George Issabeg (born 9 November 1930; date of death unknown)[1] was an Iranian former boxer of Assyrian ethnicity who represented Iran at both the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. In 1948, Issabeg competed in the welterweight classification. He lost in the first round against an Italian Alessandro D'Ottavio, who went on to win the silver medal. In 1952, Issabeg stayed at the welterweight level and defeated the Egyptian Fathi Ali Abbdelrahman in the first round, but lost to the Dutch boxer Moos Linneman in the second round.[2]
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edit- ^ "George Issabeg". Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ George Issabeg Archived October 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at sports-reference.com
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