Vyacheslav Yanovskiy
Vyacheslav Jewgenjewitsch Janowski; Russian: Вячеслав Евгеньевич Яновский; English transcription: Vyacheslav Evgenevich Yanovskiy; ( Born August 24, 1957 in Vitebsk, Belarus ) is a former Soviet- Belarusian boxer in the Light Welterweight (60 to 63.5 kg ). He won 316 of 361 fights and 1987 World Cup champion, and 1988 Olympic gold medalist.
Amateur career
He was runner-up in 1984 of Soviet and participated in the "alternative Olympics " in Cuba in part because the socialist countries, including the Soviet Union, the 1984 Olympic Games boycotted in the U.S.. He defeated the North Koreans Sen Chi Dak and Siegfried Mehnert from the GDR respectively on points, before the Cuban Candelario Duvergel only narrowly lost in the final with 2:3.
In 1985 he reached the bronze medal at the 26th European Championships in Budapest. This time he was defeated in the semifinals Siegfried Mehnert on points, having previously Dutchman Reimo van der Hoeck, the Czechs and the Swedes Stefan Cirok Lars Lundgren had defeated.
In 1987 he became Soviet champion, where he later European and World Champion Igor Ruzhnikow defeated in the final. He then took part in the 27th European Championship in Turin, where he won the European vice-champion title. After victories against Jan Heinemann from Germany, Mario Di Lernia from Italy and again Reimo van der Hoeck he penetrated into the final, where he lost almost 2:3 the Bulgarians Borislav Abadzhiew.
Also in 1987, he won victories over Carlos Rivas, Kim Ki Taek and Mirko Puzović, the 5th World Cup in the Yugoslav capital Belgrade.
In 1988 he was re- Soviet champion and won overwhelming the 24th Olympic Summer Games in 1988 in the South Korean capital Seoul. He won the two preliminary round bouts by whacked against the Dane Søren Søndergaard and the Tanzanian Rashid Matumla, won the second round by 5-0 against Frenchman Ludovic Proto and the quarter-finals by 5-0 against the Zambians Anthony Mwamba. In the semifinals, he defeated the German Reiner Gies by Ko in the first round and reached the finals, where he defeated the Australians 5-0 Grahame Cheney. He thus also became the last Soviet Olympic champion in boxing.
Professional career
In 1990, he started his career in Japan as a professional boxer and won 30 of 32 fights. On March 9, 1991, he was with a points win against Rick Yoshimura, Japanese champion in the light welterweight division and defended the title six times. As of August 1992, he boxed again in Europe and was on 28 January 1993 Russian welterweight champion. On September 18, 1993, he was international in Dusseldorf German welterweight champion.
His only loss as a pro, he suffered on 15 April 1995 Ko in the tenth round against Edwin Murillo from Panama. On September 7, 1996, he won the Pan -Asian Championship title in the light welterweight against the unbeaten Kazakhs Bakhyt Amanbayew. In February 1997, he played his last boxing match.
After his playing career he was head coach of the Boxnationalmannschaft Russia and trained among others Personally, the Russian boxer Natalia Ragosina.