Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeschew

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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeschew

Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeschew ( Russian Вячеслав Иванович Лемешев ; born April 3, 1952 in Moscow , † January 27, 1996 ibid) was a Soviet boxer . He was Olympic middleweight champion in Munich in 1972 .

Career

Vyacheslav Lemeschew from Moscow began boxing as a teenager . His first trainer was L. Segalowitsch. In 1969 he became Soviet junior light middleweight champion. In the same year he also succeeded in his first tournament victory in the seniors, when he won the Gryf Szczeczinski tournament in Szczecin (Stettin) in 1969 at the age of 17 in the light middleweight division with a point victory over his Soviet compatriot Vladimir Trepsta.

This was followed in 1970 by winning the European Championship at the European Junior Championships in Miskolc , Hungary . He won there in the round of 16 over the Englishman Alan Minter , who would later celebrate great success as a professional boxer, through techn. KO in the 2nd round, in the quarterfinals by breaking off in the 1st round via Tibor Csizmadia from Hungary, in the semifinals via Wolfgang Heimann from the GDR and in the final via Metodi Metodiew from Bulgaria on points. His strength was already evident at this championship, namely his tremendous clout, which enabled him to win more than 60 percent of his fights early in his career. In the same year Vyacheslav Lemeschew also joined the Soviet Army. There Yuri Radonjak became his trainer.

1971 Vyacheslav Lemeschew started for the first time in the Soviet championship of senior citizens in the light middleweight division, but retired there early in the round of 16 due to a defeat against Oleg Tolkow. Just two months later, he showed a great improvement at the Nations Spartakiad in Moscow . He came there in the middleweight division up to the semi-finals, in which he was defeated by Rufat Riskiew from Dynamo Tashkent on points.

1972 Vyacheslav Lemeschew was used in an international battle between the USSR and the USA in Yerevan . He was defeated by the American champion Marvin Johnson on points. In June 1972, the European Junior Championships were held again in Bucharest . Vyacheslav Lemeschew was there again and won the title again. He defeated E. Dreter from the GDR by knockout in the 1st round, won over Radoslaw Zunjanin from Yugoslavia without a fight and scored the Dane Paul Knudsen in the final. At the Soviet championships this year he could not start because the dates of the junior European championships overlapped. The Soviet Boxing Association preferred him to senior champion Rufat Riskiew at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich in the middleweight division.

In Munich, Vyacheslav Lemeschew showed how quickly he had matured into a top boxer. He defeated four of his five opponents prematurely and became Olympic middleweight champion in a superior style at the age of 20 . In detail, he defeated the following opponents. KO victory in the first round over William Gomnies from Indonesia , point winner with 5: 0 judges' votes over Hans-Joachim Brauske from the GDR , KO winner in the second round over Nazif Kuran, Turkey , techn. KO winner in the 2nd round against Marvin Johnson and in the final battle KO winner in the 1st round against Reima Virtanen from Finland .

1973 Vyacheslav Lemeschew was absent from the Soviet championship due to injury. But he was still used at the European Championships in Belgrade that year . He defeated there in the second round Mihaly Rapcsak from Hungary by breaking off in the 2nd round and in the quarterfinals Frank Lucas from England , in the semifinals Witold Stachurski from Poland and in the final Alec Năstac from Romania on points. He had also become European middleweight champion.

In 1974 he became the first Soviet champion. He started in the light heavyweight division (up to 81 kg body weight) and defeated Juri Bystrow on points in the final. Vyacheslav Lemeschew was not used at the World Amateurs Championship held in Havana for the first time that year . For the Soviet Union started in the middleweight Rufat Riskiew and in the light heavyweight Oleg Karatajew. Riskiew became world champion and Karatajew lost in the final against Mate Parlov from Yugoslavia . Perhaps a point defeat, which he had to accept in May 1974 at the Honved Cup in Budapest in the light heavyweight division of Ottomar Sachse from Halle , was decisive for the non-nomination of Lemeschew .

1975 lost Vyacheslav Lemeschew in the final of the Soviet championship against Rufat Riskiew on points. He was then used in the middleweight division at the European Championships in Katowice . At first he seemed to be aiming for his second European Championship title when he knocked out Niculae Chipirog from Romania in the second round in the second round, in the quarterfinals already won in the first round over Hoacine Tafer from France and knocked out Jacek Kucharczyk in the semifinals Poland defeated. In the final against Bernd Wittenburg from the GDR, however, he had great difficulties. Wittenburg, an excellent technician was able to dodge the puncher Lemeschew again and again and land good hits with him. Lemeschew's point victory with 3-2 judges' votes was received with mixed feelings by many experts. Vyacheslav Lemeschew had become European champion for the second time .

In January 1976 Vyacheslav Lemeschew met in Moscow as part of an international match between the Soviet Union and the USA in the middleweight division of the future professional world champion Michael Spinks . Lemeschew won this fight clearly on points. At the Soviet championship this year he was also in the middleweight division. He lost it in the semifinals against Gennady Tolmaschow on points and could not prevent his old rival Rufat Riskiew from winning the title. The 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal therefore took place without Vyacheslav Lemeschew.

Vyacheslav Lemeschew had been stationed in the GDR as a member of the group of Soviet troops since 1974. After these troops were returned to Russia , he was released from the army and worked as a farm worker in a cooperative. He died in 1996. The details of his early death are not known.

Country battles with W. Lemeschew

  • 1972 in Yerevan , USSR against USA , point defeat against Marvin Johnson ,
  • 1973 in Las Vegas , USA against USSR, knockout victory in the 2nd round over Joey Hadley,
  • 1975 in Las Vegas, USA against USSR, points victory over Irving Hines,
  • 1975 in Lake Tahoe , USA against USSR, knockout win 2nd round over Tommy Sullivan,
  • 1976 in Moscow , USSR against USA, points victory over Michael Spinks

Soviet championships with the participation of W. Lemeschew

(1971 in light middleweight, 1975 and 1976 in middleweight, 1974 in light heavyweight, at that time up to 71 kg, 75 kg and 81 kg body weight)

  • 1971: 1. Oleg Tolkow, 2. Alexander Schipilow, 3. Boris Opik a. Anatoly Klimanov ,
  • 1974: 1. Vyacheslav Lemeschew, 2. Juri Bystrow, 3. Gennadi Ochulin a. Valery Sokolov,
  • 1975: 1. Rufat Riskiev , 2. Vyacheslav Lemeschew, 3. Wladislaw Fesyuk a. Anatoly Klimanov,
  • 1976: 1. Rufat Riskiev, 2. Gennady Tolmachow, 3. Vyacheslav Lemeschew a. Ruben Jengibarjan

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SURNAME Lemeschew, Vyacheslav Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Лемешев, Вячеслав Иванович (Russian); Lemeshev, Vyacheslav Ivanovich (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet boxer
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1996
Place of death Moscow