Gabala boxer, also challenging for the Azerbaijan national team Kamran Shahsuvarly, ended with the World Boxing Cup being held in Hamburg, Germany with a bronze medal. The red-black hero, 75 kg, won on Max Van der Pas (Netherlands) by 3:2 (28:29, 29:28, 30:37, 30:27, 29:28) in the round of 16, before Jorge Luis Vivas Palacios (Columbia) by 3:2 (27:30, 29:28, 29:28, 28:29, 29:28) sealing in the bronze. Then he lost to Abilkhan Amankull (Kazakhstan) with 1:4 (28:29, 29:28, 27:30, 27:30, 28:29).

Another Gabala hero other than Shahsuvarly is Lorenzo Sotomayor ended up with the cup in the round of 16.