Alexander Ustinov: short biography. Alexander Ustinov: short biography Career in mixed fights

In Monaco, France at the Casino de Monte Carlo Salle Medecin arena as part of the undercard of the boxing show Denis Lebedev vs. Mike Wilson, ex-challenger for the world heavyweight title, 30-year-old American Michael Hunter knocked out ex-challenger for the world heavyweight title, 41-year-old Russian, in the ninth round Alexandra Ustinova.

The day before, the fight between the former contender for the world heavyweight title, a 41-year-old Russian, was officially confirmed Alexander Ustinov against the ex-challenger for the world heavyweight title by a 30-year-old American Michael Hunter.

In Oberhausen, Germany, at the König Pilsener Arena, an evening of professional boxing ended, in the main fight of which the 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov lost a unanimous decision to the new WBA world heavyweight champion, 33-year-old German Manuel Charr.

We present to your attention links to the live broadcast of the fight between the 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov against former world heavyweight title challenger 33-year-old German Manuel Cscharr for the vacant WBA world heavyweight title.

The official weigh-in procedure for the main participants of the boxing show took place in Oberhausen, Germany. In the main fight of the evening, a 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov will enter the ring against the former contender for the world heavyweight title, 33-year-old German Manuel Charr. The vacant WBA world title will be at stake in the fight.

Alexander Ustinov commented on the announcement of the fight against the former contender for the world heavyweight title, 33-year-old German Manuel Charr.

Famous Alexander Ustinov in his next fight he may enter the ring against the former contender for the world heavyweight title, 33-year-old German Manuel Charr.

Heavyweight boxer 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov may fight against former world title challenger 44-year-old American Fres Oquendo for the vacant WBA world heavyweight title. This was announced by Ustinov’s manager Vladimir Khryunov.

As we reported earlier, the fight between the former world heavyweight champion, a 45-year-old American, fell through Shannon Briggs against former world title challenger 44-year-old compatriot Fres Oquendo due to a failed doping test. Famous heavyweight boxer 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov. This was announced by his promoter Vladimir Khryunov.

In Bolton, Great Britain, at the Bolton Whites Hotel arena, a professional boxing evening ended, in one of the fights of which the famous heavyweight 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov successfully returned to the ring after a long layoff, knocking out 36-year-old Brazilian Rafael Love in the first round.

As we previously reported, the famous heavyweight boxer is a 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov will hold his next match after a long break, will hold on May 19 in Bolton, UK at the Bolton Whites Hotel arena. His promoter Vladimir Khryunov announced the name of his protégé’s opponent.

Famous heavyweight boxer 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov will hold his next fight after a long break on May 19 in Bolton, UK at the Bolton Whites Hotel arena.

Heavyweight boxer 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov expressed a desire to enter the ring against former world heavyweight champion 28-year-old Briton Tyson Fury.

Ustinov’s manager Vladimir Khryunov promises that his ward will “end Fury’s career.” Well-known promoter from Russia Vladimir Khryunov, who is involved in the affairs of the heavyweight from Belarus Alexandra Ustinova

, said that his ward will fight for the “regular” WBA belt next year, naming the names of Ustinov’s potential opponents. Alexander Ustinov Famous heavyweight fighter from Belarus

could fight for the title of “interim” WBA world champion against Briton David Haye or German of Syrian origin Manuel Charr. This was announced by the promoter of the Belarusian boxer Vladimir Khryunov.

David Tua - Alexander Ustinov. Photo - Getty Images

On December 7, the world famous MMA and K-1 fighter, boxer, and participant in the second Chechen War, Belarusian Alexander Ustinov, celebrates his 37th birthday. Due to this, website

tells about the most interesting facts from the life of an athlete.

Fact #1

Alexander Ustinov - war participant

How did I get to Chechnya? This was part of my work in the riot police. An ordinary business trip, as it seemed to us at first, a change of situation and environment. Only after, probably, the second such business trip did I realize that it was no joke and you were walking on the edge of life and death. During this time, we had three wounded, our friend, a colleague from a neighboring company died..., the Rossiyskaya Gazeta quotes the soldier.

Due to his duty, Ustinov ended up in Novosibirsk, where he met coach Vladimir Zadiran, a former world champion in professional kickboxing and one of the founders of the Belarusian school of kickboxing and Thai boxing, and soon began to train under his leadership.

Fact No. 2

Alexander Ustinov - hockey fan

The boxer is interested not only in combat sports. He is interested in football, table tennis, water polo.

Ustinov attends matches of the Kontinental Hockey League. He is a fan of Dynamo Minsk.

Fact No. 3

Alexander Ustinov - world champion in Muay Thai

In 2003, the Belarusian athlete took part in the IAMTF amateur Muay Thai tournament and won a landslide victory. This is not Alexander's only title.

Heavyweight champion according to EBA (European Boxing Association)

2006 WFCA World Heavyweight Champion

2006 World Amateur Champion according to IFMA

Winner K-1 Italy 2005 Oktagon

2004 European champion in Thai boxing according to WKN

Winner K-1 Poland 2004

2003 Winner of the WKBF Golden Panther Cup in the category (+91 kg.)

Winner K-1 Spain Grand Prix 2003 in Barcelona

Winner K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary Moscow

2003 World Amateur Muay Thai Champion according to IAMTF

Fact No. 4

Alexander Ustinov is a boxer, MMA, K-1 and Muay Thai fighter.

The Belarusian athlete is one of the few who competes in different sports. Kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, boxing... In each of them, Ustinov achieved some success.

So, at the professional boxing ring, Alexander had 29 fights and was defeated in only one. In 2012, Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev knocked him out in the 11th round.

During his boxing career, the Belarusian defeated such famous athletes as David Tua, Denis Bakhtov, Michael Sprott, Cedric Fields...

In fights according to MMA rules, Alexander had eight fights and lost one to Russian Andrey Zubov at a tournament in Perm.

In K-1, Ustinov achieved the greatest results. He managed to win major Grand Prix in Poland, Barcelona, ​​Moscow, Marseille...

Fact No. 5

Alexander Ustinov has Russian citizenship and began practicing martial arts at the age of 25

Alexander was born December 7, 1976 in the Altai Territory and has Russian citizenship, but lives in Minsk, where he trains at the Olympus boxing gym. Let us note that in the amateur ring the giant (Ustinov’s height is 2 meters 2 cm, fighting weight is 130 kg) did not stay long, having spent less than 20 fights, but managed to become a master of sports in boxing, won the Belarus Cup, and won a silver medal at the republican championship. .

Interestingly, Ustinov came to martial arts at a mature age - 25 years old. Before that, while still at school, he played football, hockey and even table tennis, but had nothing to do with combat sports.

Private bussiness

Alexander "The Great" Ustinov is a professional kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial arts fighter who has Russian citizenship but competes for Belarus.

Before professional sports

At school, Ustinov played football, hockey and table tennis.

After serving in the border troops, he joined the riot police, where he worked from 1997 to 2001. He took part in the second Chechen war and was nominated for two state awards: the medal "For Services to the Fatherland" 2nd class and the Order of Courage.

Due to his duty, Ustinov ended up in Novosibirsk, where he met coach Vladimir Zadiran, a former professional kickboxing world champion and one of the founders of the Belarusian school of kickboxing and Thai boxing, and soon began training under his leadership.

Sports career

Kickboxing

In 2003, after winning the K-1 Grand Prix stage in Moscow with three consecutive knockouts, Alexander Ustinov earned the right to compete at the tournament in Paris. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Frenchman Gregory Toni by technical knockout in the second round. In the semi-finals, he met with his sparring partner Alexey Ignashov, to whom he lost by decision.

Ustinov said about that fight:

In December 2003, Ustinov continued his successful performances, winning the Spanish stage of the K-1 Grand Prix in Barcelona.

On August 7, 2004, Alexander Ustinov was invited to participate in the K-1 World GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II tournament. He won a decision victory over South African Jan Nortje, but due to a deep cut to his shin he was forced to withdraw from the tournament and was replaced by American Scott Lighty.

In 2005, he won two more K-1 tournaments: in Milan and Lommel, Belgium.

After winning the K-1 tournament in Paris in 2006, Ustinov took part in the Slovakian. His first opponent was the Swiss Bjorn Bregi. In the first round, Bregi hit Ustinov with a knee in the groin, and the latter was unable to continue the fight within the allotted time. Bregi was declared the winner, but the fight was soon declared a no contest.

According to Ustinov, his progress in K-1 was hampered by disagreements with promoters, so he decided to switch to professional boxing:

Boxing

In the amateur ring, Ustinov had less than 20 fights, but managed to become a master of sports in boxing, won the Belarus Cup, and won a silver medal at the republican championship.

He made his professional boxing debut on May 13, 2005 in Minsk, knocking out Andrei Tsukanov in the second round. In the next fight he defeated Oleg Romanov by knockout in the sixth round.

After that, Ustinov competed in K-1 for a year and a half, and returned to the boxing ring in October 2006. Soon he signed a contract with the Klitschko brothers' promotional organization K2, and also became Vitali's sparring partner.

Under the auspices of K2 East Promotions, Ustinov met at Madison Square Garden with American boxer Earl Ladson on the undercard of the fight between Vladimir Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov and confidently won by technical knockout.

On May 17, 2008, Ustinov met with the previously undefeated Russian boxer Rudolf Abrahamyan. Ustinov won by decision.

On July 12, 2008, on the undercard of the fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Tony Thompson, Ustinov met with German Hans-Jörg Blasko and won by knockout in the second round.

On October 12, 2008, Ustinov met for the first time with an opponent taller than him. It was the American Julius Long. Ustinov won by knockout in the first round.

On February 26, 2009, at the Kiev Sports Palace, Alexander met with the previously undefeated Ukrainian Maxim Pedyura for the vacant EBA European heavyweight champion title. On the advice of the doctor, in the fifth round the referee decided to stop the fight due to severe bleeding from the Ukrainian’s nose, which could not be stopped. Ustinov was awarded a victory by technical knockout and awarded the championship title.

MMA

In mixed martial arts, Alexander Ustinov had 8 fights, 7 of which he won.

Alexander Ivanovich Ustinov– boxer competing for Russia and Belarus.

Biography

Born on December 7, 1976 in the village of Pautovo, Petropavlovsk district, Altai region. At school I was fond of football, hockey and table tennis.

Coming to sports

He served in the army in the Far East in the border troops, after which he began serving in the riot police from 1997 to 2001. He took part in the second Chechen war, for which he received the Order of Courage and the Medal for Services to the Fatherland. As part of the riot police, he ended up in Novosibirsk, met his future coach Vladimir Zadiran and became a boxer. His trainer trained in kickboxing and Muay Thai.

Career

He played for Belarus and Russia at the same time.

In 2003, Alexander won for the first time at the K-1 Grand Prix stage in Moscow, and his opponent received 3 knockouts one after another. For his victory, he was honored to perform in Paris. There, in the quarter-finals, he fought with the Frenchman Tony, defeated him and reached the semi-finals against the Russian and his sparring partner Alexei Ignashov. Ignashov won by decision of the judges.

In December 2003, he won the Spanish stage of the K-1 Grand Prix in Barcelona.

In August 2004, he took part in the K-1 World GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II tournament, where he defeated the South African Nortje, received a calf injury and withdrew from the continuation of the tournament, replaced by the American Lighty.

In 2005 he won K-1 tournaments in Milan and Belgium.

In 2006, he won the Paris K-1 tournament, after which he took part in the stage in Slovakia, where his opponent was a fighter from Switzerland, Bregi. In the first round, the opponent hit Ustinov in the groin, after which he was unable to continue the fight. Bregi won, but the fight was subsequently declared invalid. After that, he switched to professional boxing. Since, according to the athlete, disagreements and troubles with the promoters prevented him from advancing further in K-1. Ustinov was invited to the Klitschko brothers' company K2 East Promotions.

Professional sport MMA

In total, Ustinov fought 8 fights in mixed martial arts, winning 7 of them. His first 6 fights in the professional field were unofficial, but Ustinov officially fought 2 fights, winning one of them and losing the second.

As an amateur boxer, Ustinov took part in more than 20 fights, became a master of sports in boxing and won the Belarusian Cup, and came second at the national championship.

In May 205 he had his first professional fight in Minsk, where in the second round he defeated Tsukanov by knockout. The next fight also ended in victory for Ustinov against Romanov, whom he knocked out in the 6th round.

For the next 1.5 years, Ustinov fought in K-1, and returned to boxing only in October 2006, signed a contract with the Klitschko brothers and became a sparring partner of Vitali Klitschko.

Ustinov held the first fight from K2 East Promotions at Madison Square Garden against the American Ladson on the undercard of the fight between Vladimir Klitschko and Ibragimov, where Ustinov won by technical knockout.

In May 2008, he fought against the Russian Abrahamyan, who had never won a single defeat before, but Ustinov defeated him by decision of the judges.

In July 2008, he won against the German Blasco by knockout in the second round. In October 2008, he confronted the American Long and lost by knockout in the first round.

In February 2009, at the EBA European Heavyweight Championship, he defeated the Ukrainian Pedura by technical knockout and became the champion.

In September 2012, he lost for the first time in a fight against the Bulgarian Pulevoy for first place in the IBF rankings.

In 2014, he signed a contract with Khryunov’s promotion company.

In December 2014, he won the fight against New Zealander Weliver.

His height is 202 cm. He competes in the super heavyweight class of 130 kg. He has the nickname Great. He is the EBA heavyweight champion.

In 2006, he received the title of world champion according to WFCA in heavyweight and among amateurs according to IFMA.

In 2004 he became the European champion in Thai boxing, and in 2003 he became the world champion in it.

In total, he won 33 victories in boxing, of which 24 were by knockout and 1 defeat.

In total, he won 7 victories in MMA, including 5 by knockout and 1 defeat.

In total, he won 53 victories in kickboxing, of which 31 were knockouts and 9 defeats, 1 fight was a draw, and 1 was declared invalid.