- Andrey Balanov
Andrey Vladimirovich Balanov ( _ru. Андрей Владимирович Баланов) (April 27, 1976 in
Podolsk ) is a Russian amateur boxer best known for winning the European title in 2006 at welterweight and being part of theRussia n 2005 team at theBoxing World Cup .Career
In 2005 he was part of the
Russia n team that won the 2005Boxing World Cup . [http://www.lenta.ru/articles/2005/07/18/boxing/]At the world championships 2005 he exited early against eventual Cuban winner
Erislandi Lara .At the Euros 2006 he beat
Oleksandr Stretskyy fromUkraine in the semifinals and BulgarianSpas Genov in the final 30:12.2007 at the World championships he again beat Olexandr Stretskiy but was upset by Thai
Non Boonjumnong .At the first Olympic qualifier he was upset by English teenager
Billy Joe Saunders , at the second he lost to FrenchmanJaoid Chiguer but barely qualified by defeatingSamuel Matevosyan .External links
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChamps2005.html World 2005]
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships2006.html Euro 2006]
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuroOlyQual2008_2.html 2nd Qualifier]
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