Ilya Alekseyevich Popov (russian: Илья Алексеевич Попов; born 19 June 2000) is a Russian
amateur boxer who won gold medals at the
2018 Youth Olympics
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...
and 2018
European Youth Championships, and silver at the
2018 Youth World Championships, all in the
light-welterweight
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing Professional boxing
In professional boxing, light welterweight is contested between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, ...
division. In 2019 he joined the senior ranks and competed at the
World Championships, losing in the quarter-finals to eventual gold medallist
Andy Cruz of Cuba.
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Living people
2000 births
Russian male boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Boxers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia
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