Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Alekseyev (russian: Александр Вячеславович Алексеев, born 30 April 1981 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) is a professional cruiserweight

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from Russia.

Amateur

Southpaw Alekseyev beat

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in the final of the World Military championships 2003. He won a silver medal at the

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at 201 lbs losing to his nemesis

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. Alekseyev won the gold medal in the same division at the

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. The participated in the

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. There he was narrowly defeated in the first round of the heavyweight (91 kg) division by Cuba's eventual winner

. He won a gold medal at the

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after Solís moved up in weight.

Amateur highlights

* 2002, 2003, 2005 Russian heavyweight champion *1999 won the Junior European Championship in Rijeka, Croatia, as a light heavyweight. *2002 won the Military World Championship in Curragh (Ireland) as a heavyweight, beating Dieter Roth (Germany) in the final by RSCO-2 *2003 won the Military World Championship in Catania (Italy), beating

(Lithuania) in the final (28–8) *2003 2nd place at the World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Results were: **Defeated Shamsidin Arbobov (Tajikistan) RSCO-2 **Defeated Raitis Ritenieks (Latvia) walkover **Defeated Steffen Kretschmann (Germany) RSCO-3 **Lost to

(Cuba) PTS (15–18) *2004 won the European Championship in Pula (Croatia), beating Victor Zuyev (Belarus) in the final. *2004 competed at the Athens Olympics. Result was: **Lost to

(Cuba) PTS (21–24) *2005 won the World Championships in Mianyang, China. Results were: **Defeated

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(Australia) RSCO **Defeated Zhenis Taumurinov (Kazakhstan) RSCO **Defeated Jozsef Darmos (Hungary) AB **Defeated

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(Germany) PTS (36–33) **Defeated

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(Azerbaijan) walkover

Professional

He turned pro in Germany as a cruiserweight in January 2006 and he defeated

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with a first-round knockout in his first fight. Alekseyev won his first 16 pro fights, winning 15 by

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, before suffering his first loss at the hands of

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in his 17th pro bout in January 2009. He was slated to fight

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on 22 February 2013 in Galaţi, Romania, for the

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cruiserweight title eliminator. Alekseyev won via unanimous decision becoming the mandatory for the

world title (currently held by

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). The bout with Hernández took place on 23 November 2013 in Germany with the

cruiserweight title on the line. Alekseyev lost via tenth-round knockout.

Professional record

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, align=left, , -align=center , Won , 6–0 , align=left, Adrian Rajkai , TKO , , 3 , 2006-08-22 , , align=left, Hamburg , align=left, , -align=center , Won , 5–0 , align=left,

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References

External links

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Yahoo! SportsAlexander Alexeev on Fit-Equip Boxing Directory

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