Anatoly Klimanov

Anatoly Mykolajowytsch Klimanow ( Ukrainian Анатолій Миколайович Кліманов , Russian Анатолий Николаевич Климанов Anatoly Nikolayevich Klimanow * 28. October 1949 in Kiev , † 2. March 2009 ) was a Soviet - Ukrainian boxer . He was European light middleweight champion in 1973 and light heavyweight in 1975 .

Career

Anatoly Klimanov, a native of Ukraine, started boxing in 1959. He initially belonged to the Avangard sports community and became a member of the Kiev Army Sports Club as an adult . He weighed approx. 75 kg and started his time as an active player in the weight classes of medium, medium and light heavyweight. In the Soviet Union he faced a number of enormously strong opponents, such as B. Valeri Tregubow , Rufat Riskiev , Vyacheslav Lemeschew , Leonid Shaposhnikov , Vladimir Tarasenkow and Dawit Kwachadze . It is all the more remarkable that in his career he was twice Soviet champion and twice European champion . In 1974 he won a medal at the World Championships in Havana and in 1976 he represented the USSR at the Olympic Games in Montreal . But there he could not win a medal.

After a successful junior period, Anatolij Klimanow started in 1970 for the first time in a Soviet senior championship. He reached the semi-finals in the light middleweight division, in which he lost to Valery Tregubov . Also in 1971 he was in this championship in the semifinals, in which he lost to Alexander Schipilow. In 1971 he started at an international tournament in Leipzig , where he defeated Hans-Joachim Brauske from the GDR on points in the middleweight finals .

In 1972 he retired from the Soviet middleweight championship by losing to Rufat Riskiev in the quarterfinals. In 1973 he was first Soviet master through a techn. Knockout victory in the 3rd round over Rufat Riskiev. He then also prevailed at the national elimination tournament for the European Championships by winning points over Rufat Riskiev and Bogdan Grizak. At the European Championships in 1973 in Belgrade , he celebrated light middleweight victories over Eward Hayden, Ireland , Christer Ottosson, Sweden , Peter Tiepold , GDR, and Wiesław Rudkowski , Poland , and was thus European champion in a superior style.

In 1974 Anatoly Klimanov lost in the final of the Soviet middleweight championship against his long-term rival Rufat Riskiev on points. But he was used at the world championship in Havana in the light middleweight division and fought his way up to the semi-finals with victories over Charlton Bent, Jamaica , Luis Lamadrid, Puerto Rico , and Jerzy Rybicki , Poland, in which, however, he was against Rolando Garbey from Cuba lost on points.

In 1975 Rufat Riskiev was the last stop at the Soviet Middleweight Championship. He lost to this in the semifinals with 2: 3 judges' votes. The Soviet coaches were so convinced of him that they used him in the light heavyweight championship this year in Katowice . He also fulfilled expectations in this weight class and became European champion for the second time with victories over Janusz Gortat , Poland, Ottomar Sachse , GDR, and Georgi Stoymenow , Bulgaria , both of which he defeated 5-0 judges' votes.

In 1976 Anatoly Klimanov could not take part in the Soviet championship due to injury. But he was in the Soviet team at the Olympic Games in Montreal . In the light heavyweight division he won there in his first fight against Roger Fortin from Canada clearly on points. In the last sixteen he lost to the later professional heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks from the United States on points, which meant he was eliminated and only finished in 9th place.

In 1977 Anatoly Klimanov was back in the finals of the Soviet championship. In the middleweight division he was defeated by Leonid Schaposhnikov just on points. This year he was able to celebrate another win at an international championship. In Havana he was in the light heavyweight division with a points win over the Cuban Sixto Soria winner at the 13th championships of the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries.

In 1978, at the end of his career, he was once again Russian champion. In the final of the light heavyweight division, he defeated Dawit Kwachadze on points.

In his long career, Anatoly Klimanov scored 385 victories in 403 fights.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1969	3.	Olympic tournament Hopes in Lodz	Semi-middle	after losing points in the semifinals against Ion Gyorfi, Romania
1971	1.	Intern. Tournament in Leipzig	medium	after winning points in the final over Hans-Joachim Brauske , GDR
1972	1.	Intern. Tournament in Leningrad	medium	after an abandonment victory in the 3rd round over Vladimir Tarasenkow , USSR
1972	1.	Intern. Tournament in Minsk	medium	after winning points in the final over Valeri Sokolow, USSR
1972	1.	12th Honved Cup in Budapest	medium	after winning the final without a fight over Mihaly Rapcsak, Hungary
1973	1.	EM in Belgrade	Semi-middle	according to techn. KO victory in the 2nd round over Edward Hayden, Ireland and points victories over Christer Ottosson, Sweden (5: 0), Peter Tiepold , GDR (5: 0) and Wieslaw Rudkowski , Poland (5: 0)
1974	3.	World Cup in Havana	Semi-middle	after winning points over Charlton Bent, Jamaica , Luis Lamadrid, Puerto Rico and Jerzy Rybicki , Poland and losing points to Rolando Garbey , Cuba
1975	1.	EM in Katowice	Semi-difficult	after winning points over Janusz Gortat , Poland (5: 0), Ottomar Sachse , GDR (5: 0) and Georgi Stoymenow , Bulgaria (5: 0)
1976	9.	OS in Montreal	Semi-difficult	after winning points over Roger Fortin, Canada (5: 0) and losing points to Leon Spinks , USA (0: 5)
1977	1.	13th championship of the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries in Havana	Semi-difficult	after winning points in the final over Sixto Soria , Cuba (3: 2 =)
1978	2.	18th Honved Cup in Budapest	Semi-difficult	after losing without a fight in the final against Viktor Pumbolow, USSR
1979	5.	Intern. Tournament in Alma Ata	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the quarterfinals against Ivan Novikov, USSR
1979	2.	19th Honved Cup in Budapest	Heavy	after losing points in the final against Istvan Levai , Hungary (2: 3)
1979	2.	10th Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem	Heavy	after defeat (injury) in the 1st round against Ulli Kaden , GDR

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
1969	Moscow	USSR against Poland (U 20)	Semi-middle	Point defeat against Witold Stachurski
1970	Minsk	USSR versus USA	Semi-middle	Points victory over Jesse Valdez
1971	Paris	France versus USSR	medium	Demolition victory in the 1st round over Jean-Baptiste Michel
1972	Zhdanov	USSR versus USA	medium	Point loss to Marvin Johnson
1974	Moscow	USSR versus USA	medium	Point loss to Vonzell Johnson
1975	Lake Tahoe	USA versus USSR	medium	Points victory over Mike Clark
1975	St. Louis	USA versus USSR	medium	Points victory over Michael Spinks
1975	new York	USA versus USSR	medium	Points victory over Al Fracker
1975	new York	Semi-difficult	UDA versus USSR	Points victory over Johnny Davis
1975	Cincinnati	Semi-difficult	USA versus USA	Points victory over Frank Williams
1975	Las Vegas	Semi-difficult	USA versus USSR	Points victory over Frank Williams
1976	Moscow	USSR versus USA	Semi-difficult	Demolition victory in the 3rd round over Tom Johnson
1976	new York	USA versus USSR	Semi-difficult	Point loss to Jerry Williams
1978	Alma Ata	USSR versus USA	Semi-difficult	Point loss to Charles Singleton

Championships of the Soviet Union

year	space	Weight class	Result
1970	3.	Semi-middle	after losing points in the semifinals against Valery Tregubov
1971	3.	Semi-middle	after losing points in the semi-finals against Alexander Schipilow
1972	5.	medium	after a point defeat in the quarterfinals against Rufat Riskiev
1973	1.	medium	according to techn. Knockout victory in the 3rd round over Rufat Riskiev
1974	2.	medium	after losing points in the final against Rufat Riskiev
1975	3.	medium	after losing points in the semifinals against Rufat Riskiev
1977	2.	medium	after losing points in the final against Leonid Schaposhnikov
1978	1.	Semi-difficult	after winning points in the final over Dawit Kwachadze

National tournaments

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1971	3.	Spartakiad	medium	after losing points in the semi-finals against W. Abramowitsch
1973	1.	EM elimination in Lwow	medium	after winning points over Rufat Riskijew and Bogdan Grizak
1975	3.	Spartakiad	medium	after losing points in the semifinals against Rufat Riskiev

Explanations

• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Weight classes: medium up to 71 kg, medium up to 75 kg and light heavy weight up to 81 kg body weight

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• Box Sport magazine
• Website "amateur-boxing.strefa.pl"
• Website "www.boxing.fbr.ru"