Olexandr Stretskyy, also known as Oleksandr Stretskiy, (born 6 May 1986) is a
Ukrainian
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professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
who competes as a
middleweight. As an amateur, he won a
bronze medal in the
welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...
division of the
2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from July 13 to July 23. The 36th edition of this bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
Medal winners
M ...
and thereby qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2008 Olympics.
Amateur career
European Championships results
2006
*Defeated Borna Katalinić (Croatia)
*Defeated Samuel Matevosyan (Armenia)
*Lost to
Andrey Balanov (Russia) 31-11
Olympic Games results
2008
*Defeated
Gilbert Lenin Castillo (Dominican Republic) 9-6
*Lost to
Tureano Johnson
Taureano Dexter Johnson (variously known as Tureano, Toureano, Taureno, or Jhonson; born 12 February 1984) is a Bahamian professional boxer who held the WBC Silver middleweight title in 2015. As an amateur he qualified for the 2008 Olympics. ...
(Bahamas) 4-9
Professional boxing record
External links
2006 European Championships Results
1986 births
Welterweight boxers
Living people
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Ukraine
Ukrainian male boxers
Sportspeople from Dnipro
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