Alexander "Sasha" Ustinov (; born 7 December 1976) is a Russian
professional boxer,
[. Retrieved 1 October 2016.] former
kickboxer and
mixed martial artist. In boxing, he has challenged once for the
WBA (Regular) heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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title in 2017.
Kickboxing career
In 2003 after winning K-1 Moscow Grand Pix with three consecutive KO's Alexander Ustinov earned his spot at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris. In quarter finals he met Gregory Tony and won the fight by a second-round TKO. In the semi-final he stepped into the ring against his own sparring partner
Alexey Ignashov and after the hard-fought battle the judges ruled the fight for Ignashov's favor.
In December 2003 he continued his strong performances at the tournaments winning the K-1 Spain GP in
Barcelona
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.
On 7 August 2004 Alexander Ustinov was invited to participate at K-1 World GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II. On his biggest tournament of his career, he was matched up against the towering South African fighter
Jan "The Giant" Nortje. Alexander Ustinov won the battle but unfortunately was unable to continue due to a deep laceration on his shin and was replaced by the American
Scott Lighty.
In 2005 he won two more K-1 tournaments in
Milan
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, Italy and
Lommel,
Belgium
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as well as made his professional
boxing
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debut.
Professional boxing career
Alexander Ustinov made his professional boxing debut on 13 May 2005 at the age of 29. He scored a second-round TKO win in his first bout. On 26 February 2009, he won the EBF heavyweight title by stopping Ukrainian Maksym Pedyura in five rounds. Ustinov made two successful defences of that title against Italian
Paolo Vidoz and Russian
Denis Bakhtov. In his 19th professional contest he defeated American future heavyweight title challenger
Monte Barrett by unanimous decision.
Usitnov vs. Pulev
Ustinov suffered his first defeat in his 28th contest to Bulgarian
Kubrat Pulev via 11th-round knockout in September 2009.
Ustinov vs. Tua
In 2013, he scored the biggest win of his career by outpointing hard punching New Zealander-Samoan
David Tua, which was the final fight of Tua's career as he announced his retirement after the fight.
Ustinov vs. Charr
On 25 November 2017, he unsuccessfully challenged for the
WBA (Regular) heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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title, losing a unanimous decision to Syrian
Manuel Charr.
On 26 July 2014, he was to scheduled to fight
Tyson Fury as a late replacement for the injured
Derek Chisora. However, Tyson Fury pulled out of the fight due to the ill health and eventual death of his uncle, Hughie Fury.
Ustinov vs. Hunter
On 24 November 2018, Ustinov faced Michael Hunter. Hunter scored two knockdowns over Ustinov and won the fight via TKO in the ninth round.
Ustinov vs. Joyce
On 18 May 2019, Ustinov faced WBC #15 at heavyweight, Joe Joyce. Joyce's power was too much for Ustinov, as Joyce dominated him en route to a third-round TKO victory.
Personal life
Ustinov currently resides in
Minsk
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, Belarus, but remains a
Russian citizen and competes under the Russian flag.
Kickboxing record
Mixed martial arts record
Professional boxing record
Titles
Boxing
* WBA International heavyweight champion
* EBA (European Boxing Association) heavyweight champion
Kickboxing
*World Full Contact Association
** 2006 WFCA Super Heavyweight World title
*
International Federation of Muaythai Amateur
** 2006 IFMA World Amateur Champion
*
K-1
**
2006 K-1 Fighting Network in Marseilles Champion
**
2005 K-1 Italy Oktagon Champion
**
2004 K-1 Poland Champion
**
2003 K-1 Spain Grand Prix in Barcelona Champion
**
2003 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Moscow Champion
*World Kickboxing Network
** 2004 WKN European Muay Thai Champion
*World Kickboxing Federation
** 2003 WKBF Golden Panther Cup (+91 kg) Champion
*International Amateur Muay Thai Federation
** 2003 IAMTF World Amateur Muay Thai Champion
References
External links
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Alexander Ustinov profileat
K-1Alexander Ustinov - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankingsa
Box.Live
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1976 births
Living people
Heavyweight boxers
Russian male kickboxers
Heavyweight kickboxers
Russian male mixed martial artists
Super heavyweight mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing
Mixed martial artists utilizing kickboxing
Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai
Russian male Muay Thai practitioners
Martial artists from Novosibirsk
Russian male boxers
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus