[1][2] Hafiz Bakhshaliyev was born on 1 April 1980 in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan SSR.
Over the years he has been a gold, silver and bronze medalist in the World and European championships.
Bakhshaliyev defeated Spanish athlete Ismail Bergman with a knockdown for the title of the Interprofessional European Champion in Cardiff, Wales and won the European belt in the UK.
Bakhshaliyev often participates in sport competitions [7] and events of Azerbaijani diaspora on Karabakh and Azerbaijan.
[1] He established The Union of Azerbaijani Athletes Living Abroad with Elnur Elturk, who is the Head of the Department of Free Electronic Resources in the Central Library of Science of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.