Oleksiy Mazikin (born 16 February 1975) is a Ukrainian boxer best known to win the silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in the Men's Super Heavyweight division.

Amateur

Mazikin was a successful amateur but kept losing to southpaws. At the Olympics 2000 he lost to southpaw

Audley Harrison Audley Hugh Harrison, (born 26 October 1971) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2013. As an amateur he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division an ...

, at the World Championships 2001 where he achieved his best result beating

Alexander Povetkin Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the WBA (Regular) heav ...

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Pedro Carrión Pedro Carrión Sago (born August 24, 1971 in Cuba) is a Cuban heavyweight boxer best known to win several medals in international amateur competition at super heavyweight. Amateur At the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat Jason ...

he lost the final to southpaw

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 ...

. At the Olympics 2004 he beat Aliaksandr Apanasionak and was defeated by southpaw Roberto Cammarelle.

Amateur Highlights

*2000 competed as a Super Heavyweight at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. **Defeated

Angus Shelford Angus Whare Shelford (born 2 October 1976 in Otahuhu, New Zealand) is a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There he was defeated in the first round of the Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division by O ...

(New Zealand) PTS (19-5) **Lost to

(Great Britain) PTS (9-19) *2001 2nd place at the World Championships in Belfast **Defeated Pedro Carrion (Cuba) PTS (26-20) **Lost to

(Uzbekistan) RTD-2 *2001 4th place at the Goodwill Games 2001 in Brisbane. **Lost to

(Russia) PTS (6-15) (Semifinals) **Lost to Pedro Carrion (Cuba) PTS (10-14) (Third place Bout) *2004 competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Results were: **Defeated Aliaksandr Apanasionak (Belarus) PTS (23-5) **Lost to Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) PTS (21-23)

Pro

He turned pro in 2005. He lost to compatriot

Taras Bidenko Taras Bidenko (born February 8, 1980 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a German-based professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division. Professional career Bidenko boxed as an amateur before turning professional in June 2000, wi ...

on points and was KOd in the first round by amateur superstar Odlanier Solis.

Professional boxing record

External links

2001 world championships
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Heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Ukraine 1975 births Living people National University of Kharkiv alumni Ukrainian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Sportspeople from Kharkiv {{Ukraine-boxing-bio-stub