Azerbaijani Olympic medalist Teymur Mammadov refused to continue his career in professional boxing.
The 26-year-old athlete told Report that though he was invited to participate in a professional boxing tournament in Germany, he declined the proposal. According to Mammadov, he made such a decision, since he does not want to be separated from his family.
Notably, Teymur Mammadov is a bronze prize-winner of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The fighter who recently completed his amateur boxing career is the winner of the European Championship and the First European Games