Oleksiy Mazikin (born 16 February 1975) is a Ukrainian boxer best known to win the silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in the Men's Super Heavyweight division.

Amateur

Mazikin was a successful amateur but kept losing to

southpaw Southpaw is another name for a left-handed individual, particularly in sports. Southpaw may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''The Southpaw'', a 1952 novel by Mark Harris * Southpaw (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel comic ''Sh ...

s. At the Olympics 2000 he lost to southpaw

Audley Harrison Audley Hugh Harrison, (born 26 October 1971) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2013. As an amateur he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division and be ...

, at the World Championships 2001 where he achieved his best result beating

Alexander Povetkin Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the WBA (Regular) heavyw ...

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Pedro Carrión Pedro Carrión Sago (born August 24, 1971 in Cuba) is a Cuban heavyweight boxer best known to win several medals in international amateur competition at super heavyweight. Amateur At the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat Jas ...

he lost the final to southpaw Ruslan Chagaev. At the Olympics 2004 he beat

Aliaksandr Apanasionak Aliaksandr Apanasionak (born March 17, 1981) is a Belarusian boxer who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's super heavyweight division (+ 91 kg). He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in second place at the 1 ...

and was defeated by southpaw

Roberto Cammarelle Roberto Cammarelle (born 22 March 1980) is an Italian amateur boxing, amateur boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 2007 (Chicago) and 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championshi ...

Amateur Highlights

*2000 competed as a Super Heavyweight at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. **Defeated Angus Shelford (New Zealand) PTS (19-5) **Lost to

(Great Britain) PTS (9-19) *2001 2nd place at the World Championships in Belfast **Defeated Pedro Carrion (Cuba) PTS (26-20) **Lost to Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) RTD-2 *2001 4th place at the Goodwill Games 2001 in Brisbane. **Lost to

(Russia) PTS (6-15) (Semifinals) **Lost to Pedro Carrion (Cuba) PTS (10-14) (Third place Bout) *2004 competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Results were: **Defeated

(Belarus) PTS (23-5) **Lost to

(Italy) PTS (21-23)

Pro

He turned pro in 2005. He lost to compatriot

Taras Bidenko Taras Bidenko (born February 8, 1980 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a German-based professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division. Professional career Bidenko boxed as an amateur before turning professional in June 2000, w ...

on points and was KOd in the first round by amateur superstar Odlanier Solis.

Professional boxing record

External links

2001 world championships
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Heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Ukraine 1975 births Living people National University of Kharkiv alumni Ukrainian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Sportspeople from Kharkiv {{Ukraine-boxing-bio-stub