Andrey Balanov

Andrey Vladimirovich Balanov (Russian: Андрей Владимирович Баланов) (born April 27, 1976 in Podolsk) is a former Russian amateur boxer best known for winning the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships at welterweight and being part of the Russian 2005 team at the Boxing World Cup.

Andrey Balanov
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men’s Boxing
European Amateur Championships
2006 Plovdiv Welterweight
World Cup
2005 Moscow Welterweight

Career

In 2005 he was part of the Russian team that won the 2005 Boxing World Cup.[1]

At the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships he exited early against eventual Cuban winner Erislandi Lara.

At the Euros 2006 he beat Oleksandr Stretskyy from Ukraine in the semifinals and Bulgarian Spas Genov in the final 30:12.

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he again beat Olexandr Stretskiy but was upset by Thai Non Boonjumnong.

At the first Olympic qualifier 2008 he was upset by English teenager Billy Joe Saunders, at the second he lost to Frenchman Jaoid Chiguer but barely qualified by defeating Samuel Matevosyan. In Beijing he lost his second bout to Demetrius Andrade.

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