.