Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin

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Boris Nikolajewitsch Lagutin ( Russian Борис Николаевич Лагутин ; born June 24, 1938 in Moscow ) is a former Soviet boxer . He was Olympic champion in 1964 and 1968 in light middleweight.

Career

Boris Lagutin grew up in Moscow and initially played football , ice hockey and volleyball as a teenager . In 1950 he joined a sports club and his first coach was VM Trenin there . In 1957 he was welterweight champion of the city of Moscow. In 1957 he also finished his vocational training at an electro-mechanical college in Moscow and then worked as a civilian employee in the Red Army . As such, he belonged to the “Trud” sports association.

In 1959 his big breakthrough came when he was the first Soviet champion in light middleweight (up to 71 kg body weight) at the 1st Spartakiad of the Soviet Union , at which the USSR championship was held at the same time. At the Soviet championship in 1960 he suffered a defeat in the final of the light middleweight division against Ivan Sobolov and was therefore only second. Nevertheless, he was sent to the Olympic Games in Rome . Although he was still inexperienced on the international stage, he showed excellent performances in Rome and defeated Brimah al-Hassan from Ghana in the quarterfinals by knockout in the first round, and in the quarterfinals he won over John Bukowski from Australia with a technical knockout. in the second round and met in the semifinals on the colored US school teacher Wilbert McClure , who despite a Cassius Clay was considered the best boxer of the US boxing relay. Both boxers fought a big and even fight, in which McClure was the happy point winner with 3: 2 judges' votes and after another victory over the Italian Carmelo Bossi also became Olympic champion . Boris Lagutin received a bronze medal .

In 1961 Boris Lagutin won the second Soviet light middleweight championship. He then started as a favorite at the European Championships in Belgrade and fully lived up to this favorite position. He won in the round of 16 over Molivan Tomić from Yugoslavia on points, in the quarter-finals by knockout in the first round over Robert Keddie from Scotland , scored in the semifinals from Erichschichta from Germany and beat Hans-Dieter Neidel from the GDR in the final in the third round knockout. So he became European champion for the first time .

At the Soviet championship in 1962 he succeeded in the final battle, the revenge for the defeat in the championship of 1960 by Ivan Sobolew. He scored this safely and won his second Soviet championship title. There were no international championships that year.

In 1963 Boris Lagutin again won the Soviet light middleweight championship and was nominated for the European Championship, which took place in his hometown of Moscow. He was unbeatable there and became European champion for the second time. He defeated in turn Andrzej Siodła from Poland on points, Günter Koch from the FRG by knockout in the first round, Virgil Badea from Romania by cancellation in the first round and Andrew Wyper from Scotland by technical knockout in the third round. These results show how superior Boris Lagutin was at this championship.

Boris Lagutin won his fourth Soviet championship title in 1964. This was important because this championship was also the only qualification for the Olympic Games in Tokyo . There nobody could stop Boris Lagutin on his way to winning the gold medal , although he won his last two fights "only" with a 4-1 judge's vote. Boris Lagutin's results were as follows: in the preliminary round winner of points over Paul Hogh from Germany, in the second round disqualification winner in the second round over José Chirono from Argentina , in the quarter-finals winner over Eddie Davies from Ghana , in the semi-finals points winner over Józef Grzesiak from Poland and in the final point winner over Joseph Gonzales from France .

Boris Lagutin had already completed his training as a sports teacher at the state central institute in Moscow in 1963 and worked as a youth trainer in Moscow from 1964 to 1971. From 1965 but also held a position as a lecturer at the biological faculty of Lomonossow University in Moscow. Boris Lagutin hardly came back to boxing after his Olympic victory in 1964 due to these activities. But at the end of 1967 he made the decision to make a comeback. The first important test was then his start at the Soviet championship in 1968. As always, he was in the light middleweight division and showed that he had not forgotten anything of his boxing skills. In the semifinals he defeated his successor as European light middleweight champion Viktor Ageev , who had won this title in 1965 and 1967, and won the final over Valeri Tregubov , who was also a very strong and internationally proven boxer.

In 1968 in Mexico City , Boris Lagutin competed in the Olympic Games for the third time. It was like four years ago: He was also superior to his opponents in Mexico and won the gold medal for the second time . He needed five wins: in the preliminary round he was technical knockout winner in the second round over Moises Farajdo from Spain , in the round of 16 he won through technical knockout in the second round over Sayed el-Nahus sus Egypt and in the quarterfinals he was technical knockout winner in the third round over Ion Covaci from Romania . In the semifinals, the German champion Günther Meier offered him the toughest resistance. Boris Lagutin therefore only won this fight with a 4: 1 judge's vote. In the final final he then won 5-0 judges' votes over Rolando Garbey from Cuba .

After his second Olympic victory, Boris Lagutin resigned for good. He was a boxer exception. The fact that he became Olympic champion again after a three-year break in the ring was sensational. No other boxer is known to have achieved something similar. In total, he played 298 fights and scored 287 victories. The defeat he suffered at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome by Wilbert McClure was the only one in 29 international matches. The names of the coaches to whom he owed his successes should also be mentioned: Jewgeni and Viktor Ogurakow, KV Gradopolew, GA Kirschstein and Sergei Tscherbakow .

After 1968 Boris Lagutin still held important positions. Among other things, he was head of the Soviet boxing federation from 1976 to 1981 and from 1987 head of department at the trade union federation. In 1996 he was appointed advisor to the Russian President on sports issues.

International fights with the participation of Boris Lagutin

  • 1960 in Moscow , USSR against England , demolition winner 2nd round over E. Young,
  • 1960 in Kiev , USSR against FRG , points winner over Willy Niederau ,
  • 1962 in Moscow, USSR against Japan , points winner over O. Odagiri,
  • 1962 in London , England against USSR, points winner over Johnny Elliott,
  • 1962 in Wolverhampton , England against USSR, points winner over Johnny Elliott,
  • 1963 in Odessa , USSR against Bulgaria , points winner over G. Manolow

Results of the Soviet championships

  • 1959: 1. Boris Lagutin, 2. Viktor Wasin , 3. Alexei Kisseljow ,
  • 1960: 1. Ivan Sobolow, 2. Boris Lagutin, 3. Karlos Dschanerjan a. Alexei Kisselev,
  • 1961: 1. Boris Lagutin, 2. Josef Budman, 3. Gennadi Kaminski a. Dan Pozniak,
  • 1962: 1. Boris Lagutin, 2. Iwan Sobolow, 3. Boris Solowjew a. Anatoly Koromyslow ,
  • 1963: 1. Boris Lagutin, 2. Stasis Sturmskis, 3. Josef Budman a. Ivan Sobolov,
  • 1964: 1. Boris Lagutin, 2. S. Terauds, 3. Juri Mawryashin and Viktor Agejew ,
  • 1968: 1. Boris Lagutin, 2. Valeri Tregubow , 3. Viktor Agejew a. Boris Opuk

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SURNAME Lagutin, Boris Nikolayevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Лагутин, Борис Николаевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet boxer
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow