Alexander "Sasha" Ustinov (russian: Александр Устинов; born 7 December 1976) is a Russian

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,. Retrieved 1 October 2016. former

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and

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. In boxing, he has challenged once for the

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title in 2017. Ustinov currently resides in

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, Belarus, but remains a

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and competes under the Russian flag.

Kickboxing career

In 2003 after winning K-1 Moscow Grand Pix with three consecutive KO's Alexander Ustinov earned his spot at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris. In quarter finals he met Gregory Tony and won the fight by a second-round TKO. In the semi-final he stepped into the ring against his own sparring partner

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and after the hard-fought battle the judges ruled the fight for Ignashov's favor. In December 2003 he continued his strong performances at the tournaments winning the K-1 Spain GP in

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. On 7 August 2004 Alexander Ustinov was invited to participate at K-1 World GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II. On his biggest tournament of his career, he was matched up against the towering South African fighter Jan "The Giant" Nortje. Alexander Ustinov won the battle but unfortunately was unable to continue due to a deep laceration on his shin and was replaced by the American

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. In 2005 he won two more K-1 tournaments in

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, Italy and

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as well as made his professional

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debut.

Professional boxing career

Alexander Ustinov made his professional boxing debut on 13 May 2005 at the age of 29. He scored a second round TKO win in his first bout. On 26 February 2009, he won the EBF heavyweight title by stopping Ukrainian Maksym Pedyura in five rounds. Ustinov made two successful defences of that title against Italian

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and Russian

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. In his 19th professional contest he defeated American future heavyweight title challenger

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by unanimous decision.

Usitnov vs. Pulev

Ustinov suffered his first defeat in his 28th contest to Bulgarian

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via 11th round knockout in September 2009.

Ustinov vs. Tua

In 2013, he scored the biggest win of his career by outpointing hard punching New Zealander-Samoan

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, which was the final fight of Tua's career as he announced his retirement after the fight.

Ustinov vs. Charr

On 25 November 2017, he unsuccessfully challenged for the

title, losing a unanimous decision to Syrian

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. On 26 July 2014, he was to scheduled to fight

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as a late replacement for the injured

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. However, Tyson Fury pulled out of the fight due to the ill health and eventual death of his uncle, Hughie Fury.

Ustinov vs. Hunter

On 24 November, 2018, Ustinov faced Michael Hunter. Hunter scored two knockdowns over Ustinov and won the fight via TKO in the ninth round.

Ustinov vs. Joyce

On 18 May, 2019, Ustinov faced WBC #15 at heavyweight, Joe Joyce. Joyce's power was too much for Ustinov, as Joyce dominated him en route to a third round TKO victory.

Titles

Boxing

* WBA International heavyweight champion * EBA (European Boxing Association) heavyweight champion

Kickboxing

*World Full Contact Association ** 2006 WFCA Super Heavyweight World title *

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** 2006 IFMA World Amateur Champion *

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** 2006 K-1 Fighting Network in Marseilles Champion ** 2005 K-1 Italy Oktagon Champion ** 2004 K-1 Poland Champion ** 2003 K-1 Spain Grand Prix in Barcelona Champion ** 2003 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Moscow Champion *World Kickboxing Network ** 2004 WKN European Muay Thai Champion *World Kickboxing Federation ** 2003 WKBF Golden Panther Cup (+91 kg) Champion *International Amateur Muay Thai Federation ** 2003 IAMTF World Amateur Muay Thai Champion

Kickboxing record

Mixed martial arts record

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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