Pavlo Olehovych Ishchenko (Павел Олегович Ищенко; nicknamed "Wild Man"; born April 30, 1992) is an Olympic

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- Israeli boxer who competes as a

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."Pavlo Ishchenko Bio, Stats, and Results" Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
/ref> He won the gold medal at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a Lightweight (60 kg) for Ukraine. In 2017, boxing for Israel, he won a bronze medal at the

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as a Lightweight.

Early and personal life

Ishchenko was born in

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, and is Jewish. His father, Oleg Ishchenko, is also Jewish and is his coach."‘Ring of Conflict’: From Ukraine to Israel, Ishchenko jabs away" - Sportstarlive
/ref> He grew up in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, where he attended the local

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Boxing career

He represented

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, at 20 years of age, and was defeated in Round One of the Men's bantamweight by Joseph Diaz of the United States, 9–19, and came in 17th. He won the gold medal at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a Lightweight (60 kg) for Ukraine, receiving congratulations from Prime Minister

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/ref> He also won a bronze medal at the

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, as he pulled out injured from his semi-final bout. He competed for Ukraine until 2015. As an amateur he had a record of 294–23. In February 2016, he defeated Rafael Vazquez of Puerto Rico in a unanimous six-round decision in New York City, to bring his professional record to 3–0 (2 KOs). In 2017, he won the Israeli National Championship in the lightweight division. That same year, boxing for Israel, he won a bronze medal at the

as a Lightweight."Former Ukrainian Pavel Ishchenko has brought to Israel a medal TH Boxing"
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishchenko, Pavlo 1992 births Sportspeople from Kherson Living people Jewish boxers Jewish Israeli sportspeople Olympic boxers of Ukraine Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Jewish Ukrainian sportspeople Bantamweight boxers Lightweight boxers Israeli male boxers Ukrainian male boxers Ukrainian Jews Naturalized citizens of Israel Ukrainian emigrants to Israel