Oleksandr Zubrihin (born October 28, 1974) is a

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from

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who won the bronze medal in the Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) division at the

2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 13 to 21. The tournament served as a qualification event for the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII ...

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. Zubrihin represented his native country at the

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. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Men's Middleweight division by

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's eventual bronze medalist

Zsolt Erdei Zsolt Erdei (born 31 May 1974) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2004 to 2009 (making eleven c ...

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