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Taras Oleksandrovych Shelestyuk ( ua, Тарас Олександрович Шелестюк; born 30 November 1985) is a
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professional boxer signed with Banner Promotions. He is 16–0 with 10 knockouts as a professional and is trained by legendary boxing trainer
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. Shelestyuk won the gold medal at Welterweight division at the
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and Bronze medal at
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2012.


Professional career

In the final of 2011 World Championships, he beat
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from Kazakhstan after 3 rounds with 16–10 final score (5:2, 3:2, 8:6 per round). Prior to the final, beating his opponents from Denmark, Cuba, France and Russia respectively, he qualified for
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by reaching the quarter finals. Along with his contribution, Ukraine Boxing National Team have topped the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championship overall medal table with 4 gold and 1 silver medals. Additionally, climbing up 20 ladders, Shelestyuk captured the top spot at
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individual rankings with 1700 points, as of 31 October 2011, in front of Welsh Freddie Evans and Indian Vikas Krishan. Getting the Bronze medal in Olympic Games in London 2012 he moved to Los Angeles and signed a contract with a promotion company and turned professional. Now training at famous boxing gym "Wild Card boxing club" with trainer
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Highlights


Professional boxing record

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See also

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2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 22 to October 10, 2011. The competition ran under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur ...
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2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held at the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia from June 4 to June 13, 2010. It was the 38th edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amate ...


References


External links

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2011 World Championships results
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2011 World Championships results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shelestyuk, Taras 1985 births Sportspeople from Makiivka Living people Welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Ukraine Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Ukrainian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University of Oleksandr Dovzhenko alumni