Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin (russian: Борис Николаевич Лагутин; 24 June 1938 – 4 September 2022)Умер двукратный олимпийский чемпион по боксу Борис Лагутин
was a

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light middleweight boxer. During his career as a boxer, he won 241 fights and lost only 11. He won medals in three

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, including two golds, in 1964 and 1968. Lagutin also won at European championships in 1961 and 1963 and at USSR championships in 1959, 1961–64 and 1968. Lagutin was born in

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. Until 1967 he trained at VSS Trud, then - at VSS Spartak. During the period of failures, that followed the 1964 Olympics, Lagutin was removed from the USSR team roster. Along with his trainer Vladimir Trenin Lagutin managed to find causes of his losses and earned USSR and Olympic Champion titles again in 1968.

Olympic results

Rome - 1960 * Round of 32: Bye * Round of 16: Defeated Alhassan Brimah (Ghana) by KO * Quarterfinal: Defeated John Bukowski (Australia) by RSC * Semifinal: Lost to

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(U.S.A.) by decision, 2-3 Tokyo - 1964 * Round of 32: Defeated Paul Hogh (Unified Team of Germany) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: Defeated Jose Chirino (Argentina) by disqualification * Quarterfinal: Defeated Eddie Davies (Ghana) by walkover * Semifinal: Defeated Józef Grzesiak (Poland) by decision, 4-1 * Final: Defeated Joseph Gonzales (France) by decision, 4-1 Mexico - 1968 * Round of 32: Defeated Moisés Fajardo (Spain) by RSC * Round of 16: Defeated

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(Egypt) by RSC * Quarterfinal: Defeated Ion Covaci (Romania) by decision, 5-0 * Semifinal: Defeated

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(West Germany) by decision, 4-1 * Final: Defeated

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(Cuba) by decision, 5-0

Honours and awards

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, 3rd and 4th classes *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples (russian: oрден Дружбы народов, translit=orden Druzhby narodov) was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military unit ...

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

* Medal "For Labour" *

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" The Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (russian: Медаль «В память 850-летия Москвы») is a commemorative medal of the Russian Federation created to denote the 850th anniversary of the city of Mos ...

* Honoured

Master of Sports Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes an ...

References

Britannica article on Boris Lagutin
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Biography
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