Vyachaslau Janouski

Wjatschaslau Jauhenawitsch Janouski ( Belarusian Вячаслаў Яўгенавіч Яноўскі , Russian Вячеслав Евгеньевич Яновский Vyacheslav Jewgenjewitsch Janowski , English transcription Vyacheslav Evgenevich Yanovskiy * 24. August 1957 in Vitebsk , Byelorussian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Soviet - Belarusian boxer in the Light Welterweight (60 to 63, 5 kg). He won 316 of 361 fights and was World Cup winner in 1987 and Olympic champion in 1988.

Amateur career

He became the Soviet runner-up in 1984 and took part in the “Alternative Olympiads” in Cuba , as the socialist states, including the Soviet Union, boycotted the 1984 Olympic Games in the USA. He defeated the North Korean Sen Chi Dak and Siegfried Mehnert from the GDR on points, before he was only defeated in the final by the Cuban Candelario Duvergel 2: 3.

In 1985 he reached the bronze medal at the 26th European Championships in Budapest . This time he was defeated by Siegfried Mehnert on points in the semifinals, having previously defeated the Dutchman Reimo van der Hoeck, the Czech Stefan Cirok and the Swede Lars Lundgren.

In 1987 he became Soviet champion, defeating later European and world champion Igor Ruschnikow in the final . He then took part in the 27th European Championship in Turin , where he won the Vice European Championship. After victories against Jan Heinemann from Germany, Mario Di Lernia from Italy and again Reimo van der Hoeck, he made it to the final, where he was narrowly defeated by Bulgarian Borislaw Abadzhiew 2: 3.

Also in 1987, with victories against Carlos Rivas, Kim Ki Taek and Mirko Puzović , he won the 5th World Cup in the Yugoslav capital Belgrade .

In 1988 he was again Soviet champion and won the 24th Summer Olympics in 1988 in the South Korean capital Seoul . He won the two preliminary round matches by knockout against the Dane Søren Søndergaard and the Tanzanian Rashid Matumla, won the round of 16 by 5-0 against the French Ludovic Proto and the quarter-finals by 5-0 against the Zambian Anthony Mwamba. In the semi-finals he defeated the German Reiner Gies by knockout in the first round and moved into the final, where he defeated the Australian Grahame Cheney 5-0. He also became the last Soviet Olympic champion in boxing.

Professional career

In 1990 he started his career as a professional boxer in Japan and won 30 of 32 fights. On March 9, 1991 he was with a points victory against Rick Yoshimura, Japanese light welterweight champion and defended the title six times. From August 1992 he boxed again in Europe and became Russian welterweight champion on January 28, 1993 . On September 18, 1993 he became the international German welterweight champion in Düsseldorf .

His only defeat as a professional he suffered on April 15, 1995 by knockout in the tenth round against Edwin Murillo from Panama. On September 7, 1996, he won the Pan-Asian light welterweight championship against the undefeated Kazakhs Bakhyt Amanbayew. In February 1997 he played his last boxing match.

After his active career he became head coach of the boxing team of Russia and trained a. a. personally the Russian boxer Natalja Ragosina .

Web links

• Profile at BoxRec
• Results of the 1988 Olympic Games, Boxing Strefa
• Results of the World Cup 1987, Boxing-Strefa
• Results of the 26th European Championship 1985, Boxing Strefa
• Results of the 27th European Championship 1987, Boxing-Strefa
• Friendships-Tournament 1984, Boxing-Strefa