Alexander Ustinov is one of the most famous and most successful boxers, who continues his career today, 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 Thai boxing and mixed martial arts.
Alexander Ustinov: biography
Ustinov Alexander was born on December 7, 1976 in the village of Paustovo, Altai Territory. In childhood, nothing special stood out. He liked, like all boys of his age, to drive a ball or play ping pong. After graduation, he joined the army, serving in the Far East as a border guard. After the army, from 1997 to 2001, he worked in the riot police. He fought in hot spots (Chechnya), during the service he distinguished himself and was twice awarded for services to the Fatherland.
Fatal meeting
During one of his business trips, by chance, he ended up in the city of Novosibirsk, where the fateful meeting of Alexander Ustinov with his first coach took place. Vladimir Zadiran was once the world kickboxing champion, and at the time of the meeting he was the founder of the Thai boxing and kickboxing school 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, he was able to achieve a positive result by work, perseverance and talent by 2003, when, after winning the K-1 Grand Prix, he knocked out three rivals and got the right to compete in a Paris tournament. In this tournament, he reached the semifinals. But to win the championship in this tournament, unfortunately, he failed. He lost on points to Alexey Ignashov. But, despite this defeat, he continued to continue his participation at the K-1 Grand Prix stage 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 after he had to leave the tournament.
But his career did not stop there. Already in 2005, he wins in Milan and Lommel, in the K-1 Grand Prix.
After successfully participating in the Paris K-1 Grand Prix, in 2006 he takes part in the Slovak tournament. This tournament was unsuccessful from the start. The first opponent of Alexander Ustinov was Björn Bregi, who inflicted a knee-groin in the groin forbidden by the rules. The fight had to be stopped. By the decision of the judges, the duel turned out to be failed.
Due to disagreements with promoters, Alexander Ustinov was forced to leave kickboxing. But he did not leave sports. What did Alexander Ustinov begin to do? 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 Klitschko brothers
Alexander Ustinov began 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 Klitschko brothers promotion company. And he began to train and prepare for boxing fights, his sparring partner was one of the brothers - Vitaliy. The efforts were not in vain, and already in the next duel with the American athlete Earl Ladson, the judges awarded Alexander a victory. Even then, the boxing world heard that a new star caught fire - Alexander Ustinov. Photos of the boxer began to appear more often on the pages of newspapers and magazines. They heard and talked about him.
On February 26, 2009, a duel took place between Alexander Ustinov and Ukrainian boxer Maxim Pedyura, who had previously been considered almost invincible (he participated in 11 battles and had only 1 defeat). In the fifth round, the fight was over, because due to an injury (from the nose of the Ukrainian fighter there was a lot of blood), he could not continue to fight. The judges awarded the victory to Ustinov. He was awarded the championship title.
On September 29, 2012, the IBF Championship fight was organized. 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 on November 16, 2013, a duel took place, this time he fought with former contender for the title of champion David Tua. Ustinov won this fight, the judges unanimously awarded him a victory. Thanks to this victory, he firmly established himself at 6th place in the IBF line.
Promoter change, new victories
After this fight, he took a break for one year, and on December 11, 2014, a new match took place between Alexander Ustinov and New Zealand boxer Chauncey Weaver, in which the Russian won on points. Since 2014, he began to speak for the promotion company Khryunov.
The last two fights took place recently, in 2015. The first performance took place on July 10th. In this battle, he managed to gain a solid victory over the Englishman Travis Walker. The next match took place on October 10, in this battle the Belarusian fighter won by knocking out Venezuelan Maurice Harris.
