Aleksey Masikin

Aleksey Masikin

Personal information
Full name	Олексій Мазікін
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	February 16, 1975 (1975-02-16) Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	91 kilograms (200 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Super Heavyweight
Club	Dynamo, Kolos Lutsk
Medal record World Amateur Championships Silver 2001 Belfast Super Heavyweight

Alexei Mazikin (born 1975-02-16) 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, at the World Championships 2001 where he achieved his best result beating Alexander Povetkin 36:30 and Pedro Carrión he lost the final to southpaw Ruslan Chagaev.

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 (New Zealand) PTS (19-5)
  • Lost to Audley Harrison (Great Britain) PTS (9-19)
• 2001 2nd place at the World Championships in Belfast
  • Defeated Pedro Carrion (Cuba) PTS (26-20)
  • Lost to Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) RTD-2
• 2001 4th place at the Goodwill Games 2001 in Brisbane.
  • Lost to Alexander Povetkin (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 but did not achieve much as he is neither a puncher nor was he fully trained. He lost to compatriot Taras Bidenko on points and was KOd in the first round by amateur superstar Odlanier Solis.

External links

• 2001 world championships
• Professional boxing record for Aleksey Masikin from BoxRec
• sports-reference