Serik Konakbayev
Serik Kerimbekowitsch Konakbajew ( born October 25, 1959 in Pavlodar ) is a former Soviet Kazakh boxer descent. He was vice-champion in 1982 at welterweight, winner of the silver medal in the light welterweight at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and two-time European champion.
Career
Serik Konakbajew grew up in Kazakhstan. He grew to become an excellent boxer who was inducted into the Soviet national team of boxers in 1978. His first international use in this national team, he graduated in February 1979 in Lafayette, United States on the occasion of a country USA struggle against the Soviet Union. He lost it in the welterweight division against Donald Bowers on points. In the second start in Troy in the United States, he was point winner over Don Curry.
In 1979, he also won an international tournament in Alma- Ata with a points victory in the final against Alexei Galuschko, USSR. Surprisingly, it was Serik Konakbajew, without having been previously Soviet champion, nominated for the European Championship 1979 in Cologne. He went there in the light welterweight ( class to 63.5 kg of body weight) and reached point with victories over Kazimierz Szczerba from Poland, Peter Davitt from Ireland and a demolition victory in the third round of Karl -Heinz Kruger from East Germany in the final. In this he was 4-1 judges votes victor over Italian Patrizio Oliva and thus European champions.
The taking place after these European Championships Soviet championships the newly crowned European champion in the semifinals then had a point defeat against the Armenians Israel Akopkochjan accept and came thus to the 3rd place. He was appointed despite this defeat the inaugural World Cup in New York. In New York he defeated at this almost a world championship event equaling Hugo Hernandez from Cuba and Azumah Nelson of Ghana respectively by abortion in the 2nd round and won in the final against Lemuel Steeples from the U.S. to points.
End of 1979 Serik Konakbajew won in Belgrade in light welterweight with a points victory over the strong Yugoslavs Mirko Puzović the tournament for the Golden Belt of Belgrade.
In 1980, he then won with a victory over Israel Akopkochjan for the first time the Soviet Championship welterweight and thus qualified for the Olympic team for the Games in Moscow. There Serik Konakbajew triumphed over Simion Cuţov from Romania on points, beat Imre Bacskai from Hungary by termination in the 2nd round, was a bloodless victory over Jose Angel Molina from Puerto Rico and won the semi-final against Jose Aguilar Pulsan from Cuba with 4: 1 judges' votes on points. In the final he met Patrizio Oliva, whom he had defeated in the previous year in the final battle of the European Championship. However, this time turned the super technician Oliva the tables and was winner on points and thus Olympic champion. Serik Konakbajew won the silver medal.
In 1981, Serik Konakbajew won in Riga, the elimination tournament for the Soviet welterweight championship with wins over Peter Galkin, Valery Laptev and Israel Akopkochjan. At the actual Soviet championships this year, but he could not participate due to injury. In between the European Championship was in Tampere, where he started in the welterweight division. He defeated one after Joseph Fenlon from Ireland, Sreten Mirkovic from Yugoslavia, Tibor Molnar from Hungary and Karl -Heinz Krüger from the GDR and was the second time European champions.
In the fall of 1982, Serik Konakbajew launched in Montreal at the 2nd World Cup and won the tournament with wins over Antonio Guerra, Venezuela, Louis Howard, U.S. and Ruschko Lomski, Bulgaria. At the World Championships this year in Munich, he defeated Jose Louis Hernandez from Cuba, Ganem mahrum from Israel and Roland Omoruyi from Nigeria on points. But in the final he was defeated by Mark Breland in the U.S. clearly 5-0 judges votes.
In the years 1983 and 1984, respectively Serik Konakbajew Soviet champion at welterweight. At the European Championships in 1983 but was not used. In 1984, the Games took place in Los Angeles, which were boycotted by the Soviet Union. Instead at the Olympics, the pugilists of the socialist states started with a "Friendship " tournament in Havana. Serik Konakbajew won there in the quarter-finals on Sun Son ion from North Korea on points and lost the semi-final against Jose Louis Hernandez.
After this event ended Serik Konakbajew, Honored Master of Sports, his international career boxers and completed a sports studies. In 1991 he was at the suggestion of his former Soviet nation squadmates Viktor Agejew president of the boxing federation of professional boxer from Kazakhstan. He is also a member of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Countries struggles of Serik Konakbajew
Swell
- Trade journal Box Sport from 1978 to 1984
- Box Alamanach 1920 - 1980, German publisher amateur boxing Association, 1980,
- Website " www.sports123.com "
- Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl "