Rufat Riskiyev

Rufat Asadowitsch Riskijew ( born October 2, 1949) is a former Soviet boxer of Uzbek origin. He was world champion amateur boxer in 1974 and winner of the silver medal at the 1976 Olympic Games each at middleweight.

Career

Rufat Riskijew began at the age of 14 years in Tashkent with the boxes. His first coach was as Granatkin. He quickly developed into a technically excellent and handed strokes strong fighter. At 18, he became a member of "Dynamo" Tashkent. His first victory in a major boxing tournament he landed in 1968 in Leningrad, when he was middleweight champion of the 4th "Olympic Hope Tournaments".

In January 1969, he was employed in Moscow in a country struggle between the Soviet Union and Poland. He was defeated while the experienced Polish Champion Edmund lever on points. In May 1969, he won the fifth "Olympic Hope Tournament", which this time took place in Lodz in the middleweight division with wins over Zozef Petrak, Poland, Metodi Metodiew from Bulgaria and Heinz Thüran from the GDR. Even in 1970 it was not yet possible of the very large jump in the Soviet elite. He entered this year, only the " Strandja " tournament in Sofia in appearance, in which he lost in the final against Plamen Trenew from Bulgaria.

In 1971 he started for the first time at the Soviet Championship and finished it in the middleweight division 3rd place. In the semifinals, he lost to Anatoly Pankratov on points. In July of 1971, he then scored the first big success of his career. He won the middleweight tournament at the Peoples Spartakiade in Moscow. He was in the semifinals point winner over Vyacheslav Lemeshev and won the final of the W. Abramovich by KO in the 1st round.

1972 won Rufat Riskijew the " Golden Gloves " tournament in Belgrade and also won the tournament, " Giraldo Cordova Cardin " in Havana with a points victory in the finals over Orlando Stable from Cuba. In the Soviet championship he won with a victory in the final battle over the Soviet champion Wladimir Tarasenkow first middleweight title. He had to be so nominated legitimate opportunities for the Olympic Games in Munich. After much back and forth, head coach Vladimir Stepanov decided but not for him but for Vyacheslav Lemeshev. For Rufat Riskijew a bitter decision.

1973 had Rufat Riskijew in the final of the championship against Soviet Anatoly Klimanow a techn. Knockout loss in the 3rd round to accept. At the European Championships this year, so he had to stand back again. In 1974 he achieved his second title at a Soviet championship. In the final he defeated this time Anatoli Klimanow clear on points. In the same year boxing world championships were held in Havana for the first time. Rufat Riskijew got there finally got his chance at a major international championship to compete. He grabbed this opportunity with both hands and was a knockout victory in the first round of Stan Williamson, Canada, point victories over Alexander Yanakiew, Bulgaria and Ricardo Rocha, Argentina, a knockout victory in the first round of Bernd Wittenburg from the DDR and a tight 3-2 victory in the final point about Alec Nastag Romanian world champion at middleweight.

1975 Rufat Riskijew was re- Soviet champion at middleweight. He defeated it in the finals of the Olympic champion from 1972 Vyacheslav Lemeshev on points. Still not he at the European Championships this year in Katowice, but Lemeshev was used.

In January 1976 Rufat Riskijew won in Tashkent in an international match against USA USSR middleweight over Michael Spinks on points. He then picked up at the Soviet Championship with a win over Gennadi Tolmaschew who had off in the semifinals Vyacheslav Lemeshev, again the Soviet champion middleweight title. At the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976, he was then sent to the start at middleweight. In Montreal Rufat Riskijew won by knockout in the first round of Jorma Taipale from Finland, on points over Ilia Dimitrov of Bulgaria, by termination in the 2nd round of Siraj Din from Pakistan and in the semifinals just me 3-2 judges' votes on Luis Felipe Martinez from Cuba and was thus in the final. There he met Michael Spinks, whom he had beaten in Tashkent in January. In Montreal, Michael Spinks turned but the tables and defeated Riskijew by technical superiority in the 2nd round. Rufat Riskijew thus won the Olympic silver medal.

After the Olympic boxing tournament 1976 Rufat Riskijew no longer exhibited. He played in his career, 189 fights of which he won 174.

Countries fighting

USSR championships with Rufat Riskijew

Swell

Trade journal Box Sport from 1968 to 1976
Box Almanac 1920 - 1980, German publisher eV amateur boxing association, 1980
Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl "
Website " www.peoples.ru "

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Portrait of Rufat Riskijew in Russian

Soviet citizens
Uzbek
Boxer ( Soviet Union)
World Champion (boxes)
Soviet champion (boxes)
Olympian (Soviet Union)
Born in 1949
Man

1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships East Germany Marvin Johnson Darin Allen Abbos Atoev

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