Alexander Yagubkin
Alexander Gennadjewitsch Jagubkin (Russian Александр Геннадьевич Ягубкин; born April 25, 1961 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR † August 7, 2013 ) was a Soviet amateur boxer.
Career
Alexander Jagubkin began in 1974 with the sport of boxing. His first international success was a third place at the Junior World Championships 1979 in Yokohama, where he lost in the semifinals against the Americans Marvis Frazier.
Jagubkin won three times in his career (1981 in Tampere, 1983 in Varna, as well as 1985 in Budapest) the European Heavyweight Championship. He defeated Among other things, 1981 in the final battle Jürgen Fanghänel and 1983 the Dutch Arnold Vanderlyde. At the European Championships 1987 in Turin, he joined the super heavyweight and was able to reach the final fight in this weight class, defeated there but against Ulli Kaden.
In 1982, he first participated in the World Championships and was at the Munich discharged championships secure with a new Final victory over Fanghänel the title. At the World Championships in 1986 in Reno, he then lost, however, already in the quarter finals against Michael Bentt.
Other successes were Jagubkins second place at the World Cup 1981 in Montreal and the World Cup victories in 1983 in Rome and 1985 in Seoul, there with a semi-final victory over Bentt. Participation in the 1984 Olympic Games was denied him, as the Soviet Union boycotted the games.
1974: Teófilo Stevenson | 1978: Teófilo Stevenson | 1982: Alexander Jagubkin | 1986: Félix Savón | 1989: Félix Savón | 1991: Félix Savón | 1993: Félix Savón | 1995: Félix Savón | 1997: Félix Savón | 1999: Michael Bennett | 2001: Odlanier Solís | 2003: Odlanier Solís | 2005: Alexander Alexeyev | 2007: Clemente Russo | 2009: Yegor Mechonzew | 2011: Oleksandr Ussyk
- Boxer ( Soviet Union)
- World Champion (boxes)
- Soviet citizens
- Born in 1961
- Died in 2013
- Man
- Person (Donetsk )