Gennady Kovalev
{{For|the biathlete|Gennady Kovalev (biathlete)}}
{{short description|Russian boxer}}
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| fullname = Геннадий Геннадиевич Ковалёв
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| nationality = {{RUS}}
| weight class = Light Welterweight
| club = Rossiyskiy Sportivnyy Studencheskiy
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|5|17}}
| birth_place = Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Amateur Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 2003 Bangkok | Bantamweight}}
{{MedalSilver| 2007 Chicago | Light Welterweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Amateur Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2004 Pula | Bantamweight}}
{{MedalSilver| 2002 Perm | Bantamweight}}
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Gennady Gennadiyevich Kovalev ({{langx|ru|Геннадий Геннадиевич Ковалёв}}; born 17 May 1983 in Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai) is a boxer from Russia.
Career
He started boxing in 1995 in Miass, and his first coach was Anatoly Panguev.{{Cite web |date=2008-04-09 |title="Не просто бьюсь - играю!" |url=https://chel.aif.ru/archive/1762653 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=AiF |language=ru}}
Southpaw Kovalev won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships, defeating Uzbekistan's Bahodirjon Sooltonov but losing to Azerbaijan's Aghasi Mammadov at bantam, and a gold medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships .
He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was beaten in the quarterfinals of the Bantamweight (54 kg) division by Cuba's eventual winner Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Now at junior welterweight he won the Russian Championships 2007 against legend Alexander Maletin 37:21.
At the World championships he beat Bradley Saunders to reach the finals but lost to defending Kazakh champion Serik Sapiyev 5:20.
After his boxing career, Kovalev has found success as a professional MMA fighter, going 5–1 as a professional.{{cite web |url=http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Gennadiy-Kovalev-81239 |title=Gennadiy Kovalev |publisher=Sherdog}}
= World amateur championships results =
2003 (as a bantamweight)
- Defeated Berik Serikbayev (Kazakhstan) 21–6
- Defeated Zsolt Bedák (Hungary) 43–20
- Defeated Khavazi Khatsygov (Bulgaria) 25–14
- Defeated Bahodirjon Sooltonov (Uzbekistan) 21–15
- Lost to Aghasi Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 8–17
2007 (as a Light welterweight)
- Defeated Andrey Tsiruk (Belarus) 33–11
- Defeated Marufjon Fayzuloyev (Tajikistan) 24–10
- Defeated Gyula Kate (Hungary) 22–9
- Defeated Boris Georgiev (Bulgaria) walkover
- Defeated Bradley Saunders (England) 16–8
- Lost to Serik Sapiyev (Kazakhstan) 5–20
= Olympic results =
2004 (as a bantamweight)
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Malik Bouziane (Algeria) 23–20
- Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux (Cuba) 5–20
2008 (as a Light welterweight)
- Defeated Maimaitituersun Qiong (China) 15–8
- Defeated Richarno Colin (Mauritius) 11:2
- lost to Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) 2:5
References
- {{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/rus/Gennady+Kovalev/386210 |title=Gennady Kovalev |website=sports.yahoo.com |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522065748/https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/rus/Gennady+Kovalev/386210 |archive-date=2011-05-22 }}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/gennady-kovalyov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220205/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/gennady-kovalyov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Gennady Kovalyov}}
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Category:Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic boxers for Russia
Category:AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Category:People from Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai
Category:Martial artists from Krasnodar Krai
Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen
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