Aleksandr Miroshnichenko
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Aleksandr Viktorovich "Alex" Miroshnichenko (Template:Langx; 26 April 1964 – 19 May 2003) was a Russian-Kazakh professional boxer. As an amateur he represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the super-heavyweight division.
His other accomplishments included silver at the 1989 World Championships, as well as bronze at the 1983 and 1989 European Championships, and other international tournaments.
Early years
Miroshnichenko took up boxing at the age of 13, at the strong insistence of his mother, who thought that her son must be able to defend himself, and brought him to the gym at his hometown of Kostanay. Miroshnichenko shown little interest in boxing, but had a natural talent and considerable ability to compete both nationally and internationally, which he did during the 1980s. He was ranked world's #6 super heavyweight by the AIBA in 1984.[1]
Amateur career
| Punch statistics for the Bowe vs. Miroshnichenko at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |||||
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| Punches | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Total | |
| Thrown | Bowe | 68 | 102 | 127 | 297 |
| Miroshnichenko | 57 | 37 | 49 | 143 | |
| Landed | Bowe | 8 | 32 | 48 | 88 |
| Miroshnichenko | 21 | 17 | 10 | 48 | |
| Percent | Bowe | 12% | 31% | 38% | 30% |
| Miroshnichenko | 37% | 46% | 20% | 34% | |
Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Aside from his Olympic performance, Miroshnichenko had a distinguished amateur career, winning 210 out of 233 bouts, including a win over future world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and 1984 U.S. Army and inter-service champion Wesley Watson. He won medals in the European Championships and the World Cup, and was a three-time Soviet champion. He represented the Dynamo Sports Society. At the 1988 Olympics semifinals Miroshnichenko floored U.S. Riddick Bowe momentarily in the first round, but Bowe managed to win by the decision.[2] Despite Miroshnichenko's loss to Bowe, Lou Falcigno, a New York-based boxing promoter of Momentum Enterprises, Inc., expressed a particular interest in bringing him to the United States to fight professionally. Negotiations began between the promoter and the Soviet Boxing Federation and Sovintersport, the entity responsible for the commercialization of Soviet sports,[3][4] but proven unsuccessful as the Soviet government dismissed the idea early in 1989.
Highlights
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Template:Silver2 President's Cup, Jakarta, Indonesia, February 1982:
Template:Silver2 Friendship Tournament, Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, July 1982:
Template:Bronze3 European Championships, Varna, Bulgaria, May 1983:
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Template:Silver2 Giraldo Córdova Cardín, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba, June 1985:
Template:Silver2 Goodwill Games, Moscow, Soviet Union, July 1986:
USA−USSR Middle & Heavy Duals, ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California, July 1986:
USA−USSR Exhibition, Houston, Texas, August 1986:
Template:Silver2 InterCup, Hemsbach, West Germany, April 1987:
USA−USSR Heavy Duals, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, June 1987:
Template:Gold1 Socialist Countries Police Championships, Pyongyang, North Korea, August 1987:
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Template:Silver2 TSC Tournament, Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle, Berlin, East Germany, September 1987:
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Olympic SuperHeavy qualifications, Karlsruhe, West Germany, April 1988:
Pre-Olympic Tournament, Seoul, South Korea, March 1988:
USSR−USA Duals, Moscow, Soviet Union, 1988:
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Template:Silver2 World Championships, Moscow, Soviet Union, September–October 1989:
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He had 233 fights as an amateur, finishing his amateur career with a record of 210–23.
Professional career
Miroshnichenko turned pro in 1990, at the very advent of professional boxing in the late Soviet Union, and had limited success. He began his career by knocking out Roberto Servin in the first round. In Miroshnichenko's third fight, he stopped future WBC International Champion, Ross Puritty.
In 1991, Miroshnichenko won the vacant Russian Heavyweight title from Nurlan Dzhanibekov. After vacating the Russian title in 1992, Miroshnichenko won a very close Split Decision against Samuel M'Bendjob by only one point. In 1993, Miroshnichenko beat former IBF Cruiserweight Champion, Ricky Parkey in an impressive third round Knockout.
After 21 consecutive wins against limited competition, Miroshnichenko was finally defeated by Oleg Maskaev in 1993 in Maskaev's first pro fight: a TKO in the third round. Miroshnichenko's cornermen later told that he entered the bout with his arm fractured. Miroshnichenko retired after the bout.
Retirement and later years
Upon his retirement from competition, he opened a state-sponsored boxing school for youth, and worked as a chief boxing coach of the Kostanay Region in 2000-2002. He also helped to establish the school of martial arts at the Kostanay State University (the only martial arts higher education unit in Kazakhstan,) which he headed as a dean until his death.
Death
Miroshnichenko died under unclear circumstances in 2003, aged 39, after supposedly falling down nine flights of stairs at his apartment building in his hometown.[5] Rumours initially circulated that his death was related to his testimony in the trial of a local judge, but local prosecutor's office later ruled his death was most probably accidental, and case was closed.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Opp Record | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 22 | Loss | 21–1 | Template:Flagicon Oleg Maskaev | Template:CNone | TKO | 3 (6) | 17 Apr 1993 | Template:Flagicon Taraz, Kazakhstan | |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Template:Flagicon Ricky Parkey | 22–15–0 | KO | 3 | 20 Mar 1993 | Template:Flagicon Philips Halle, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Template:Flagicon Michael Simuwelu | 18–4–1 | PTS | 8 | 19 Dec 1992 | Template:Flagicon Berlin, Germany | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Template:Flagicon Samuel M'Bendjob | 6–3–0 | SD | 8 | 3 Dec 1992 | Template:Flagicon Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam, Netherlands | 79–77, 77–76, 76–78Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Template:Flagicon Oleg Ushakov | Template:CNone | PTS | 8 | 18 Oct 1992 | Template:Flagicon Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Template:Flagicon Carlos Pena | 0–1–0 | KO | 1 | 2 Oct 1992 | Template:Flagicon Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium | |
| 16 | Win | 16-0 | Template:Flagicon Mike Cohen | 30–18–0 | KO | 2 (6) | 19 Sep 1992 | Template:Flagicon Kassel, Hesse, Germany | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Template:Flagicon Nurlan Dzhanibekov | 0–4–0 | KO | 1 (8) | 23 Aug 1992 | Template:Flagicon Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan | |
| 14 | Wi | 14–0 | Template:Flagicon Yevgeniy Tulenov | Template:CNone | KO | 2 (8) | 8 Aug 1992 | Template:Flagicon Rudniy, Kazakhstan | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Template:Flagicon Steve Garber | 18–16–1 | TKO | 1 (8) | 8 May 1992 | Template:Flagicon Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Template:Flagicon Albert Johnson | Template:CNone | TKO | 1 (10) | 1 Feb 1992 | Template:Flagicon Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Template:Flagicon Nurlan Dzhanibekov | 0–2–0 | KO | 4 (10) | 7 Dec 1991 | Template:Flagicon Rudniy, Kazakh SSR | Won vacant Russian Heavyweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Template:Flagicon James Holly | 3–23–0 | KO | 2 | 28 Oct 1991 | Template:Flagicon Arnhem, Netherlands | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Template:Flagicon Nurlan Dzhanibekov | 0–1–0 | PTS | 8 | 26 Sep 1991 | Template:Flagicon Karaganda, Kazakh SSR | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Template:Flagicon Vladimir Guguchkin | 0–1–0 | TKO | 6 (8) | 4 Sep 1991 | Template:Flagicon Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Template:Flagicon Pyotr Skok | Template:CNone | TKO | 8 (8) | 7 Jul 1991 | Template:Flagicon Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Template:Flagicon Igor Shklyaruk | Template:CNone | TKO | 4 (8) | 18 May 1991 | Template:Flagicon Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Template:Flagicon Vazgen Ayvazyan | Template:CNone | PTS | 8 | 17 Mar 1991 | Template:Flagicon Kemerovo, RSFSR | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Template:Flagicon Viktor Aldoshin | Template:CNone | TKO | 4 (6) | 16 Jan 1991 | Template:Flagicon Tokyo, Japan | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Template:Flagicon Ross Puritty | 3–1–0 | RTD | 6 (8) | 29 Oct 1990 | Template:Flagicon Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Template:Flagicon Juan Hernández | 3–11–0 | PTS | 6 | 20 Aug 1990 | Template:Flagicon Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Template:Flagicon Roberto Servin | 1–1–1 | KO | 1 (6), 2:27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 23 Jun 1990 | Template:Flagicon Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Professional debutScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Memory
Alexandr Miroshnichenko Memorial annual junior boxing tournament has been established in his hometown of Kostanay.
References
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- ↑ Boxing Ratings; NEWLN:International Amateur Boxing Assoc.-World champion. a-U.S. titlist. UPI, February 27, 1984.
- ↑ Sports of The Times; Green to Gold, Now Green Again, The New York Times.
- ↑ From Russia With Glove: Soviets to Fight in U.S. by Earl Gustkey, The Los Angeles Times, July 8, 1989, p. 53.
- ↑ Soviet boxers to fight professionally in U.S. (AP,) Pacific Stars and Stripes, April 19, 1989, p. 27.
- ↑ Olympic boxing medalist dies after falling nine floors in building; 38, Lowell Sun, May 21, 2003, p. 15.
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External links
- Amateur Record
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- Один из первых наших профи (in Russian) at Sports.kz
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- Olympic boxers for the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Accidental deaths in Kazakhstan
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Kazakhstani people of Ukrainian descent
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- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
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- Goodwill Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games