He competed in the 66 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and lost the quarter finals match against India's Sushil Kumar.

In 2010, Navruzov was close to winning a medal at the Asian Summer Games, but lost to Kazakhstani Leonid Spiridonov in the fight for third place.

In March 2012, Ikhtiyor won a landslide victory in the Asian qualification tournament and received the right to compete at the London Olympics.

The Uzbek wrestler began his performances from the 1/8 final stage, where he defeated the bronze medalist of the 2008 Games, Georgian Otar Tushishvili.

Navruzov won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 65 kg freestyle wrestling event against Mongolia's Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran.

The Mongolian coaches protested the loss, as Navruzov won a penalty point on a technicality in the final seconds of the match.

[6] Before the bout against Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran, Navruzov was also part of another controversy where he defeated Puerto Rico's Franklin Gómez, which would result of an investigation made by the United World Wrestling that would suspend four judges from Georgia, South Korea, Germany and Russia.