Sergey Vodopyanov
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Sergey Vodopyanov (born September 20, 1987 in Taldykorgan
) is a Russia
n amateur boxer best known to win gold in bantamweight Class at the
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
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In 2006 he managed to win the silver medal at flyweight at the Russian Championships losing to three-times European champion Georgy Balakshin
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At the 2006 Junior World Championships he made an early exit against eventual champion Vasyl Lomachenko
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In Chicago at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships the 20 year old beat local hero Gary Russell Jr. 16:6 and Puertorican McJoe Arroyo
20:9 to reach the finals. There he edged out Mongolian Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
16:14.
He benefited from the absence of Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux.
's Akhil Kumar
. The judges awarded the fight to Kumar with the scores tied 9-9 after four rounds, ruling that the Indian fighter had landed the most punches.
Taldykorgan
Taldykorgan , formerly known as Taldy-Kurgan , is the administrative center of Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. It has a population of 118,400 . Most of the people are Kazakhs.-Education:...
) is a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n amateur boxer best known to win gold in bantamweight Class at the
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
2004 - 2006
Vodopyanov won the silver medal at the 2004 Junior World Championships, where he lost to Hungarian Pál BedákPál Bedák
Pál Bedák is a boxer from Hungary best known to win the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. His older brother Zsolt Bedák is a bantamweight boxer....
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In 2006 he managed to win the silver medal at flyweight at the Russian Championships losing to three-times European champion Georgy Balakshin
Georgy Balakshin
Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin is an amateur boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times.-Career:Balakshin won the gold medal 2002 and defended the crown at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula....
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At the 2006 Junior World Championships he made an early exit against eventual champion Vasyl Lomachenko
Vasyl Lomachenko
Vasyl Anatoliyovich Lomachenko is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who won the silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, a gold medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships and the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the featherweight division. Lomachenko is coached by...
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2007
He won the Russian Championships in bantam weight category 2007 against Zinat Zhandybayev 27:25.In Chicago at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships the 20 year old beat local hero Gary Russell Jr. 16:6 and Puertorican McJoe Arroyo
McJoe Arroyo
McJoe Arroyo is a Puerto Rican amateur boxer best known for winning a bronze medal at the2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships as a bantamweight....
20:9 to reach the finals. There he edged out Mongolian Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who won silver in the Bantamweight division at the 2007 world championships...
16:14.
He benefited from the absence of Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux.
2008 Beijing Olympics
He was eliminated in the round of 16 in a 2008 Beijing Olympics bantamweight class fight by IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
's Akhil Kumar
Akhil Kumar
Akhil Kumar is an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards. He practices an “Open Guarded” boxing style. In 2005, the Indian government gave him the Arjuna Award for his achievements in international Boxing...
. The judges awarded the fight to Kumar with the scores tied 9-9 after four rounds, ruling that the Indian fighter had landed the most punches.