Vassiliy Levit

Vassiliy Levit (born 24 February 1988) is a Kazakh heavyweight boxer who won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]

Vassiliy Levit
Levit on a 2016 stamp of Kazakhstan
Statistics
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
NationalityKazakhstani
Born (1988-02-24) 24 February 1988
Fyodorvka, Fyodorov District, Kostanay Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Boxing record[1]
Total fights96
Wins78
Wins by KO10
Losses18
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroHeavyweight
World Championships
2017 HamburgHeavyweight
2019 YekaterinburgHeavyweight
Asian Championships
2009 ZhuhaiHeavyweight
2015 BangkokHeavyweight
2017 TashkentHeavyweight
2019 BangkokHeavyweight

Career

In the 2016 Olympic final Levit was controversially defeated by Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko via a unanimous judge's decision.[4][5][6] The crowd reacted with shock and anger to the result,[4][5] and several boxing professionals criticised the decision, with some suggesting Levit should have been awarded all three rounds.[7] At the medal ceremony, Levit put his fingers to his lips to discourage the crowd from booing Tischenko.[4] Afterwards, Levit said that he felt that he had won the fight, but declined to criticise the judges and said that Tischenko deserved respect.[4]

He won the bronze medal at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the Heavyweight category.

References
  1. "Boxing record for Vassiliy Levit". BoxRec.
  2. AIBA profile
  3. "Vasily Levit". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. "Russian boxer Evgeny Tishchenko booed after winning Olympic gold". CNN. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. "Boxing: Russia's Tishchenko wins heavyweight gold to boos". Reuters. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. "Rio 2016: Tishchenko wins controversial boxing heavyweight gold". Times of India. AFP. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. Robinson, Isaac (16 August 2016). "Shane McGuigan and BJ Flores among those to condemn Olympic boxing judging". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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