Alexander Ustinov is one of the most famous and most successful boxers who continues his career to this day, delighting his fans with bright victories. During his life, he participated in various fights and took part not only in boxing or kickboxing competitions, but also in Muay Thai and mixed martial arts.
Alexander Ustinov: biography
Ustinov Alexander was born on December 7, 1976 in the village of Paustovo, Altai Territory. As a child, nothing special stood out. He loved, like all boys of his age, to drive a ball or play ping-pong. After graduating from school, he joined the army, to serve in the Far East as a border guard. After the army, from 1997 to 2001, he worked in the OMON. He fought in hot spots (Chechnya), during his service he distinguished himself and was twice awarded for services to the Fatherland.
Fateful meeting
During one of his business trips, by chance, he ended up in the city of Novosibirsk, where the fateful meeting between Alexander Ustinov and his first coach took place. VladimirZadiran was once a world champion in kickboxing, and at the time of the meeting he was the founder of the school of Thai boxing and kickboxing in Belarus. He undertook to train Alexander.
Participation in kickboxing tournaments. First steps in sports
Despite the fact that Alexander started kickboxing quite late, when he was 25 years old, with hard work, perseverance and talent, he was able to achieve a positive result by 2003, when, after winning the K-1 Grand Prix, he, having knocked out three rivals, he received the right to speak in the Paris tournament. In this tournament, he reached the semi-finals. But, unfortunately, he failed to win the championship in this tournament. He lost on points to Alexei Ignashov. But, despite this defeat, he continued his participation in the K-1 Grand Prix in Barcelona, and very successfully.
In August 2004, he was invited to compete in the K-1 GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II. However, he was injured - he injured his knee in a fight with South African fighter Jan Nortier, but despite this he won the fight, although he had to leave the tournament after.
But his career didn't stop there. Already in 2005, he wins in Milan and Lommel, in the K-1 Grand Prix.
After a successful participation in the K-1 Grand Prix in Paris, in 2006 he takes part in the Slovak tournament. This tournament was unsuccessful from the very beginning. The first opponent of Alexander Ustinov was Bjorn Bregi, who delivered a knee to the groin, which was prohibited by the rules. The fight had to be stopped. By decision of the judges, the fight turned out to be invalid.
Due to disagreements with promoters, Alexander Ustinov was forced to leave kickboxing. But he did not give up sports. What did Alexander Ustinov start doing? Boxing became his life. It was he who made him famous. Thus began his career - first amateur and then professional boxing.
Boxing career in the team of the Klitschko brothers
Alexander Ustinov started his boxing career when he was engaged in kickboxing. He first appeared in the ring as a boxer back in May 2005. In his first boxing fight, he knocked out Andrei Tsukanov. In the other - Oleg Romanov. Immediately after the forced departure from kickboxing, he joined the promotional company of the Klitschko brothers. And he began to train and prepare for boxing fights, one of his brothers, Vitaly, became his sparring partner. The efforts were not in vain, and already in the next fight with the American athlete Earl Ladson, the judges awarded Alexander the victory. Even then, the boxing world heard that a new star had lit up - Alexander Ustinov. Photos of the boxer began to appear more and more often on the pages of newspapers and magazines. He was heard and talked about.
On February 26, 2009, a duel took place between Alexander Ustinov and Ukrainian boxer Maxim Pedyura, who had previously been considered almost invincible (participated in 11 fights and had only 1 defeat). In the fifth round, the fight was over, because due to an injury (blood flowed heavily from the nose of the Ukrainian fighter), he could not continue to fight. The judges awarded the victory to Ustinov. He was awarded the championship title.
September 29, 2012 was organized fight for the championship in the IBF. In the ring, he met with a native of Bulgaria, Kubrat Pulev, who knocked out Alexander in the 11th round.
After that, Alexander soon recovered, and already on November 16, 2013, the duel took place, this time he fought with the former contender for the title of champion David Tua. Ustinov won this fight, the judges unanimously awarded him the victory. With this victory, he firmly settled on the 6th place in the IBF line.
Change of promoter, new victories
After this fight, he took a break for one year, and on December 11, 2014, a new fight took place between Alexander Ustinov and New Zealand boxer Chauncey Veliver, in which the Russian won on points. Since 2014, he began to play for Khryunov's promotion company.
The last two fights took place quite recently, in 2015. The first performance took place on July 10. In this fight, he managed to win a solid victory over the Englishman Travis Walker. The next fight took place on October 10, in this fight the Belarusian fighter won by knocking out the Venezuelan Maurice Harris.
Interesting facts about Alexander Ustinov's life and career
At the moment, the athlete lives in Minsk. Despite the fact that Alexander was born in Russia, he fights for Belarus, and on the international website Boxrec.com, which collects statistics on all fighters, he is listed as Belarusian.
During the time when Alexander was engaged in amateur boxing, he had less than 20 fights, but this did not stop him from becoming a professional athlete and winning the Belarusian Cup, becoming a silver medalist.
Alexander Ustinov is a boxer whose height and weight are quite impressive. He is a heavyweight boxer. His height is 202 cm and weight 130 kg. Right-handed. In total, during his entire career, Alexander Ustinov participated in 33 fights, of which he won 32 victories (23 by knockout) and 1 defeat. For this he was called "The Great". The main manager of Alexander Ustinov is Alexander Krasyuk.
At the last performances, Alexander Ustinov performed under two flags: Belarusian and Russian. Alexander himself has Russian citizenship and, apparently, is not going to give it up.
