Alexander Ustinov is one of the most famous andsuccessful boxers who continue their careers today, delighting their fans with bright victories. During his life, he participated in various battles and participated not only in boxing or kickboxing competitions, but also in Thai boxing and mixed martial arts.
Alexander Ustinov: biography
Ustinov Alexander was born on December 7, 1976year in the village Paustovo, Altai Territory. In childhood, nothing special stood out. He loved, like all boys of his age, to hit the ball or play ping-pong. After graduation, he joined the army and served as a border guard in the Far East. After the army, from 1997 to 2001, he worked in the OMON. He fought in hot spots (Chechnya), distinguished himself during his service and was twice awarded for services to the Fatherland.
Fatal meeting
During one of the business trips at willhe was in the city of Novosibirsk, where the fateful meeting of Alexander Ustinov with his first coach took place. Vladimir Zadiran was once a kickboxing world champion, and at the time of the meeting he was the founder of the Thai boxing and kickboxing school in Belarus. He undertook to train Alexander.
Participation in kickboxing tournaments. First steps in sports
Despite the fact that Alexander began to engagekickboxing late enough when he turned 25, with hard work, perseverance and talent he was able to achieve a positive result by 2003, when, after winning the K-1 Grand Prix, he knocked out three opponents and won the right to play in Paris the tournament. At this tournament, he reached the semifinals. But, unfortunately, he failed to win the championship in this tournament. He lost on points to Alexey Ignashov. But, despite this defeat, he continued to continue his participation at the grand prix stage K-1, in Barcelona, and very successfully.
In August 2004, he was invited to participate inCompetitions in K-1 GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II. However, he was injured - he injured his knee in a fight with South African fighter Jan Nortier, but despite this he won the fight, although after that he had to leave the tournament.
But his career did not stop there. Already in 2005, he wins victories in Milan and Lommel, in the K-1 Grand Prix.
After successful participation in the Paris K-1 Grand Prix, in 2006, he takes part in the Slovak tournament. This tournament was unsuccessful from the very beginning. The first opponent of Alexander Ustinov was Bjorn Brega, who struck a kick in the groin prohibited by the rules. The fight had to stop. According to the decision of the judges, the duel was failed.
Due to disagreements with promoters AlexanderUstinov was forced to leave kickboxing. But he did not leave sports. What did Alexander Ustinov start doing? Boxing has become his life. It was he who made him famous. Thus began his career - first amateur, and then professional boxing.
Boxing career in the Klitschko team
Alexander Ustinov started his boxing careereven when he was involved in kickboxing. For the first time he appeared in the ring as a boxer back in May 2005. In his first boxing fight, he knocked out Andrei Tsukanov. In the other - Oleg Romanov. Immediately after the forced retirement of kickboxing, he joined the Klitschko promotion company. And he began to train and prepare for boxing fights, his sparring partner was one of the brothers - Vitaly. The efforts did not go in vain, and already in the closest match with the American athlete Earl Ladson, the judges awarded Alexander the victory. Even then, the boxing world heard that a new star had caught fire - Alexander Ustinov. Photos of the boxer began to increasingly appear on the pages of newspapers and magazines. They heard about him and started talking.
February 26, 2009 was a duel betweenAlexander Ustinov and the Ukrainian boxer Maxim Pedoura, who until then had been considered practically invincible (participated in 11 fights and had only 1 defeat). At the fifth round, the fight was over, because of an injury (blood flowed heavily from the nose of the Ukrainian fighter), he could not continue to fight. The judges awarded the victory to Ustinov. He was awarded the title.
On September 29, 2012, a battle was organized for the championship in the IBF. In the ring, he met with a native of Bulgaria, Kubrat Pulev, who knocked out Alexander in the 11th round.
After that, Alexander soon recovered, and already 16November 2013 there was a duel, this time he fought with the former challenger for the title of champion David Tua. Ustinov won this fight, the judges unanimously awarded him a victory. Thanks to this victory, he firmly settled in 6th place in the IBF line.
Change promoter, new victories
After this fight, he took a break of one year,and on December 11, 2014, a new match took place between Alexander Ustinov and New Zealand boxer Chonsi Veliveru, in which the Russian won on points. From 2014, he began to advocate for the promotional company Hryunova.
The last two fights took place quite recently, in2015 The first performance took place on July 10th. In this fight, he managed to win a solid victory over the Englishman Travis Walker. The following fight took place on October 10, in this fight the Belarusian fighter won a victory by knocking out Venezuelan Maurice Harris.
Interesting facts about the life and career of Ustinov Alexander
To date, the athlete lives inMinsk. Despite the fact that Alexander was born in Russia, he participates in battles for Belarus, and on the international site Boxrec.com, which collects statistics on all fighters, he is listed as Belarusian.
At a time when Alexander was engagedAmateur boxing, he spent less than 20 fights, but this did not prevent him from becoming a professional athlete and win the Belarus Cup, becoming a silver medalist.
Alexander Ustinov - a boxer whose height, weightpretty impressive. He is a heavyweight boxer. His height is 202 cm and weighs 130 kg. Right-handed. In all for his entire career, Alexander Ustinov participated in 33 fights, of which he scored 32 victories (23 by KO) and 1 defeat. For this he was nicknamed "Great." The general manager of Alexander Ustinov is Alexander Krasyuk.
At the last speeches, Alexander Ustinov performed under two flags: Belarusian and Russian. Alexander himself has Russian citizenship and, apparently, is not going to refuse him.
