Sergey Kazakov

Sergey Kazakov (born July 8, 1976) is a Russian amateur boxer best known to win the World Championships 2003 and European Championships 1998, 2002 and 2004 in the Men's Light Flyweight.

Sergey Kazakov

Personal information
Full name	Sergey Nikolayevich Kazakov
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1976-07-08) July 8, 1976 Dmitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Flyweight
Club	CK Ministerstva oborony RF
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Light Flyweight World Amateur Championships 2003 Bangkok Light Flyweight European Amateur Championships 1998 Minsk Light Flyweight 2002 Perm Light Flyweight 2004 Pula Light Flyweight 2000 Tampere Light Flyweight World Cup 2005 Moscow Light Flyweight

Kazakov won the European Championships in 1998. In 2000 he lost at the European Championships to Valeriy Sydorenko in the finals and at the Olympics 2000 against reigning world champ Brian Viloria (6:8) in the first round. In 2003 he won the World Championships with a close final victory against future star Zou Shiming (23:19). He added a victory at the European championships 2002 and 2004 by beating Alfonso Pinto. 2004 at the Olympics he was upset by young Turk Atagün Yalçınkaya and had to settle for bronze. 2005 at the world championships he again lost to a teenager in Hungary's Pal Bedak.

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

2007 he lost at the Russian Championships against David Ayrapetyan 9:25.