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he won a gold medal at the 2013 European Championships.

Amateur boxing career

*2012 2nd place at Russian National Championships at 91 kg, losing to

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*2013 Won Russian National Championships at 91 kg **Final: Defeated Sergey Kalchugin *2013 Won European Amateur Championships in Minsk, Belarus at 91 kg. Results were: **Final: Defeated

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(Azerbaijan) RSC 2 *2014 2nd place at Russian National Championships at 91 kg, losing to

*2015 2nd place at Russian National Championships at 91 kg.

Professional boxing career

Egorov made his professional debut against Lukasz Rusiewicz on 3 December 2016. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout. Egorov amassed a 7-0 record during the next three years, with six stoppages, before being booked to fight

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for the vacant IBF International Cruiserweight title on 23 March 2019. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 100-90, 99-91, and 98-92. Egorov faced Roman Golovashchenko three months later, on 16 June 2019. HE won the fight by a third-round technical knockout. Egorov faced Serhiy Radchenko on 7 December 2019, in his final fight of 2019. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges awarding him a 100-89 scorecard. Egorov fought once in 2020, against Vasil Ducar on 12 March 2020, in a stay-busy fight. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 99-92, 97-94 and 97-94. On 12 February 2021, the WBA ordered their "Super" cruiserweight champion

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to make a mandatory title defense against Egorov. They were given a 30-day negotiation period, starting with February 11, 2021. After a thirty day period of unsuccessful negotiations, a purse bid was held, with a 65-35 split for Goulamirian. The bid was won by World of Boxing, who submitted a bid of $210 000. The fight was eventually scheduled for December 10, 2021, at the RCC Boxing Academy in

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, Russia. Goulamirian was later forced to withdraw from the bout, as he tested positive for

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. On 23 August 2022, the WBA once again ordered Goulamirian to face Egorov, giving the fighters 15 days to negotiate the terms of the bout. As they failed to do so, a purse bid was called, which was won by Y2 Boxing who bid $364,000. The title bout was booked to take place on 19 November 2022. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Egotov, Aleksey 1991 births Living people Cruiserweight boxers Russian male boxers People from Obninsk Sportspeople from Kaluga Oblast