Vitali Boot is a German amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal at super heavyweight at the
2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from June 3 to June 10. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing International Boxing Association (AIBA).
Medal winn ...
. There he beat Poland's
Grzegorz Kielsa
Grzegorz Kielsa (born 26 May 1979) is a Canada-based Polish professional boxer.
Amateur career
He fought at both the 2000 and 2002 European Boxing Championships but did not gain a medal at either.
Kielsa represented Poland at the 2000 Olympic ...
(20:14), but lost to eventual winner
Ruslan Chagaev
Ruslan Shamilevich Chagaev ( tt-Cyrl, Руслан Шамил улы Чагаев; uz, Ruslan Shamilovich Chagayev; russian: Руслан Шамилович Чагаев); born 19 October 1978) is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who c ...
.
Boot won the German championships seven times. He defeated world class
Sebastian Köber
Sebastian Köber (born 28 May 1979) is a German boxer, who won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Three years later, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he once again finished in ...
in the final of the German championships 2002
but lost to him 12:18 in the final 2003. In 2004 he became German champion by defeating Ibrahim Altingul.
External links
2001 results
Heavyweight boxers
Living people
German male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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