Yevgeny Mikhaylovich Makarenko (born 10 October 1975) is a

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

from

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

best known to win two world titles 2001 and 2003 at light heavyweight, and him being a part of the 2005 Russian team at the

Boxing World Cup The Boxing World Cup was an international boxing event organized by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), featuring boxers competing in different weight divisions. It was held from 1979 to 1998 as an individual competition and from 2002 to ...

Career

Makarenko won a bronze in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

and dominated light heavyweight between 2001 and 2006. In 2005 he was part of the Russian team that won the 2005

. He won gold medals at *the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships, *the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships *the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships where he beat

Rudolf Kraj Rudolf Kraj () (born 5 December 1977 in Mělník, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech boxer. Amateur He won the silver medal in the men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He lost to Aleksandr Lebz ...

. *the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

Pula, Croatia Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the ...

. *and the

2005 Boxing World Cup The 2005 Boxing World Cup was held in Moscow, Russia from July 12 to July 17. Group 1 Cuba-Thailand Cuba-Romania Romania-Thailand Final ranking Group 2 Russia-Belarus United States-Belarus Russia-United States Final ranking Grou ...

. He also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics but was upset in the quarterfinals of the Light heavyweight (81 kg) division by USA's eventual winner

Andre Ward Andre Michael Ward (born February 23, 1984) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and held multiple world titles in two weight classes, including the unified WBA (Super) ...

. 2006 he beat highly touted newcomer

Artur Beterbiev Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev ( ce, Арту́р Асильбе́кович Бетерби́ев russian: Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian-Canadian professional boxer. He is a unified l ...

but lost to him in 2007 hindering from participating in the World Championships.

References

External links

Yahoo! Sports

1975 births Living people Heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Russia Russian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists {{Russia-boxing-bio-stub