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Kairat Yeraliyev
	Yeraliyev at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Қайрат Ерәлиев
Nationality	Kazakh
Born	8 November 1990 (age 34); Shymkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Kazakhstan
Sport	Boxing
Event	Bantamweight
Coached by	Myrzagali Aitzhanov
Medal record
Representing Kazakhstan
World Amateur Championships
Asian Championships
Asian Games
	Updated on 2 September 2017

Kairat Yeraliyev (Kazakh: Қайрат Ерәлиев, Qairat Eräliev; born 8 November 1990) is a Kazakh boxer who competes in the bantamweight division. He won bronze medals at the 2013 World Championships and 2014 Asian Games, but was eliminated in the second round of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2]^[3]

Career

At the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Almaty, he beat Ravzan Andreiana, Omurbek Malabekov, and Olympic Champion Robeisy Ramírez. In the semifinals, he lost to Javid Chalabiyev of Azerbaijan.

At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, he beat Othman Arbabi and Mohammad Al-Wadi before losing in the semifinals to Ham Sang-myeong of South Korea.

He won the bronze medal at the men's bantamweight event at the 2015 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships.

In the 2016 Summer Olympics he fought in the men's bantamweight class, winning his first bout against Javid Chalabiyev. In the second round he lost to Murodjon Akhmadaliev of Uzbekistan.

He won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight event at the 2017 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships.

Kairat started the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships with a 5-0 win over Christopher Florez of Mexico in the first round, and a 4-1 over Murodjon Akhmadaliev of Uzbekistan in the second round. In quarterfinals Yeraliyev beat Omar El-Hag of Germany with a 5-0 score and in the semifinals he defeats Peter McGrail of England to advance to the finals. In the finals, Yeraliyev fought Duke Ragan of the United States, winning 3-2 and bringing home the gold medal.

In 2018 he won both the Presidents Cup and the Kazakh National Championship at bantamweight.

In 2021 he made his professional debut, winning a four round unanimous decision over Uzbekistan's Bakhit Abdurahimov at the Sapiyev Boxing Center in Karaganda.