Gennady Gennadievich Kovalyov

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Gennadi Gennadijewitsch Kowaljow ( Russian Геннадий Геннадиевич Ковалёв ; born May 17, 1983 in Kropotkin , Krasnodar Territory ) is a Russian boxer . He was European champion in 2004 in bantamweight and vice- world champion in 2003 in bantamweight and 2007 in light welterweight.

Career

Kowaljow started boxing as a teenager, he's a southpaw with a very strong left flapping hand. As a junior he was already a Russian champion and made his international debut in 2001 when he won a well-staffed junior tournament in Alghero / Italy with a points win in the final over Zbigniew Kolacz from Poland in the bantamweight division.

At a height of 1.71 m, he started in the next few years with the seniors in the bantam weight, the weight class up to 54 kg body weight. In 2002 he was the first Russian senior champion. In the final of the bantamweight he defeated Bata-Munka Wankejeu on points. In the same year he also started at the European Senior Championships in Perm . In the bantamweight he reached the final fight, in which he was defeated, however, against Kawazi Khatsygow from Belarus . But winning the European runner-up was a great success for him.

2003 Kowaljow was again Russian champion in bantamweight. He won the final battle over Maksim Chalikov. The next high point in Gennady's career was the 2003 World Championships in Bangkok . He won there over Berik Serikbajew from Kazakhstan (21: 6), Zsolt Bedák from Hungary (43:20), Kawazi Khatsygow (25:14) and Bahodirjon Sultanow from Uzbekistan (21:15) each clearly on points. In the final battle he faced Ağası Məmmədov from Azerbaijan , against whom he lost on points (8:17). He was runner-up in 2003.

Because of the preparation for the 2004 European Championship in Pula and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , he was absent from the Russian Championship this year. In Pula he safely reached the final, in which he defeated Ali Habbab from France on points and thus became European champion . At the Olympic Games in Athens, after defeating Malik Bouziane from Algeria , he met Guillermo Rigondeaux from Cuba , who dominated the bantamweight division at the time , against whom he clearly lost on points (5:20) in the quarter-finals . Rigondeaux became Olympic champion and Kowaljew took 5th place together with three other boxers.

After the Olympics, he had to take a longer injury break. He could not train at all for several months and put on weight considerably. After his recovery, he therefore decided to box in the light welterweight division, i.e. three weight classes higher than before.

Already in 2005 he became Russian champion for the third time with a victory over Alexei Tscherbakow and in autumn 2005 he won a well-manned international tournament in Ballybunion / Ireland with victories over Michal Strabala from Poland , David Anthony Joyce from Ireland and Aaodh Carlyle from Ireland .

In 2006 he was again Russian champion with a point victory in the light welterweight division over Oleg Komissarow . At the Grand Prix tournament in Ústí nad Labem , he defeated Josef Zahradník and Martin Svoboda from the Czech Republic and met Serik Säpijew from Kazakhstan in the final battle , to whom he was defeated.

In 2007, Kovalyov met three-time European champion Alexander Maletin in the final of the light welterweight division and defeated him clearly on points, with which he won his fifth Russian championship. After he also convinced at the Strandja tournament in Plovdiv / Bulgaria , he won the light welterweight tournament there with a point win in the final over Zakir Artykow from Uzbekistan, he was also used in the 2007 World Cup in Chicago . There he won over Andrei Tsiruk from Belarus (33:11), Marufjon Faidschulwe, Tajikistan (24:10), Gyula Kate , Hungary (22: 9) on points, won without a fight against Boris Georgiev from Bulgaria and defeated the English newcomer in the semi-finals Bradley Saunders on points (16: 8). In the final he met Serik Säpijew again, against whom he clearly lost on points. He became vice world champion for the second time after 2003 and had thus also secured the ticket to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

In 2008 he met in two international matches between Russia and the United States in Magnitogorsk and Novosibirsk . He defeated Daniel O'Connor on points at both events (16: 8 and 20:11).

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Ba = Bantamweight, Hw = light welterweight, up to 54 kg or 64 kg body weight)

year space competition Weight class
2001 1. Intern. Tournament in Alghero / Italy Bantam in front of Zbigniew Kolacz, Poland
2001 1. Junior European Championship in Sarajevo Bantam before Roman Nikolow, Ukraine a . Detelin Dalakliew , Bulgaria
2002 2. EM in Perm Bantam behind Tschawazi Tschatsigow , Belarus and, Waldemar Cuccereanu, Romania u. Ali Hallab , France
2003 2. World Cup in Bangkok Bantam behind Ağası Məmmədov , Azerbaijan u. before Bahodirjon Sultanow, Uzbekistan and Detelin Dalakliew , Bulgaria
2004 1. EM in Pula Bantam before Ali Habbab, Andrzej Liczik, Poland a. Detelin Dalakliew
2004 5. OS in Athens Bantam behind Guillermo Rigondeaux , Cuba , Worapoj Petchkoom , Thailand , Ağası Məmmədov u. Bahodirjon Sultanov
2005 1. Multi-Nations-Cup in Ballybunion / Ireland Half-worlds before Auodh Carlyle u. David Anthony Joyce, bde. Ireland
2006 2. Grand Prix tournament in Ústí nad Labem / Czech Republic Half-worlds behind Serik Säpijew , Kazakhstan u. in front of Martin Svoboda, Czech Republic
2007 1. "Strandjata" tournament in Plovdiv / Bulgaria Half-worlds in front of Zakir Artykow, Uzbekistan
2007 2. World Cup in Chicago Half-worlds behind Serik Säpijew u. before Bradley Saunders , England a . Masatsugu Kawachi, Japan

International battles

  • 2008 in Magnitogorsk , Russia against USA , Hw point winner over Daniel O'Connor (16: 8)
  • 2008 in Novosibirsk , Russia against USA, Hw, points winner over Daniel O'Connor (20:11)

Russian championships

(Final results)

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personal data
SURNAME Kovalyov, Gennady Gennadievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ковалёв, Геннадий Геннадиевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th May 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Kropotkin , Krasnodar Territory