Vassiliy Levit (Russian: Васи́лий Алексе́евич Леви́т; born 24 February 1988) is a Kazakh heavyweight amateur boxer who won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]
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| Born | 24 February 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kazakhstani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn the 2016 Olympic final Levit was controversially defeated by Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko via a unanimous judge's decision.[4][5][6] The crowd reacted with shock and anger to the result,[4][5] and several boxing professionals criticised the decision, with some suggesting Levit should have been awarded all three rounds.[7] At the medal ceremony, Levit put his fingers to his lips to discourage the crowd from booing Tischenko.[4] Afterwards, Levit said that he felt that he had won the fight, but declined to criticise the judges and said that Tischenko deserved respect.[4]
He won the bronze medal at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the Heavyweight category.
Coaching career
editSeptember 28, 2022 — appointed Head of the Department of Physical Training of Personnel Anti-Corruption Agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Boxing record for Vassiliy Levit". BoxRec.
- ^ AIBA profile
- ^ "Vasily Levit". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Russian boxer Evgeny Tishchenko booed after winning Olympic gold". CNN. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Boxing: Russia's Tishchenko wins heavyweight gold to boos". Reuters. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Tishchenko wins controversial boxing heavyweight gold". Times of India. AFP. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ Robinson, Isaac (16 August 2016). "Shane McGuigan and BJ Flores among those to condemn Olympic boxing judging". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Василий Левит получил неожиданную должность после ухода из сборной Казахстана". www.sports.kz. 28 September 2022.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Vassiliy Levit from BoxRec (registration required)
- Vassiliy Levit at AIBA.org (archived)
- Vassiliy Levit at Olympedia
- Vassiliy Levit at Olympics.com
- Vassiliy Levit at Olympic.kz
