Boris Andreevich Stepanov

Boris Andrejewitsch Stepanow ( Russian Борис Андреевич Степанов ; born August 22, 1930 in Moscow , † December 28, 2007 ) was a Soviet boxer . In 1953 and 1955 he was vice European champion in bantamweight amateurs .

Career

Boris Stepanov started boxing as a teenager. He belonged to the workers' sports club Trud Moscow . He was relatively light and fought at the beginning of his career in flyweight and from mid-1951 in bantamweight. He had a very high clout with which he won many fights early.

For the first time he made lasting attention to himself at the Soviet championship in 1950, when he took 3rd place in the flyweight division behind Anatoli Bulakow and Lev Segalowitsch. In 1951 he came to the final of the Soviet flyweight championship, in which he was defeated, however, against Anatoly Bulakov. In August 1951 it was used for the first time at a major international event, the 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin (East). Already starting in the bantamweight division, he won there with a victory in the final over Istvan Horvath from Hungary.

1952 Boris Stepanov does not appear in any result lists. In 1953 he was the first Soviet champion with a victory in the final over W. Dadayev. In May 1953 he represented the Soviet colors at the European Championships in Warsaw. He won there in bantamweight over Tomislav Srdanovic, Yugoslavia and Wasil Borissow, Bulgaria on points and landed in the semifinals a knockout victory in the 2nd round over John McNally from Ireland. In the final he was defeated by Zenon Stefaniuk from Poland on points and became vice-European champion. In August 1953 he again won the bantamweight competition at the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest. In the final he defeated Otto Bostieg from Romania.

After his Soviet championship title in 1953, Boris Stepanov won this bantamweight title four times in a row from 1954 to 1957. In 1957 he defeated Oleg Grigoryev on points in the final, against whom he lost in the 1958 final. In 1960 he won the Soviet championship title for the sixth time and for the last time with a points win over Oleg Grigoryev. Despite his title wins in 1957 and 1960, Oleg Grigoryev was preferred to him at international championships in those years, who also became Olympic champion in 1960 .

Boris Stepanow competed at the European Championships in Berlin in 1955 and won there over Alphonse Halimi , France, Simon Alexandrow, Bulgaria and Wolfgang Schwarz , Federal Republic of Germany, on points. In the final, he lost again to Zenon Stefaniuk and was again runner-up in Europe.

In December 1956 he started at the Olympic Games in Melbourne in bantamweight. He lost there but already in his first battle (round of 16) against Freddie Gilroy from Ireland by knockout in the 3rd round. Duplicity of events, including his conqueror from the European Championships in 1953 and 1955 Zenon Stefaniuk was eliminated in Melbourne in the round of 16. The Olympic champion was Wolfgang Behrendt from Berlin from the all-German team.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1951	1.	3rd World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin (East)	Bantam	after a technical knockout victory in the 3rd round over H. Girod, GDR and point victory over Istvan Horvath, Hungary
1953	2.	EM in Warsaw	Bantam	after winning points over Tomislav Srdanovic, Yugoslavia and Wasil Borissow, Bulgaria, knockout victory in the 2nd round over John McNally , Ireland and losing points to Zenon Stefaniuk, Poland
1953	1.	4th World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest	Bantam	after knockout victory in the 3rd round over Kornel Molnar, Hungary, knockout win in the 1st round over F. Vonlanthen, Switzerland and point win over Otto Bostiog, Romania
1955	2.	EM in Berlin	Bantam	after winning points over Alphonse Halimi, France, Somon Alesandrow, Bulgaria and Wolfgang Schwarz , Federal Republic of Germany and losing points to Zenon Stefaniuk
1956	9.	OS in Melbourne	Bantam	after knockout loss in 3rd row against Freddie Gilroy , Ireland (round of 16)

Soviet championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
1950	3.	To fly	behind Anatoly Bulakow and Lev Segalowitsch
1951	2.	To fly	behind Anatoly Bulakov, in front of Raschid Usmanov
1953	1.	Bantam	after victory in the final over W. Dadayev
1954	1.	Bantam	after winning the final over Igor Ivanov
1955	1.	Bantam	after victory in the final over W. Vorobjew
1956	1.	Bantam	after victory in the final over G. Sarkisjan
1957	1.	Bantam	after victory in the final over Oleg Grigoryev
1958	2.	Bantam	after defeat in the final against Oleg Grigoryev
1960	1.	Bantam	after victory in the final over Oleg Grigoryev

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Results
1954	Moscow	Soviet Union versus Romania	Bantam	KO victory in the 2nd round over Nicolae Mandreanu
1954	Sofia	Soviet Union versus Hungary	Bantam	Demolition victory in the 2nd round over Laszlo Wagner
1854	Sofia	Soviet Union versus Poland	Bantam	Points victory over Roman Murawski
1954	Sofia	Soviet Union versus Czechoslovakia	Bantam	fighting. Victory over Frantisek Majdloch
1954	Sofia	Soviet Union against GDR	Bantam	Technical knockout victory in the 3rd round over Herbert Brien
1954	Sofia	Bulgaria versus Soviet Union	Bantam	fighting. Victory over Slawi Slawow
1955	Moscow	Soviet Union versus Finland	Bantam	Techn. Knockout victory over Eino Sivonen
1956	Moscow	Soviet Union versus Federal Republic of Germany	Bantam	KO victory in the 2nd round over Ernst Kappelmann
1956	Paris	France versus Soviet Union	Bantam	Points victory over Bertrand Dortignac
1956	Moscow	Soviet Union versus England	Bantam	KO victory in the 1st round over Don Weller
1958	Moscow	Soviet Union versus Hungary	Bantam	Points victory over G. Jacsko
1959	Glasgow	Scotland versus Soviet Union	Bantam	Points victory over F. Owen
1960	Moscow	City battle between Moscow and London	Bantam	Points victory over Peter Bennyworth

Explanations

• KO = "Knock Out"
• OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship
• Flyweight, then weight class up to 51 kg, bantam weight up to 54 kg body weight

literature

• Box Sport magazine
• BOX-ALMANACH 1920 - 1980, publisher of the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980

Web links

• Boris Stepanow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl