Syarhej Lyachowitsch

Syarhej Lyachowitsch
Data
Birth Name	Sjarhej Lyachowitsch (Russian Sergei Lyachowitsch)
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	Belarusian
birthday	May 29, 1976
place of birth	Vitebsk
style	Left delivery
size	1.93 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	33
Victories	26th
Knockout victories	16
Defeats	7th

Sjarhej Lyachowitsch ( Belarusian Сяргей Ляховіч , Russian Сергей Петрович Ляхович / Sergei Petrovich Lyachowitsch ; born May 29, 1976 in Vitebsk , Soviet Union ) is a former Belarusian world champion and former WBO boxer. His battle name was "White Wolf".

amateur

As an amateur Lyachowitsch has a record of 145 wins and 15 losses. In 1996 he took part in the Olympic Games in Atlanta for Belarus , but failed early in the tournament at the later silver medalist Paea Wolfgramm . At the 1997 World Championships in Budapest he won a bronze medal, where he was eliminated in the semifinals against the final title holder Georgi Kandelaki . At the European Championships in Minsk in 1998 he was able to defeat Audley Harrison , but he did not succeed in placing a medal, as he lost on points in the quarter-finals against the Russian Alexei Lesin .

Professional career

He turned pro in 1998. In his first fight, he immediately won the Belarusian heavyweight title. After three fights in Belarus, he went to the USA. After 15 fights against opposing opponents, he was able to defeat the previously undefeated Nigerian Friday Ahunanya in 2001 . But already in the next fight he was knocked out against Maurice Harris in 2002 , despite a mixed match record of 18-12 a well-known man (had beaten David Izon among others ). This surprising defeat raised doubts about Lyachowitsch's prospects in the heavyweight division, but a point win against American amateur star Dominick Guinn in 2004 (record 25-1) brought him back a certain reputation, albeit not a top 10 rating in independent rankings. After this fight Lyachowitsch remained inactive for 16 months.

When in March 2006 an opponent for the WBO world champion Lamon Brewster was looking for a supposedly easy voluntary defense of the title, Lyachowitsch offered himself, since he was just like Brewster under contract with the promoter Don King . On April 1, 2006 he was able to beat this surprisingly on points; Having clearly dominated the fight at the beginning, he fell to the ground on round seven, but recovered, regained control of the fight and thus secured the title.

However, in his first title defense on November 4, 2006, he lost the belt to Shannon Briggs , who was only 29th in the independent IWBR computer ranking at that time. Leading on points, he suffered a first knockdown in the last minute of the twelfth round. Lyachowitsch got on his feet in time and was released for the fight by referee Robert Ferrara, but then fell in the last twenty seconds of the fight after further hits by the ring ropes on the table of the WBO officials, whereupon the referee broke off the fight and Briggs declared the winner by technical knockout.

Despite the defeat, he remained high in the rankings of the world associations, even if he did not fight in the following thirteen months. At the beginning of 2008 he was nominated by the WBA Association for an elimination match for the right to a world championship fight against the WBA title holder Ruslan Chagayev . The Russian Nikolai Walujew , former WBA world champion and first place in the WBA world rankings, was chosen as the opponent . The fight took place on February 17, 2008 in Nuremberg and Lyachowitsch clearly lost on points.

On August 9, 2013, he lost in Indio, California, to Deontay Wilder by a severe knockout in the first round.

Lyachowitsch played his last professional fight on December 20, 2014 in Arizona against the Mexican Andy Ruiz Junior . He lost unanimously on points.

Web links

• Sjarhej Lyachowitsch in the BoxRec database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wilder knocks out Liakhovich . boxen-heute.de. August 10, 2013. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 4, 2013. 

predecessor	Office	successor
Lamon Brewster	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) April 1, 2006–4. November 2006	Shannon Briggs