Yevgeny Mikhaylovich Makarenko (born 10 October 1975) is a
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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from
Russia
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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
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and dominated light heavyweight between 2001 and 2006.
In 2005 he was part of the Russian team that won the 2005
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 ...
.
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
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