birth_place weight height medaltemplates birth_date article_title name
odintsovo , russian sfsr , soviet union lightweight -lrb- 60kg -rrb- 5 ' 7 '' women 's boxing 07 july 1987 sofya ochigava
 sofya ochigava
sofya ochigava

sofya albertovna ochigava -lrb- , born 7 july 1987 -rrb- is a russian female amateur boxer , who competed for russia in the lightweight category -lrb- under 60 kg -rrb- at the 2012 aiba women 's world boxing championships and the 2012 summer olympics .
she went head to head with irish boxer katie taylor in the title match on both occasions , with taylor emerging victorious both times .
she was also three times european champion -lrb- 2005 , 2007 , 2009 -rrb- , and twice world champion -lrb- 2005 , 2006 -rrb- .
in 2008 , she won the bronze medal of the world championship .
ochigava was born in the city of odintsovo , moscow oblast , soviet union , where she is still a resident .
she has georgian origin .
she started to train in kickboxing , but eventually moved to amateur boxing .
in 2009 , she mentioned that she had no interest in moving to professional boxing .
