Boris Kuznetsov (boxer)

Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov ( _ru. Борис Георгиевич Кузнецов), February 23, 1947 – May 3, 2006) was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kilograms) at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.

He was born in Astrakhan.

Kuznetsov trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Astrakhan. He was the USSR Champion in 1972 and 1974. During his career he won 237 fights out of 249.ru icon [http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol12/ol1-4011.htm Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia] ] He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1972 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the same year.cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|pages=p. 557|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian] He graduated from Astrakhan State Pedagogical Institute in 1971.

Olympic results

*Defeated Harouna Lago (Nigeria) KO 1
*Defeated José Baptista (Venezuela) 3-2
*Defeated Ryszard Tomczyk (Poland) 5-0
*Defeated Gabriel Pometcu (Romania) 4-1
*Defeated Andras Botos (Hungary) 5-0
*Defeated Philip Waruinge (Kenya) 3-2

References

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KUZNEBOR02 Olympic DB]