Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (; born June 3, 1985 in Ulaanbaatar) is a retired boxer from Mongolia who became the first Olympic boxing champion from his country when he won the gold medal in the Bantamweight (-54 kg) division at the 2008 Olympics. He was the second Mongolian to win Olympic gold in any sport, with judoka Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar winning the first only a few days earlier. Career. At the 2006 Asian Games winning the bronze medal in a lost bout against Korea's Han Soon Chul 19-29-. At the world championships 2007 he won Silver when he  beat Englishman Joe Murray 20-11 but lost in the finals to Sergey Vodopyanov 14-16. In 2007, he won a gold medal at Asian Senior Boxing Championship, Ulaanbaatar. Badar-Uugan fought for Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. American magazine "Sports Illustrated" picked him as the favorite to win Mongolia's first ever Olympic gold medal., which, however, was won by Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, who competed earlier in the games. World Amateur Championships results. 2007 Olympic Games results. 2008