Nationality Russia Height 1.73 m Weight 64 kg | Name Gennady Kovalev Martial art Boxing Role Boxer Rated at Light welterweight | |
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Full name Геннадий Геннадиевич Ковалёв Club Rossiyskiy Sportivnyy Studencheskiy | ||
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Gennady Gennadiyevich Kovalev (Russian: Геннадий Геннадиевич Ковалёв) (born 17 May 1983 in Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai) is a boxer from Russia.
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- 2007 wc amateurs bradley saunders eng gennady kovalev rus 64 kg to avi clip0 avi
- Gennady kovalev mma fighter
- Career
- World amateur championships results
- Olympic results
- References
Gennady kovalev mma fighter
Career
Southpaw Kovalev won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships defeating Bahodirjon Sooltonov but losing to Aghasi Mammadov at bantam, and a gold medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships .
He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was beaten in the quarterfinals of the Bantamweight (54 kg) division by Cuba's eventual winner Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Now at junior welterweight he won the Russian Championships 2007 against legend Alexander Maletin 37:21. At the World championships he beat Bradley Saunders to reach the finals but lost to defending Kazakh champion Serik Sapiyev 5:20.
After his boxing career, Kovalev has found success as a professional MMA fighter, going 5-1 as a professional. <http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Gennadiy-Kovalev-81239>
World amateur championships results
2003 (as a bantamweight)
2007 (as a Light welterweight)
Olympic results
2004 (as a bantamweight)
2008 (as a Light welterweight)