Dawit Kwachadze

Dawit Kwachadze (born December 25, 1951 in Tbilisi ) is a former Soviet boxer of Georgian descent. He became European light heavyweight champion in 1977 .

Career

Dawit Kwachadze started boxing as a teenager in Tbilisi. He was a member of Burewestnik Tbilisi throughout his career . "Burewestnik" was the sports organization of universities and colleges in the Soviet Union. At a height of 1.80 meters, he weighed around 80 kg as an adult and boxed in the light heavyweight division.

The first result known to him comes from the Soviet championship in 1974. There he was eliminated in the round of the last "32" against Yuri Chitalkin and therefore only finished 17th. In 1975 he reached the quarter-finals in this championship, where he lost to Juri Bystrow on points and therefore ended up in 5th place. As early as 1976 he succeeded for the first time to become Soviet light heavyweight champion, where he beat Viktor Yegorov on points in the final. At the Olympic Games in Montreal that year , however, he was not used.

In 1977 Dawit Kwatschadze was again Soviet champion with a points win in the final over Viktor Erofejew and then started at the European Championships in Halle (Saale) . He came there to a disqualification victory in the first round of Fred Serres, Luxembourg , to cessation victory in the second round of Rauno Pelli Matikainen, Finland and in the final battle to a point victory over (5 0 Richter votes) Ottomar Sachse from of the GDR and became European champion .

At the Soviet championship in 1978 Dawit Kwachadze could not defend his title, because he lost in the final against Anatoly Klimanov on points and in 1979 he was not Soviet champion, because he lost that year against the Lithuanian Algirdis Jancauskas on points and came up with the 3rd place. In 1980, however, he managed to become Soviet champion for the third time. He defeated it in the final Vladimir Shin on points. He was also at the Olympics in Moscow used. In the light heavyweight division he won it in his first fight over Andrew Straughn from Great Britain by breaking off in the 2nd round. In the quarterfinals he lost to Slobodan Kačar from Yugoslavia after Punkgen (1: 4) and was eliminated. Kacar then also became Olympic champion .

Then Dawit Kwatschadze ended his boxer career.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1977	1.	EM in Halle (Saale)	Semi-difficult	after a DQ win in the 1st round over Fred Serres, Luxembourg , a demolition win in the 2nd round over Rauno Pellikainen, Finland and a point win over Ottomar Sachse , GDR (5: 0)
1977	3.	Feliks Tribe Memorial in Warsaw	Semi-difficult	after a point win over Rauno Pellikainen and an abandonment loss (injury) in the 3rd round against John Odhiambo , Uganda
1980	5.	OS in Moscow	Semi-difficult	after a demolition win in the 2nd round over Andrew Straughn, Great Britain and a point defeat (1: 4) against Slobodan Kačar , Yugoslavia

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
1976	Las Vegas	USA versus USSR	Heavy	Point loss to Woody Clark
1977	Las Vegas	USA versus USSR	Semi-difficult	Points victory over Rick Jester
1977	Milwaukee	USA versus USSR	Semi-difficult	Points victory over James Tillis
1977	Las Vegas	USA versus USSR	Heavy	Points victory over Marty Capasso
1977	New Orleans	USA versus USSR	Heavy	Points victory over Tom Hill
1980	Tbilisi	USSR versus USA	Semi-difficult	Demolition victory in the 3rd round over Lonnie Epps

Soviet championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
1974	17th	Semi-difficult	after a point defeat in the round of the last "32" against Yuri Chitalkin
1975	5.	Semi-difficult	after a point defeat in the quarterfinals against Juri Bystrow
1976	1.	Semi-difficult	after a point victory in the final over Viktor Jegorow
1977	1.	Semi-difficult	after a point victory in the final over Viktor Erofejew
1978	2.	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the final against Anatoly Klimanov
1979	3.	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the semifinals against Algirdis Jancauskas
1980	1.	Semi-difficult	after a point victory over Vladimir Shin

Explanations

• OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship
• Weight classes: light heavy weight, up to 81 kg, heavy weight, over 81 kg body weight

swell

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