Siarhei Piatrovich Liakhovich ( be, Сяргей Пятровіч Ляховіч, Siarhiej Piatrovič Lachovič; russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Ляхо́вич, Sergey Petrovich Lyakhovich; also Siarhiej Piatrovič Liachovič or Siarhiej Piatrovič Lyakhóvich; born 29 May 1976) is a
Belarusian
professional boxer who held the
WBO
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heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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title in 2006. As an
amateur
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he won a bronze medal in the
super-heavyweight division at the
1997 World Championships.
Amateur career
Liakhovich was born in
Vitebsk, in the former
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...
(now Belarus), and represented Belarus at the
1996 Olympic Games
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. He was a long-time amateur who won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. He amassed a 145–15 record before turning pro in 1998.
Professional career
His first defeat occurred on June 1, 2002, when he was
knocked out by
Maurice Harris in the 9th round.
Liakhovich won the WBO title from
Lamon Brewster on April 1, 2006. Liakhovich was knocked down in the 7th round, but went on to win on points via
unanimous decision. He lost the title to
Shannon Briggs by
technical knockout in the 12th round on November 4, 2006, after being knocked down twice.
On February 16, 2008, Liakhovich lost to
Nikolai Valuev by unanimous decision following a one-sided contest. He won his next two fights a first-round TKO of
Jeremy Bates on November 7, 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany and a 9th-round KO of
Evans Quinn
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in
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany on May 22, 2010 on the undercard of Chagaev-Meehan.
On August 9, 2013, Liakhovich fought American heavyweight
Deontay Wilder
Deontay Leshun Wilder (; born October 22, 1985) is an American professional boxer. He held the WBC heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020, making 10 successful defenses. By winning the title, Wilder became the first American world heavyweight ch ...
. Wilder won the fight with a first-round knockout.
In February 2014, Liakhovich achieved his first win in four years with a unanimous decision over journeyman Chad Davis.
Professional boxing record
References
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1976 births
Living people
Heavyweight boxers
Belarusian male boxers
World Boxing Organization champions
Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Belarus
Sportspeople from Vitebsk
World heavyweight boxing champions
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Super-heavyweight boxers