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Ruslan Myrsatayev

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Ruslan Myrsatayev
Personal information
Full nameРуслан Мырсатаев
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1985-05-07) May 7, 1985 (age 39)
Almaty
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classSuper Heavyweight

Ruslan Myrsatayev (born May 7, 1985) is a Kazakh boxer best known for qualifying in the Super Heavyweight division(+91 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Kazakhstan chose to send Ruslan over veteran Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov and big-punching Rustam Rygebayev who had competed at the 2007 World Championships to the second qualifier as Myrsatayev won the competition.

The 207 lb fighter quickly KOd Australian Daniel Beahan but was knocked down and outpointed by Chinese southpaw giant Zhang Zhilei.