Alexander Povetkin
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's boxing | ||
 |
2004 Athens | Super heavyweight |
Alexander Povetkin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Александр Поветкин September 02, 1979 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Other names | Sasha |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 11 |
| Wins | 11 |
| Wins by KO | 9 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Alexander Povetkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Владимирович Пове́ткин; born in Kursk, Russia on September 2, 1979) is a Russian boxer. His height is 188 centimeters (6 feet and 2 inch). As an amateur, Povetkin won all of the possible tournaments in the super heavyweight division including: national titles, international title, both European and Asian titles, Intercontinental title, world title in 2003, he also won the gold medal in super-heavyweight (>91 kg) boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. His amateur record is 132 wins and 7 defeats, all of which he avenged.
Alexander Povetkin made his professional debut in Germany June 11, 2005 by defeating German Muhammed Ali Durmaz by second round TKO. On December 17, 2005 he TKO'd American Willie Chapman in three rounds for his fifth consecutive win of 2005, all but one occurring by KO or TKO. On March 4, 2006 Povetkin scored a 2nd round TKO over Nigerian 1992 Olympic bronze medal winner Richard Bango. Later that year, on April 22, he won his most important fight to date by defeating Friday Ahunanya by clear unanimous decision . He followed up those wins with a third round KO in Hannover, Germany on June 3, 2006 against Ecuador's Livin Castillo and a fifth round KO on September 23, 2006 against American Ed Mahone in Wetzlar, Germany. His next fight, held on December 10, was against experienced Imamu Mayfield. It was Povetkin's first pro fight in his native Russia and was held on the undercard of Oleg Maskaev's first WBC title defense; the first time a heavyweight championship bout was held in Russia. Povetkin won this fight by way of a KO in the third round, bringing his total record to 10 wins in 10 fights.
On March 3, 2007 Povetkin improved his record to 11-0 with a second round TKO of David Bostice.
Because of his great amateur career, as well as an extremely solid early pro career, he is thought by many to be a very promising prospect in boxing's heavyweight division. His next opponent will be Patrice L'Heureux who he fights on May 26th, followed by Monte Barrett on June 30th in Moscow.
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