Yevgeny Vasilyevich Frolov

Yevgeny Frolov (left) at the 1964 Olympic Games

Evgeni Wassiljewitsch Frolow ( Russian Евгений Васильевич Фролов ; born June 14, 1941 in Moscow ) is a former Soviet boxer . He won at the Olympic Games in 1964 in Tokyo a silver medal in the light welterweight .

Career

Yevgeny Frolov began boxing as a teenager in Moscow. He belonged to the sports club Trud , later Spartak Moscow . With a height of 1.77 meters he fought as an adult in the light welterweight, the weight class up to 63.5 kg body weight.

In 1961 he first took part in the Soviet senior championship and reached the semi-finals there, where he lost on points against Gennady Churnayev. In 1962 he was the first Soviet champion and defeated the defending champion Aloizs Tumiņš on points in the semifinals . In the final he defeated Yevgeny Scherznew. In 1963 he was absent from the Soviet championship and in 1964 he was defeated in the final against Vladimir Karimov just on points. In the preparatory courses for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, however, he convinced the coaches so much that they gave him preference over Karimov. In Tokyo, Evgeni Frolow defeated the light welterweight Brian Mansell from New Zealand by knockout in the 2nd round and Charley Ellis from the United States just on points (3: 2 judges' votes). Then he came to a fightless victory over the injured Vladimir Kucera from the CSSR and a clear point victory over Habib Galhia from Tunisia (5-0) and was in the final against Jerzy Kulej from Poland . Kulej dominated this fight and won with 5-0 judges votes unanimously on points. Yevgeny Frolov won the silver medal .

In the years 1965 to 1969, Yevgeny Frolov then won the Soviet championship five times in a row. He defeated it Vladimir Karimov, Valeri Frolow , Yuri Polyakow, Gurgen Sajadjan and again Valeri Frolow each on points.

In 1965 he also competed in the European Championships in Berlin . He won there first over Willem Gerlach from the Netherlands by techn. KO in the 2nd round and via Reinhold Flor from the Federal Republic of Germany on points. In the quarterfinals he met Jerzy Kulej and was defeated by this again on points. He was eliminated and remained with the 5th place without a medal.

At the European Championships in 1967 Yevgeny Frolov was not used. But he started again in 1968 at the Olympic Games in Mexico City . There he won points over Ray Maguire from Australia (5: 0) and Issaka Babore, Nigeria (4: 1), but lost to Cuban Enrique Regueiferos just on points in the quarterfinals (2: 3 judges' votes). He did not get into the medal ranks and took 5th place.

After that he did not contest any more international championships.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1964	silver	OS in Tokyo	Half-worlds	after a techn. Knockout victory in the 2nd round over Brian Mansell, New Zealand , a point victory over Charley Ellis, USA , a non-fighting victory over Wladimir Kucera, CSSR , a point victory over Habib Galhia , Tunisia and a point defeat against Jerzy Kulej , Poland (0: 5 )
1965	5.	EM in Berlin	Half-worlds	after a techn. KO victory in the 2nd round over Willem Gerlach, Netherlands, one point victory over Reinhold Flor , Federal Republic of Germany and one point defeat against Jerzy Kulej
1968	5.	OS in Mexico City	Half-worlds	after winning points over Roy Maguire, Australia (5: 0) and Issaka Dabore, Nigeria (4: 1) and a point defeat against Enrique Regueiferos , Cuba (2: 3)

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
1960	Moscow	Moscow versus London	Half-worlds	Point loss to Bobby Kelsey
1962	Moscow	USSR versus Japan	Half-worlds	Points victory over K. Fujihura
1963	Tbilisi	USSR versus England	Half-worlds	Points victory over Larry O'Connell
1964	Moscow	USSR versus Poland	Half-worlds	Points win over Jerzy Kulej (2: 1)
1967	Berlin (West)	Berlin (West) against Moscow	Half-worlds	Point victory over Hartmut Dressler
1968	Glasgow	Scotland versus USSR	Welter	Points victory over operator
1968	Dublin	Ireland versus USSR	Welter	Point defeat against Francis Young

Championships of the Soviet Union

year	space	Weight class	Result
1961	3.	Half-worlds	Point defeat in the semi-finals against Gennady Churnayev
1963	1.	Half-worlds	Point wins in the semifinals over Aloizs Tumiņš and in the final over Yevgeny Scherznew
1964	2.	Half-worlds	after a point defeat in the final against Vladimir Karimov
1965	1.	Half-worlds	after a point victory over Vladimir Karimov
1966	1.	Half-worlds	after winning points in the final over Valery Frolov
1967	1.	Half-worlds	after a point victory in the final over Yuri Polyakov
1968	1.	Half-worlds	after a point victory in the final over Gurgen Sajadjan
1969	1.	Half-worlds	after winning points in the final over Valery Frolov

Explanations

• OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship
• Weight class: Halbwelter up to 63.5 kg and Welter up to 67 kg body weight

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

Web links

• Yevgeny Wassiljewitsch Frolow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )