As an amateur boxer, Hasanboy Dusmatov built an impressive collection of gold medals. Representing his native Uzbekistan, the Muslim fighter won gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio; the 2023 World Amateur Championships; the 2022 Asian Games; and the 2015, 2017 and 2022 Asian Championships. He did all of that while competing in the flyweight or light flyweight divisions.

As a professional boxer, Dusmatov is seeking more gold — which the 30-year-old can claim on April 14 when he faces Samuel Carmona for the International Boxing Association (IBA) flyweight world championship.

Dusmatov is undefeated in six pro fights, with five knockouts on his resume. The 5-foot-2 southpaw is ranked No. 10 in the world at strawweight (105 pounds) by The Ring magazine. The sport’s major sanctioning bodies like him even more: in the 105-pound division, he’s ranked as the No. 1 contender by the WBA, fifth by the WBC, and sixth by the WBO.

Similar to multi-division world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic gold medalist who fought for a WBO international title in his professional debut and challenged for a WBO world title in his second pro fight, Dusmatov’s lengthy and sparkling amateur record has impressed pro matchmakers and provided him opportunities that usually don’t go to boxers with only a few pro fights under their belt.

In just his third pro fight, Dusmatov scored a TKO over Muhsin Kizota to win the vacant WBA international light flyweight title (since vacated). This past February, the WBA ordered its strawweight “super” champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong (a.k.a. Knockout CPFreshmart) of Thailand to defend his title against Dusmatov at some point in the near future.

Which means the Olympic champion and gold-medal collector could get that much closer to his professional trophy case catching up to his amateur accolades.