Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak (russian: Александр Борисович Лебзяк, born 15 April 1969) is a Russian boxer, who won the Gold medal in the men's

Light Heavyweight Light heavyweight, also referred to as junior cruiserweight or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruis ...

(81 kg) category at the

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in Sydney. He beat Rudolf Kraj in the final. Lebziak also won the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1997. At the 1991 World Amateur Championships he won a silver medal in the Middleweight (75 kg) category. He also triumphed at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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Highlights

*1987 Junior World Champion at Light Middleweight (Havana, Cuba) *1990 Middleweight Bronze Medalist at Goodwill Games in Seattle, United States. Results were: **Defeated Ray Downey (Canada) points **Lost to

Torsten Schmitz Torsten Schmitz (born 26 August 1964 in Crivitz) is a retired German boxer in the Light Middleweight class. He represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Schmitz was an amateur standout and fought in several notabl ...

(Germany) points *1991 Lost to

Sven Ottke Sven Ottke (born 3 June 1967) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2004. He was a unified super-middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 1998 to 2004, and the WBA (Unified) title from 2003 to 200 ...

(Germany) as a Middleweight at European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden *1991 2nd place at Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Results were: **Defeated

Robert Buda Robert Buda (born 10 February 1970) is a Polish boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), offici ...

(Poland) TKO 2 **Defeated

(Germany) points **Defeated Ramon Garbey (Cuba) points **Lost to

Tommaso Russo Tommaso Russo (born 31 August 1971) is an Italian former boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 199 ...

(Italy) points *Represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as a Middleweight. Results were: **Defeated

Justann Crawford Justann John Crawford (born July 24, 1973) is a retired indigenous Australian Olympic boxer. Justann earned 9 international gold medals and represented Australia at the 1992, 1996 Olympic Games and 1994 Commonwealth Games. He also held 9 Austral ...

(Australia) RSC 3 (1:56) **Lost to

Chris Byrd Christopher Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having first won the WBO title in 2000 after an upset corner stoppage over the ...

(United States) 7-16 *1993 Lost to

(Germany) as a Middleweight at World Championships in Tampere, Finland. *1993 2nd place at Middleweight in European Championships in Bursa, Turkey. Results were: **Defeated

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(Armenia) points **Defeated Akin Kuloglu (Turkey) points **Lost to

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(Germany) points *1994 Bronze Medalist at Middleweight at Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. Results were: **Defeated

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(Ukraine) points **Lost to Ariel Hernandez (Cuba) points *1996 3rd place in European Championships at Middleweight, held in Vejle, Denmark. Results were: **Defeated

(Ukraine) points **Defeated

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(Italy) points **Defeated Akaki Kakauridze (Georgia) points **Lost to

Zsolt Erdei Zsolt Erdei (born 31 May 1974) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2004 to 2009 (making eleven c ...

(Hungary) points *1996 Represented Russia at 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, as a Middleweight. Results were: **Defeated

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(Jamaica) 20-4 **Defeated

(Australia) RSC 3 (0:34) **Lost to Ariel Hernandez (Cuba) 8-15 *1997 World Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Budapest, Hungary. Results were: **Defeated

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(Georgia) forfeit **Defeated

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(Poland) points **Defeated Stephen Kirk (Ireland) KO 2 **Defeated

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(France) points *1998 European Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Minsk, Belarus. Results were: **Defeated Gyorgy Hidvegi (Hungary) TKO 3 **Defeated

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(Germany) points **Defeated

Tomasz Adamek Tomasz "Tomek" Adamek (; born 1 December 1976) is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2018. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC light heavyweight title from 2005 to 2007, and the IBF and ...

(Poland) points **Defeated Courtney Fry (England) TKO 1 *2000 European Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Tampere, Finland. Results were: **Defeated Yildirim Tarhan (Turkey) points **Defeated Milorad Gajovic (Yugoslavia) points **Defeated Claudio Rasco (Romania) points *2000 Olympic Gold Medalist at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Sydney, Australia. Results were: **Defeated

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(Senegal) RSC 3 **Defeated Danny Green (Australia) RSC 4 **Defeated

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(France) 13-11 **Defeated

Sergey Mihaylov Sergey Mihaylov (born March 5, 1976) is an Uzbek boxer, who competed in the light heavyweight (81 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. Career He won the Asian light heavy title in 1998. Olympic Results 2000 ...

(Uzbekistan) RSC 1 **Defeated Rudolf Kraj (Czech Republic) 20-6

Pro career

Lebziak turned pro in 2001, fighting only one fight and retiring with a record of 1-0-0.

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