December 7, 1976 in the village. Pautovo (Altai Territory) was born a popular kickboxer, boxer and mix fighter Alexander Ustinov, nicknamed "The Great". Alexander plays for Belarus and lives permanently in Minsk. Ustinov left Russian citizenship.
At school, Alexander was involved in team sports, football and hockey. He served in the army as a border guard, then worked in the OMON until 2001. He fought in Chechnya, was twice awarded (the Order of Courage and the medal "For Services to the Fatherland").
30 fights, 29 wins, 21 knockouts - these are the statistics of the boxer at the end of 2014 before next fight for the championship title. On December 11, 2014, Alexander Ustinov will fight Chauncey Welliver for the PABA championship belt.
Kickboxing fans and Thai boxing Alexander is well known as a winner of prestigious K-1 tournaments and a four-time world and European champion in Muay Thai. The cannon strike of the two-meter giant was well remembered by the spectators of his fights, and even more so by his rivals.
The general statistics of Alexander Ustinov is as follows:
- Kickboxing - 53 wins (31 KOs), 9 losses, 1 draw, 1 failed fight;
- MMA (mix fight) - 7 wins (5 knockouts), 1 loss;
- Boxing - 29 wins (21 KOs), 1 loss.
Alexander Ustinov about Tyson Fury (video)
Ustinov's career in kickboxing began with an acquaintance with Vladimir Zadiran. The coach and former world champion called Alexander to train. Zadiran actually founded a school in Belarus professional kickboxing and Thai boxing, so Usteinov was in good hands.
Which was confirmed in 2003, when Ustinov at the K-1 Moscow Grand Prix won three knockout victories in a row and won the stage. At that time, the newcomer reached the semi-finals, where he lost to Alexei Ignashov, his sparring partner. Excellent result for a man who started his career at 25.
With Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko
Success in Muay Thai ended in 2006. Due to disagreements with the manager and promoters, Alexander did not make it to the Japanese Grand Prix after nine victories. Then he decided to focus on boxing. A year ago, he already received an offer to try himself in professional boxing from. Noticed Ustinov, mentor Vitali Klitschko, who decided to return to the boxing ring.
Alexander managed to knock out Andrey Tsukanov and Oleg Romanov between K-1 tournaments, after which he again played Muay Thai for a year and a half, while in Slovakia he received a blow in the groin, because of which he first lost the fight in time, and then that fight was simply noted as failed.
Realizing that many clearly do not want his promotion to K-1, Ustinov goes into boxing:
- October 2006 - victory over Earl Ladson;
- May 2008 - victory over previously invincible Rudolf Abrahamyan;
- July 2008 - Hans-Jörg Blasko received a knockout in the second round;
- October 2008 - Julius Long knocked out in the first round;
- February 2009 - technical victory over Maxim Pedura;
- September 2012 - the first defeat of Alexander was inflicted by the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev;
- November 2013 - victory over former title contender David Tua.
In the summer of 2014, a possible duel between Ustinov and was widely discussed, but the fight was eventually canceled.
Ustinov vs. Pylev - the first defeat of the Russian boxer (video)
Alexander is often asked about the difference between regular boxing and Thai boxing. Ustinov thinks classic boxing more tempo, and in Thai boxing there is more area of defeat. However, in the opinion of the athlete, it is wrong to say that one fighting discipline is easier than another. After his success in Muay Thai, Ustinov wants to climb the WBA career ladder and become a world champion. At one time I wanted to, but he became a deputy and received immunity.
Titles and victories of Alexander "The Great" Ustinov:
- Winner of the WKBF Golden Panther Cup 2003 (over 91 kg);
- Winner of K-1 Spain Grand Prix 2003 in Barcelona;
- Winner of K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary in Moscow;
- 2003 World Amateur Muay Thai Champion by IAMTF;
- European Champion 2004 in Muay Thai according to WKN;
- K-1 winner 2004 in Poland;
- K-1 winner 2005 in Italy;
- EBA heavyweight champion;
- 2006 WFCA World Heavyweight Champion;
- 2006 IFMA Amateur World Champion;
- Winner of K-1 Fighting Network 2006 (Marseille, France).
Alexander's weight is 130 kg, height is 202 cm. In his amateur career, he had less than 20 fights, but managed to win the Belarus Cup and become a master of sports in boxing. In addition to martial arts, Ustinov loves to read. For example, before the fight with Earl Ladson at Madison Square Garden, he read The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas and, according to Alexander, this helped to cope with emotions and keep cool. This is how reading literature helps to become a strong and confident fighter.
A.I. Ustinov is one of the most successful boxers. He continues to perform today, bringing joy to his ardent fans with beautiful victories. Sasha Ustinov took part not only in kickboxing competitions, but also in mixed martial arts and Thai boxing.
Biography
Alexander 07 was born. 12.1976 in the village. Paustovo (Altai Territory). Since childhood, he was not somehow special. Like any child of his age, Sasha liked to play table tennis or play football. After Ustinov graduated from the SUZ, he was taken to the army in the Far East to the border troops. Then, in the period from 1997 to 2001, Alexander worked in the OMON. He visited Chechnya, during his service he was even twice awarded a medal for services to the motherland.
Unexpected meeting
During one of the business trips "on duty" Alexander Ustinov somehow ended up in Novosibirsk. There he met his very first coach, Vladimir Zadiran, an ex-kickboxing champion. At that time, Vladimir was the head of the Belarusian school of kickboxing and Thai boxing. Since then, Alexander began to train with him.
First successes - kickboxing competitions
Despite the fact that Sasha Ustinov started kickboxing quite late (at the age of twenty-five), with great efforts, unsurpassed talent and work, he succeeded achieve good results
already by 2003 - he was given the opportunity to take part in the Paris tournament. There he managed to reach the semi-finals, but he failed to take the main prize of the competition. Then Alexei Ignashov was ahead of him on points. Despite this defeat, Sasha continued to fight at the K-1 competition stage in Barcelona.
By the end of the summer of 2004, Alexander was offered to take part in the K-1 GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio I I. But the fighter injured his knee during the fight with Jan Nortier. Interestingly, he managed to win the fight even with this injury, but he still had to leave the tournament.
However, even after that, Ustinov continued to win. In 2005, he won fights in Lommel and Milan.
After the end of the Paris tournament "K-1" (in 2006), Sasha participated in the Slovak tournament. This competition brought failure at the very beginning. Sasha's first opponent, Bjorn Bregi, hit Ustinov in the groin, which was prohibited by the rules. The organizers then forced to stop the fight.
Due to the fact that Ustinov had serious disagreements and quarrels with promoters, he left kickboxing. However, he did not want to leave professional sports. What business did he do? Professional boxing became his life. It was this sport that brought Sasha wide popularity. This is how his “real” career began.
Ustinov and the Klitschko brothers
For the first time, Ustinov acted as a boxer back in 2005. The very first fight was successful - he knocked out Andrei Tsukanov. The next fight - similar - Oleg Romanov went to a knockout.
After Alexander left kickboxing, he took part in the promotional company of the well-known Klitschko brothers. He started sparring with Vitaly.
His efforts were enough for the fact that in the next fight with Earl Ladson, Ustinov was awarded the victory. It was after this that the boxing "world" heard about a new star - Sasha Ustinov. His photographs often began to decorate various magazines and newspapers.
- In 2009, Ustinov fought with the Ukrainian boxer Max Pedura, who was previously said to be almost impossible to defeat (eleven fights and one defeat). The fight ended in the middle of the fifth round, because Ustinov inflicted a nose injury on Pedura, in connection with which the latter could not continue the battle. The victory was rightfully assigned to Alexander, he became the champion.
- In 2012, the fight for the IBF title took place. Then Ustinov met with the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev. During the eleventh round, Alexander was knocked out.
- Soon Ustinov improved his health, and almost a year later he fought with David Tua. The victory remained with Alexander. It is worth noting that this battle helped Ustinov firmly establish himself in the sixth position in the IBF lines.
New battles, change of promoter
Ustinov decided to take a year off, and on October 11, 2014, he met with Chauncey Veliver ( New Zealand). Alexander won by the number of points. In the same year, Ustinov joined Khryunov's promotion company.
Some time later, he defeated Travis Walker and Maurice Harris.
In Monaco, France at the "Casino de Monte Carlo Salle Medecin" arena as part of the undercard of the boxing show Denis Lebedev vs. Mike Wilson, ex-contender for the world heavyweight title 30-year-old American Michael Hunter knocked out in the ninth round the ex-challenger for the world heavyweight title, 41-year-old Russian Alexandra Ustinov.
The day before, the duel between the ex-contender for the world heavyweight title, 41-year-old Russian, was officially confirmed Alexander Ustinov against an ex-contender for the world heavyweight title by a 30-year-old American Michael Hunter.
In Oberhausen, Germany, the evening ended at the König Pilsener Arena professional boxing, in the main fight of which the 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov lost by unanimous decision to the new WBA World Heavyweight Champion, 33-year-old German Manuel Charr.
We present to your attention the links to the live broadcast of the fight between the 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov against former world heavyweight title contender 33-year-old German Manuel Charr for the vacant WBA world heavyweight title.
In Oberhausen, Germany, the official weigh-in procedure for the main participants of the boxing show took place. In the main fight of the evening, a 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov will enter the ring against the ex-contender for the world heavyweight title 33-year-old German Manuel Charra. At stake will be the vacant WBA world title.
Alexander Ustinov commented on the announcement of the fight against the ex-contender for the world heavyweight title 33-year-old German Manuel Charr.
Famous Alexander Ustinov in his next fight, he can enter the ring against the ex-contender for the world heavyweight title, 33-year-old German Manuel Charra.
Heavyweight boxer 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov may face ex-world title contender 44-year-old American Fres Oquendo for the vacant WBA heavyweight title. This was announced by Ustinov's manager Vladimir Khryunov.
As we reported earlier, the duel between the ex-world heavyweight champion 45-year-old American fell through Shannon Briggs against the ex-contender for the world title 44-year-old compatriot Fres Oquendo due to a failed doping test. famous boxer heavyweight 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov. This was announced by his promoter Vladimir Khryunov.
In Bolton, Great Britain, at the Bolton Whites Hotel arena, an evening of professional boxing ended, in one of the fights of which the famous heavyweight 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov successfully returned to the ring after a long downtime, knocking out 36-year-old Brazilian Rafael Lava in the first round.
As we reported earlier, the famous heavyweight boxer, a 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov will spend his next fight after a long break will hold May 19 in Bolton, UK at the arena "Bolton Whites Hotel". His promoter Vladimir Khryunov announced the name of his ward's opponent.
Famous heavyweight boxer 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov will hold his next fight after a long break on May 19 in Bolton, UK at the arena "Bolton Whites Hotel".
Heavyweight boxer 40-year-old Russian Alexander Ustinov expressed a desire to enter the ring against the former world heavyweight champion 28-year-old British Tyson Fury. Ustinov's manager Vladimir Khryunov promises that his ward "will end Fury's career".
Well-known promoter from Russia Vladimir Khryunov, who is involved in the affairs of a heavyweight from Belarus Alexandra Ustinova, said that his ward will fight for the "regular" WBA belt next year, naming Ustinov's potential rivals.
famous fighter heavyweight champion from Belarus Alexander Ustinov may fight for the title of "interim" WBA world champion against Briton David Haye or Syrian-German Manuel Charr. This was announced by the promoter of the Belarusian boxer Vladimir Khryunov.
Alexander Ustinov is one of the most famous and most successful boxers who continues his career to this day, delighting his fans with bright victories. During his life, he participated in various fights and took part not only in boxing or kickboxing competitions, but also in Muay Thai and mixed martial arts.
Alexander Ustinov: biography
Ustinov Alexander was born on December 7, 1976 in the village of Paustovo, Altai Territory. As a child, nothing special stood out. He loved, like all boys of his age, to drive a ball or play ping-pong. After graduating from school, he joined the army, to serve in the Far East as a border guard. After the army, from 1997 to 2001, he worked in the OMON. He fought in hot spots (Chechnya), during his service he distinguished himself and was twice awarded for services to the Fatherland.
fatal meeting
During one of his business trips, by chance, he ended up in the city of Novosibirsk, where the fateful meeting of Alexander Ustinov with his first coach took place. Vladimir Zadiran was once a world kickboxing champion, and at the time of the meeting he was the founder of the school of Thai boxing and kickboxing in Belarus. He undertook to train Alexander.
Participation in kickboxing tournaments. First steps in sports
Despite the fact that Alexander started kickboxing quite late, when he was 25 years old, with work, perseverance and talent, he was able to achieve a positive result by 2003, when, after winning the K-1 Grand Prix, he, having knocked out three opponents, received the right to compete in the Paris tournament. In this tournament, he reached the semi-finals. But, unfortunately, he failed to win the championship in this tournament. He lost on points to Alexei Ignashov. But, despite this defeat, he continued his participation at the K-1 Grand Prix stage in Barcelona, and very successfully.
In August 2004, he was invited to compete in the K-1 GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II. However, he was injured - he injured his knee in a fight with South African fighter Jan Nortier, but despite this he won the fight, although after he had to leave the tournament.
But his career didn't stop there. Already in 2005, he wins in Milan and Lommel, in the K-1 Grand Prix.
After a successful participation in the Paris K-1 Grand Prix, in 2006 he takes part in the Slovak tournament. This tournament was unsuccessful from the very beginning. The first opponent of Alexander Ustinov was Bjorn Bregi, who delivered a knee to the groin, which was prohibited by the rules. The fight had to be stopped. By decision of the judges, the fight was not held.
Due to disagreements with promoters, Alexander Ustinov was forced to leave kickboxing. But he did not give up sports. What did Alexander Ustinov start doing? Boxing became his life. It was he who made him famous. Thus began his career - first amateur and then professional boxing.
Boxing career in the team of the Klitschko brothers
Alexander Ustinov began his boxing career when he was engaged in kickboxing. He first appeared in the ring as a boxer back in May 2005. In his first boxing fight, he knocked out Andrei Tsukanov. In the other - Oleg Romanov. Immediately after the forced departure from kickboxing, he joined a promotion company and began to train and prepare for boxing fights, one of his brothers, Vitaly, became his sparring partner. The efforts were not in vain, and already in the next fight with the American athlete Earl Ladson, the judges awarded Alexander the victory. Even then, the boxing world heard that a new star had lit up - Alexander Ustinov. Photos of the boxer began to appear more and more often on the pages of newspapers and magazines. He was heard and talked about.
On February 26, 2009, a duel took place between Alexander Ustinov and Ukrainian boxer Maxim Pedyura, who had previously been considered almost invincible (participated in 11 fights and had only 1 defeat). In the fifth round, the fight was over, because due to an injury (blood flowed heavily from the nose of the Ukrainian fighter), he could not continue to fight. The judges awarded the victory to Ustinov. He was awarded the championship title.
On September 29, 2012, the fight for the IBF championship was organized. In the ring, he met with a native of Bulgaria, Kubrat Pulev, who knocked out Alexander in the 11th round.
After that, Alexander soon recovered, and already on November 16, 2013, a duel took place, this time he fought with a former contender for the title of champion. Ustinov won this fight, the judges unanimously awarded him the victory. Thanks to this victory, he firmly settled on the 6th place in the IBF line.
Change of promoter, new victories
After this fight, he took a break for one year, and on December 11, 2014, a new fight took place between Alexander Ustinov and New Zealand boxer Chauncey Veliver, in which the Russian won on points. Since 2014, he began to play for Khryunov's promotion company.
The last two fights took place quite recently, in 2015. The first performance took place on July 10. In this fight, he managed to win a solid victory over the Englishman Travis Walker. The next fight took place on October 10, in this fight the Belarusian fighter won by knocking out the Venezuelan Maurice Harris.
Interesting facts about the life and career of Alexander Ustinov
At the moment, the athlete lives in Minsk. Despite the fact that Alexander was born in Russia, he fights for Belarus, and on the international website Boxrec.com, which collects statistics on all fighters, he is listed as Belarusian.
At the time when Alexander was engaged in amateur boxing, he had less than 20 fights, but this did not stop him from becoming professional athlete and win the Belarusian Cup, becoming a silver medalist.
Alexander Ustinov is a boxer whose height and weight are quite impressive. He is a heavyweight boxer. His height is 202 cm and weight 130 kg. Right-handed. In total, during his entire career, Alexander Ustinov participated in 33 fights, of which he won 32 victories (23 by knockout) and 1 defeat. For this he was called "The Great". The main manager of Alexander Ustinov is Alexander Krasyuk.
At the last performances, Alexander Ustinov performed under two flags: Belarusian and Russian. Alexander himself has Russian citizenship and, apparently, is not going to refuse it.
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Life before the start of a professional career as an athlete
Our hero was born in the Altai Territory on December 7, 1976. Even at school, he was fond of sports: hockey, football and table tennis.
He completed military service in the border troops, after which he joined the OMON, where he worked from 1997 to 2001. He was a participant in the hostilities in Chechnya and received two state awards for meritorious service. According to him, the war taught him a lot.
At a certain point in his life, Alexander Ivanovich Ustinov came on official business to Novosibirsk on a business trip. It was there that he made a kind of fateful acquaintance with Vladimir Zadiran, who is one of the founders of kickboxing and Thai boxing in Belarus. After some time, Alexander Ustinov began to actively train under the guidance of this legendary coach.
Performances in kickboxing
In 2003, our hero won three bright victories knockout at the K-1 tournament in Moscow, which gave him the right to fight already at the tournament in Paris, where he defeated the local fighter Gregory Tony in the quarterfinals. But already in the semifinal duel, Alexander Ustinov met with his friend Alexei Ignashov and lost to him by a referee's decision.
In December of the same year, Alexander became the winner of the Spanish stage of the K-1 Grand Prix, which then took place in the capital of Catalonia - Barcelona.
In the summer of 2004, the fighter took part in the prestigious K-1 World GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II tournament. There he won against the representative of South Africa, however, in the end he was forced to withdraw from the competition due to a deep cut received in the fight.
In 2005, Alexander Ustinov won titles at K-1 tournaments in Italy and Belgium. And after an offensive defeat in 2006 from the representative of Switzerland, Bjorn Bregi (later the fight was declared invalid), he made the final decision to switch to professional boxing. 
Fights as a boxer
In amateur boxing, the Belarusian was able to get the title of master of sports, win the Belarus Cup, and take second place in the republican championship.
The professional debut took place on May 13, 2005, and it turned out to be very successful, since Alexander Ustinov knocked out Andrei Tsukanov in the second three-minute period. The victory was waiting for the athlete in the second fight against Oleg Romanov. However, then there was a one and a half year break and again a return to K-1. And boxing matches for Ustinov became available again in 2006.
winning streak
In May 2008, Alexander Ustinov defeated the undefeated Russian Rudolf Abrahamyan by decision of the judges. In the summer of the same year, the German Blasko was defeated by him, and in October, the American Long.
On February 26, 2009, Oleksandr won the EBA European Champion belt in a fight against Ukrainian Maksim Pedura. The fight was stopped by a doctor in the fifth round, as Maxim's nosebleed would not stop. 
Fight with the Bulgarian
On September 29, 2012, Alexander Ustinov, whose weight was then 130 kilograms, played a match with Kubrat Pulev for the right to take the first line of the IBF world ranking. In the first rounds the Bulgarian had great advantage, but did not conduct any striking attacks. In the seventh three-minute period, Alexander managed to hit his opponent well, but he managed to survive. The fate of the fight was decided in the 11th round, when Ustinov knelt down and could not continue the fight.
Fight with a New Zealander
Alexander Ustinov is a boxer who has never been afraid of anyone and has always fought the best. In November 2013, he fought the legendary David Tua and was able to defeat him by decision. This allowed the giant from Minsk to take the sixth position in the IBF list.
In mid-2016, Alexander was approved as the official contender for the fight for the right to hold the title of interim WBA world champion. 
Career in mixed fights
In MMA, our hero performed eight times. In seven fights he managed to win, but six of these fights did not have official status and therefore were not included in the main standings. Officially, Alexander had two fights: he won in one, and lost in the second.
Since 2014, Ustinov has been working as part of a promotion company led by Vladimir Khryunov.
