[1] An ethnic Dargin hailing from Dagestan, Shanavazov won the Light Heavyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union.

At the Soviet-Cuban joint pre-Olympic training camp in Sukhumi, Georgian SSR, set for the 1988 Olympics, he sparred with Félix Savón, constantly staggering him with devastating bodyshot flurries at close range.

He turned pro in 1990 and also retired that same year, finishing with a record of three fights, zero wins.

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