Evgeny Tishchenko

Evgeny Andreyevich Tishchenko (Russian: Евгений Андреевич Тищенко; born 15 July 1991) is a Russian professional boxer. As an amateur he won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics, 2015 World Championships, and the 2015 and 2017 European Championships and silver at the 2013 and 2017 World Championships.

Evgeny Tishchenko
Tishchenko in 2016
Statistics
Weight(s)	Cruiserweight
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Nationality	Russian
Born	15 July 1991 Kanevskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights	8
Wins	8
Wins by KO	6
Losses	0
Medal record Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Heavyweight World Championships 2015 Doha Heavyweight 2013 Almaty Heavyweight 2017 Hamburg Heavyweight European Championships 2015 Samokov Heavyweight 2017 Kharkiv Heavyweight Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan -91 kg

Amateur career

Tishchenko was born in the village of Kanevskaya, Krasnodar Krai, but later moved to Belgorod. He took up boxing while studying in the 5th grade. He is trained under the sports school of Ivan Levichev. At the school level, he did not show significant results, the best achievement was a prize in the championship of the Southern Federal District.

Tishchenko became a member of the Russian national team in 2009. He won the light heavyweight weight category in the Russian youth championship, took the first prize at an international tournament in Croatia, and then won the Youth European Championships in Szczecin.

He began competing among seniors in 2010 and twice won bronze medals at the Russian championships, losing the semifinals to Egor Mekhontsev in 2010 and to Nikita Ivanov in 2011. In addition, he took gold in the Youth European Championships U23 in Kaliningrad. In 2012, Tishchenko became the Russian National champion in heavyweight category. A year later, he would win the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade.[2] He won silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Almaty, losing in the finals to twice Olympic silver medalist, Italian Clemente Russo.

In 2014, Tishchenko again won the Russian National championships, beating in finals; then European champion Aleksei Yegorov. He competed at the 2015 European Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria taking gold in heavyweight category. In October, he would repeat his success; winning the gold at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, defeating Erislandy Savón of Cuba in the finals.[3]

In the 2016 Olympics he again won a gold medal after defeating Kazakhstan's Vasily Levit on a controversial unanimous decision in the final.[4] The final and medal ceremony saw angry crowd reactions.[5]

Personal life

Tishchenko has a degree in physical education from Belgorod State University. He has also studied at the Belgorod Technological University and Moscow State Mining University.[6] He works as a police officer in Saint Petersburg. He was awarded a medal by the government after the Olympics.[7]

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary

7 fights	7 wins	0 losses
By knockout	5	0
By decision	2	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
7	Win	7–0	Marcos Antonio Aumada	KO	3 (10), 1:41	17 Mar 2020	RCC Boxing Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia
6	Win	6–0	Issa Akberbayev	RTD	6 (10), 3:00	2 Nov 2019	RCC Boxing Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia	Retained WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title
5	Win	5–0	Abraham Tabul	TKO	1 (10), 2:49	16 Jun 2019	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg, Russia	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title
4	Win	4–0	Jose Gregorio Ulrich	UD	8	22 Feb 2019	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg, Russia
3	Win	3–0	Christian Mariscal	TKO	2 (6), 1:38	24 Nov 2018	Hard Rock Live, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
2	Win	2–0	Artush Sarkisyan	UD	6	13 Oct 2018	Yekaterinburg Expo, Yekaterinburg, Russia
1	Win	1–0	Williams Ocando	TKO	5 (6), 2:23	19 Aug 2018	DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia

References

1. "Boxing record for Evgeny Tishchenko". BoxRec.
2. Kazan2013 profile
3. Евгений Тищенко: больше рад титулу чемпиона мира, чем олимпийской лицензии. Allsportinfo.ru. Retrieved on 8 October 2016.
4. "Rio Olympics: Russian wins unanimous decision heavyweight gold". Newsday. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
5. "Russian boxer Evgeny Tishchenko booed after winning Olympic gold". CNN. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
6. Evgeny Tishchenko Archived 10 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
7. Yekaterina Zapara (16 August 2016) МВД наградит боксера Тищенко за победу на Олимпиаде в Рио-де-Жанейро. izvestia.ru

External links

• Boxing record for Evgeny Tishchenko from BoxRec
• Evgeny Tishchenko at AIBA
• Evgeny Tishchenko at the International Olympic Committee
• Evgeny Tishchenko at the Olympic Channel
• Yevgeny Tishchenko at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Evgeniy Tishchenko at World Series of Boxing
• Evgeniy Tishchenko at The-Sports.org