Alexander Vladimirovich Isosimov

Alexander Vladimirovich Isosimov ( Александр Владимирович Изосимов ; born November 17, 1939 in Krasnodar , † October 30, 1997 in Krasnodar) was a Soviet boxer . He was the European heavyweight champion in 1965 for amateurs.

biography

Alexander Isosimow grew up in Krasnodar and started boxing there as a youth at "Trud Rezervy" (Workers' Reserves) Krasnodar. His trainer was A. Lavrov. At the age of 20 he started in the Soviet championship in 1959. There he created a surprise, because he took advantage of the absence of Andrei Wassiljewitsch Abramow, who was then dominant in the Soviet heavyweight division, and became the Soviet heavyweight champion with a point victory over the Latvian Jānis Lancers.

Also in 1960, Alexander Isosimow started in the Soviet championship. He could not defend his championship title and was eliminated in the quarterfinals by losing points to Jānis Lancers. He came in 5th place with three other boxers.

In 1961 and 1962, Alexander Isosimov failed to qualify for the Soviet championships. It was also not used at international events. In 1963 he was back in the Soviet championship and reached the final, in which he lost against Andrei Abramov just on points.

In 1964 he even managed to beat Abramov in the final of the Soviet championship, making him the Soviet heavyweight champion for the second time. However , it was not he who was used at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this year , but Vadim Michailowitsch Jemeljanow . In 1965 Alexander Isosimow was again the Soviet heavyweight champion. He defeated it in the semifinals Vadim Michailowitsch Jemeljanow and in the final the Lithuanian Ionas Tschepulis on points. So he could not be passed over again at the European Championship in East Berlin . In East Berlin he became European champion with three short-round victories in a superior style . He defeated Rudolf Meier from Switzerland in the 1st round by techn. KO and knocked out Dusan Rybansky from the CSSR in the first round in the semifinals . In the final battle he defeated the Bulgarian Kiril Pandow by techn. KO in the 2nd round.

In 1966 Alexander Isosimow was absent from the Soviet championship. International championships did not take place this year.

In the spring of 1967 he was then used at the European heavyweight championships in Rome . This time, however, he could not meet the high expectations. Although he won in his first fight over the Czechoslovak Frantisek Polacek on points, he was defeated in the quarterfinals against the Englishman Peter Boddington on points and was eliminated without winning a medal. Two months later, however, he proved at the Soviet championship that he was the best Soviet boxer of those years. For the fourth time after 1959, 1964 and 1965 he won the Soviet league title. In the final he defeated it Nikolai Sukharev. In the same year he, who meanwhile belonged to the Soviet Army, won the championship of the armies of the Warsaw Pact states (SKDA championship) in the heavyweight division in Budapest with a victory in the final battle over the Bulgarian Petar Petrow.

In 1968, Alexander Isosimov was injured and missed a possible start at the Olympic Games in Mexico City . In 1969 he started again in the Soviet championship. He won it in the quarterfinals over Gennady Schimansky, but was defeated in the semifinals against Valeri Somow and reached a 3rd place.

Then he announced his resignation. He had fought 200 fights, of which he won 180.

USSR championships with Alexander Isosimov

• 1959: 1. Alexander Isossimow, 2. Jānis Lancers, 3. Abdusalam Nurmachanow,
• 1960: 1. Andrei Abramow , 2. Jānis Lancers, 3. Lew Muchin a . W. Grischin, 5th Alexander Isossimow,
• 1963: 1. Andrei Abramow, 2. Alexander Isossimow, 3. Jānis Lancers a. A. Baranov,
• 1964: 1. Alexander Isossimow, 2. Andrei Abramow, 3. W. Orijenko a. Nikolai Sukharev,
• 1965: 1. Alexander Isossimow, 2. Ionas Tschepulis , 3. W. Tschuganow a. Vadim Mikhailovich Jemelyanov ,
• 1967: 1. Alexander Isossimow, 2. Nikolai Sucharjew, 3. Alexander Wasjuschkin a. Ionas Tschepulis,
• 1969: 1. Alexander Wasjuschkin, 2. Valeri Somow, 3. Alexander Isossimow a. A. Turkin

swell

• Box Sport magazine from 1959 to 1969,
• BOX-ALMANACH 1920 - 1980 , publisher of the German Amateur Boxing Association e. V., 1980,
• Website "amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Website "Boxing-fbr.ru"

1. ↑ Sports Necropolis. Isosimov Alexander Vladimirovich (1939-1997) ( Memento from August 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Web link

• Short portrait of Alexander Isosimov in Russian