Sergei Semyonovich Scherbakov (20 July 1918 – 27 January 1994) was a Russian welterweight boxer. He won silver medals at the 1952 Olympics and 1953 European Championships, both times losing the final to

Zygmunt Chychła Zygmunt Chychła (5 November 1926 – 26 September 2009) was a Polish boxer. He won the first post-World War II Olympic gold medal for Poland. Career In 1939 he began training at the Polish boxing club '' Gedania'', having started boxing at the ...

. In 1944–53 Scherbakov won 10 consecutive Soviet titles. He retired with a record of 207 wins out of 227 bouts. Shcherbakov took up boxing in 1936 following he elder brother Aleksandr, and placed within the podium at the Soviet championships in 1939 and 1940. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

he fought in a special unit, which was assembled from former athletes to carry out deep raids behind the enemy lines. He was wounded twice and awarded the medals For Courage and For Battle Merit. After retiring from competitions he worked as a boxing coach and referee and trained national teams of the Soviet Union (1954–60) and Egypt (1963–71). His younger brother Vyacheslav was also a promising boxer. He lost an arm in the war, but later became a renowned boxing coach.

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