Name Alexander Maletin Role Boxer | Martial art Boxing Division Lightweight | |
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Olympic medals Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Lightweight Similar People Evgeny Makarenko, Mario Kindelan, Cristian Bejarano, Andreas Kotelnik | ||
Mario Kindelan vs. Alexander "The Russian tank" Maletin 1
Alexandr Ivanovich Maletin (Russian: Александр Иванович Малетин; born February 6, 1975) is a boxer from Russia best known to win the lightweight world championships 1997.
Contents
- Mario Kindelan vs Alexander The Russian tank Maletin 1
- Career
- Light Welterweight
- Olympic results
- References
Career
Maletin won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 57 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He beat Makhach Nuridinov (Azerbaijan) 14–5, Patrick Lopez (Venezuela) RSC 3 and Selim Palyani (Turkey) RSC 4. In the semifinals, he was defeated by eventual gold medalist southpaw Mario Kindelán from Cuba 15–27. In 2002, he became European champion by besting Boris Georgiev.
Light Welterweight
He beat Manus Boonjumnong 34:16 in 2003 but controversially lost the World championships final 2003 against French southpaw Willy Blain. Maletin also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he defeated Saleh Khoulef (Egypt) RSC 3 (0:10) and lost again to Willy Blain (France) 20–28.
Olympic results
2000
2004