Mykola Valeriyovych Butsenko (, born 25 June 1991) is a Ukrainian

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who competes in the bantamweight division. In the quarterfinals of the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships he defeated Selçuk Eker of

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to win his 1st medal at the World Championships. He is also a two-time European silver medalist. He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympscs where he lost his first bout against Mohamed Hamout from

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* * * 1991 births Living people Boxers from Odesa Ukrainian male boxers Olympic boxers for Ukraine Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists European Games medalists in boxing European Games silver medalists for Ukraine Boxers at the 2019 European Games Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Ukraine-boxing-bio-stub