Denis Nikolajewitsch Boizow

Denis Boizov
Data
Birth Name	Denis Nikolajewitsch Boizow
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	Russian
birthday	February 14, 1986
place of birth	Oryol
style	Left delivery
size	1.85 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	37
Victories	36
Knockout victories	27
Defeats	1
Profile in the BoxRec database

Boizow (right), 2014

Denis Nikolajewitsch Boizow ( Russian Денис Николаевич Бойцов , English transcription: Denis Boytsov ; born February 14, 1986 in Orjol , Soviet Union ) is a Russian boxer.

amateur

Boizow had severe health problems (heart, spine) as a teenager, but was able to win three world championship titles despite a relatively short amateur career: In the cadet age group (U-17) in 2001 in Baku in the light middleweight and in 2002 in Kecskemét in the light heavyweight, as well as the juniors 2004 in Jeju as a super heavyweight. At the European Cadet Championships in Lviv in 2002 , he finished second because he was unable to compete in the final because of an injury.

His balance is 115-15. Already at the age of 18, before transferring to the senior class of amateurs, Boizow became a professional.

Professional career

In 2004 Boizow switched to the pros and signed his first professional contract with Spotlight Boxing . His trainer at the time was Fritz Sdunek . On September 9, 2006 he won the vacant junior title of the WBC association by defeating the Czech Ondřej Pála . From 2007 Boizow was under contract with Universum Box-Promotion . Denis Boizow won his first fight for Universum on January 27, 2007 against Sam Ubokane by knocking out in the first round. On January 19, 2008, he defeated Tommy Connelly by TKO in the first round. He then defeated Robert Hawkins, Fernely Feliz and Vinny Maddalone each on points. On February 7, 2009 Boizow fought against Israel Carlos Garcia for the WBA Intercontinental title. He defeated Garcia by TKO in the second round and thus won his first senior title. His first title defense took place on June 6, 2009 in the König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen against Taras Bidenko . In this fight between two stable colleagues Boizow won by knockout in the sixth round. Bidenko suffered his third defeat. Boizow won his next fight against the American Jason Gavern by knockout in the seventh round. On January 9, 2010 he defeated Kevin Montiy in the Bördelandhalle Magdeburg by knockout in the second round. On November 19, 2010 Boizow defeated Mike Sheppard by knockout; Sheppard went down several times in the 1st and 2nd round. After the insolvency of his boxing stable Universum Box-Promotion, he signed a contract with Sauerland Event in July 2013 . On November 23, 2013 Boizow lost against the Australian Alex Leapai , who had him in the seventh and ninth on the ground, unanimously on points.

Boizow played his last professional fight on March 21, 2015 in Rostock against the Brazilian Irineu Beato Costa Junior. Boizow won this fight after Irineu Beato Costa Junior's corner gave up the fight in round 2 by throwing in the towel.

On May 3, 2015, Boizow was found in a Berlin subway tunnel with severe head injuries and alcohol in his blood and was then put into an artificial coma. Due to a lack of evidence of a crime, the public prosecutor closed the investigation in June 2015. After evaluating witness statements and video recordings, the police assumed an accident, the exact circumstances remained unclear. Boizov had several head operations and was in a coma for almost seven weeks. He was then able to breathe independently, but had to be fed artificially, but could neither move nor speak. About a year later, Boizow, who was meanwhile housed in a Berlin hospital, had regained simple movements thanks to various therapeutic measures, but was still unable to speak, was still confined to bed and had to be nursed.

Match record

year	Day	place	Opponent / target	Result for Boizow
2004	21st September	Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany	Imrich Borka	Victory / TKO 1st round
	October 26th	Scandlines Arena, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany	Ervin Slonka	Victory / TKO 1st round
	November 16	Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany	Aleh Dubiaha	Victory / TKO 1st round
	December 14th	Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Austria	Aleh Tsukanau	Victory / TKO 2nd round
2005	15. January	Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	Ladislav Slezak	Victory / KO 1st round
	February 26th	Color Line Arena, Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany	Vance Winn	Victory / KO 1st round
	June 28th	Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany	O'Neil Murry	Victory / TKO 1st round
	2nd July	Color Line Arena, Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany	Jerome Guennou	Victory / KO 1st round
	September 28th	Color Line Arena, Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany	Janos Somogyi	Victory / TKO 1st round
	October 25	TV-Studio 44, Vienna, Austria	Ihar Shukala	Victory / KO 1st round
	13th December	Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Austria	Zoltan Petranyi	Victory / KO 2nd round
2006	February 4th	Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Hein van Bosch	Victory / TKO 6th round
	7th March	Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany	Radoslav Milutinovic	Victory / KO 2nd round
	May 27th	Zenith, Munich, Bavaria, Germany	Jucimar Francisco Hipolito	Victory / KO 1st round
	July 25th	Sachsenwald Sports School, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg, Germany	Edson Cesar Antonio	Points win (8 rounds)
	the 9th of September	Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	Ondrej Pala	Victory / TKO 5th round
2007	January 27th	Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Sam Ubokane	Victory / KO 1st round
	July 14th	Color Line Arena, Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany	Juan Antonio Diaz	Points win (6 rounds)
	30th of November	DM Arena, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany	Ademar Leonardo Correa	Victory / KO 1st round
2008	January 19th	Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Tommy Connelly	Victory / TKO 1st round
	26th of April	Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony, Germany	Robert Hawkins	Points win (8 rounds)
	5th July	Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Fernely Feliz	Points win (10 rounds)
	15th of November	Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Vinny Maddalone	Points win (8 rounds)
2009	February 7th	Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany	Israel Carlos Garcia	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	6th of June	Koenig-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Taras Bidenko	Victory / TKO 6th round
	October 10th	Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany	Jason Gavern	Victory / KO 7th round
2010	January 9th	Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	Kevin Montiy	Victory / KO 2nd round
	November 19th	Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany	Mike Sheppard	Victory / KO 2nd round
2011	September 24th	Dima-Sportcenter, Lohbrügge, Hamburg, Germany	Matthew Greer	Victory / TKO 6th round
2012	January 28th	Grand Elysée, Rotherbaum, Hamburg, Germany	Darnell Wilson	Victory / KO 4th round
	April 13th	Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Dominick Guinn	Points win (10 rounds)
2013	February 15th	BC Noble Art, Deinze, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium	Samir Kurtagic	Points win (8 rounds)
	15th June	Karl Eckel Halle, Hattersheim am Main, Hesse, Germany	Oleksandr Nesterenko	Victory / KO 3rd round
	November 23	Stechert Arena, Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany	Alex Leapai	Point defeat (10 rounds)
2014	August 30th	Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Timur Musafarov	Points win (10 rounds)
	6th of December	EWE-Arena, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany	George Arias	Points win (8 rounds)
2015	March 21st	Rostock City Hall, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany	Irineu Beato Costa Junior	Victory / abandonment 2nd round

Web links

• Denis Boizow in the BoxRec database
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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Berliner boxer Denis Boizow remains in a coma. tagesspiegel.de, May 12, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b} Björn Jensen: This is how Denis Boytsov fights his way back to life. April 29, 2016, accessed on September 28, 2019 (German). 
3. ↑ FOCUS Online: Boxer Denis Boizow loses 33 kilos - and shows hardly any reactions after a coma. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .