Serhiy Dotsenko ( uk, Сергій Доценко; born July 27, 1979, in
Simferopol
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,
Ukrainian SSR
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,
Soviet Union
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) is a
Russian former
professional boxer who competed during 2001. As an
amateur
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, Dotesenko represented Ukraine at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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and won the silver medal in the
welterweight
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bracket.
Olympic results
*Defeated
Guillermo Saputo
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(Argentina) 12-7
*Defeated
Parkpoom Jangphonak
Parkpoom "M" Jangphonak ( th, ภาคภูมิ แจ้งโพธิ์นาค; ; born 7 October 1975) is a retired Thai professional boxer in Welterweight division, in addition he is also an amateur boxer who has competed in the Olympi ...
(Thailand) 13-5
*Defeated
Daniyar Munaytbasov
Daniyar Munaytbasov (russian: Данияр Мунайтбасов; born March 30, 1976) is a boxer from Kazakhstan. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of th ...
(Kazakhstan) 8-7
*Defeated
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*Vitalie Bordian
*Vitalie Bulat
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*Vitalie Cercheș
*Vitalie Ciobanu
*Vitalie Grușac
*Vitalie Manaliu
*Vitalie Marinuța
*Vitalie Nagacevschi
*Vitalie Pîrlog
*Vital ...
(Moldova) 17-8
*Lost to
Oleg Saitov
Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov (russian: Оле́г Элекпа́евич Саи́тов; (born May 26, 1974 in Novokuybyshevsk, Russian SFSR to a Volga Tatar father and ethnic Russian mother) is a Russian former Olympic boxer.
He won the Olympic gol ...
(Russia) 16-24
Pro career
Dotsenko began his professional career a year later and won his only three pro bouts, retiring in the same year in which he turned pro.
Professional boxing record
External links
sports-reference*
1979 births
Living people
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Ukraine
Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine
Olympic medalists in boxing
Sportspeople from Simferopol
Ukrainian male boxers
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Welterweight boxers
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