Biography of Alexey Papin
Alexey Vasilyevich Papin is a Russian professional boxer and kickboxer (born October 6, 1987, Reutov, Moscow region). Master of Sports of Russia of international class.
World Champion WAKO (2011, low kick) and three-time champion Europe (2008, low kick; 2010, low kick; 2010, full contact). Absolute champion world kickboxing.
Alexey’s father brought him into the sport, sending him to the kickboxing section at the age of 7, in 1994. In the same year, Alexey had his first fight, in which he won, which motivated the little boy to further engage in sports. Then Alexey tried himself in various types sports such as judo, aikido, football, hockey, karate, gymnast, but eventually returned to kickboxing. Often the father forced his son to overcome himself and go to the gym. Alexey studied at the Peresvet training center, which was located in his native Reutov. In 1998, Alexey won the city championship, then there were a lot of different regional tournaments, somewhere Alexey ran, somewhere he left without awards. At the age of fourteen, Papin won his first serious tournament, winning the championship of the country's Armed Forces.
He had a kind of breakthrough after switching to adult sports. In the finals of the competition, he defeated an international master of sports by knockout in the first round, being a candidate for master of sports. After this, Alexei Papin was invited to CSKA, where he served his military service, then remained to serve under a contract. Alexey considers himself a student not only of the Reutov club “Peresvet”, but also, of course, a student of the CSKA Army Club.
Your first big victory The athlete won in kickboxing in 2007, winning the Kickboxing World Cup. He is the world champion in WAKO kickboxing, three times became the European champion according to WAKO in the first heavy weight, won the Russian championship 6 times, and professional level won championship belts in such organizations as WAKO-Pro, ISKA, W5.
Having achieved serious success in kickboxing among both amateurs and professionals. Alexey decides to switch to professional boxing.
Acquaintance with professional boxing began at a young age, when Grigory Drozd moved to live and train in Reutov, he then completed his career in Muay Thai and planned to transition to professional boxing. Grigory Drozd and Alexey Papin trained for a long time under the guidance of the same coach, Sergei Nikolaevich Vasiliev. Alexey competed in amateur boxing and was the winner of the tournament for the prizes of V.P. Ageev, as well as the tournament in memory of V.S. Shcherbakova.
In 2011, when Grigory Drozd resumed his professional career, Alexey Papin helped him in sparring. In March 2015, Alexey Papin was invited as a sparring partner to Dmitry Kudryashov’s camp. In April of the same year, Alexey sparred with Alexander Povetkin; Povetkin’s manager, Dmitry Ivanov, who later became Alexey Papin’s manager, was present at this sparring. Boxing technique has its own distinctive features, and Papin conducted his first fights in a more familiar kickboxing manner. However, during the preparation, many sparring sessions were held with current boxers, and the Moscow region athlete gradually became accustomed to boxing.
Amateur career of Alexey Papin - Sports career - Kickboxing
In 2006 he took 1st place at the Russian Cup among club teams in full contact. In the Russian Youth Championship he took 2nd place in full contact with a double throw.
In 2007, he won the World Cup in Yalta in the weight category up to 81 kilograms.
In 2010, Champion of Russia in the K-1 section, weight category 91 kg (Taganrog).
Professional career of Alexey Papin - Sports career - Kickboxing
Debut on professional ring took place in November 2015, Alexey began his career by defeating Sergei Beloshapkin by technical knockout in the fourth round. On February 13, 2016, Alexey defeats Ilya Rolgeizer.
On May 21, 2016, as part of the Lebedev-Ramirez boxing evening, Papin holds his third professional fight boxing career, which turned out to be one of the best. Over the course of six rounds, he attacked the experienced Belarusian Yuri Bykhovtsev (9-9-2, 5 KOs) in a variety of ways and won a convincing victory on points. In September of the same year, after a super confident victory over the Uruguayan Jorge Rodriguez Oliveira, Alexey asked for a stronger opponent, as he quickly adapted to the new sport. On December 17, 2016, in Yekaterinburg, a strong Panamanian Israel Duffus (11-3, 9 KOs), the most difficult and trained opponent for Alexey, was waiting for him. Papin skillfully closed the distance, and his opponent constantly bent low, trying to defend himself from powerful blows Russian. Papin's constant pressure and attacks led to a technical knockout in the fifth round.
On March 4, 2017, a boxing evening took place in Balashikha for the prizes of the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Viktor Petrovich Ageev, during which Alexey fought his next fight; he knocked out his counterpart Sergio Alberto Angel (12-1-1, 6 KOs) in the first round. On May 27, 2017 in Voronezh in the fight show “Fights of the Future”, Papin knocked out Rogelio Omar Rossi in the second round.
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Alexey Vasilievich Papin- Russian professional boxer and kickboxer. Master of Sports of Russia of international class.
WAKO world champion (2011, low kick) and three-time European champion (2008, low kick; 2010, low kick; 2010, full contact). Absolute world champion in kickboxing.
Biography
Sports career
Kickboxing
In 2006, he took 1st place in the Russian Cup among club teams in full contact. In the Russian Youth Championship he took 2nd place in full contact with a double throw.
In 2007, he won the World Cup in Yalta in the weight category up to 81 kilograms.
In 2010, Champion of Russia in the K-1 section, weight category 91 kg (Tagonrog).
Professional boxing
On November 21, 2015 he made his debut in professional boxing, winning by technical knockout in the 4th round.
Battle statistics
Professional boxing
The table lists the results of all boxing matches. Each line indicates the result of the match. Additionally, the match number is indicated by a color that indicates the result of the match. Explanation of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.
| Fight | Date | Rival | Venue | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-0 | September 9 | Flag of Uruguay Jorge Rodriguez Oliveira (28-13) | Flag of Russia Wings of the Soviets, Moscow, Russia | TKO1 (6)1:10 | |
| 3-0 | May 21 | Flag of Belarus Yuri Bykhovtsev (9-8-2) | Flag of Russia Megasport, Moscow, Russia | UD (6) | Score: 60-55, 60-54, 60-55. |
| 2-0 | February 13 | Russian flag Ilya Rolgeiser (3-2-0) | Flag of Russia Boxing & Gym Academy, Moscow, Russia | RTD4 (6) | |
| 1-0 | November 21 | Russian flag Sergey Beloshapkin (12-17-1) | Flag of Russia KRC Arbat, Moscow, Russia | TKO4 (4) | |
| Fight | Date | Rival | Venue | Result | Note |
Titles
Kickboxing (professionals)
Kickboxing (amateurs)
- 2008 Gold European champion WAKO in the weight category up to 86 kg (Low kick). (Porto, Portugal)
- 2009 Bronze Bronze medalist of the WAKO World Championship in the weight category over 91 kg (K-1). (Villach, Austria)
- 2010 Gold European champion WAKO in the weight category up to 91 kg (Low kick). (Baku, Azerbaijan)
- 2010 Gold European Champion WAKO in the weight category up to 91 kg (Full contact). (Loutrakion, Greece)
- 2011 Gold Winner of the WAKO World Cup in the weight category up to 91 kg (Full contact). (Rimini, Italy)
- 2011 Gold Winner of the WAKO Diamond World Cup in the weight category up to 91 kg (K-1). (Anapa, Russia)
- 2011 Gold WAKO World Champion in the weight category up to 91 kg (Low kick). (Skopje, Macedonia)
- 2012 Bronze Bronze medalist of the WAKO European Championship in the weight category up to 91 kg (Low kick). (Ankara, Türkiye)
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An excerpt characterizing Papin, Alexey Vasilievich
This cave is still called “Mary’s Cave”. And everyone can see Magdalene standing there.Turning around, a little further away Svetodar saw another miracle - in another corner of the cave there was a statue of his sister! She clearly resembled a curly-haired girl standing over something lying... (Vesta standing over her mother's body?..) Svetodar's hair began to move!.. It seemed to him that he was starting to go crazy. Turning quickly, he jumped out of the cave.
Statue of Vesta – Svetodar’s sister. Occitania did not want to forget them...
And she created her own monument - drop by drop, sculpting faces dear to her heart.
They stand there for centuries, and the water continues its magical work, making
they are getting closer and more and more similar to the real ones...
Later, having slightly recovered from the shock, Svetodar asked Marsila if she knew about what he saw. And when he heard a positive answer, his soul literally “burst” with tears of happiness - his mother, Golden Maria, was indeed still alive in this land! The very land of Occitania recreated this beautiful woman in itself - “revived” its Magdalene in stone... It was a real creation of love... Only nature was a loving architect.
Tears sparkled in my eyes... And I wasn’t ashamed of it at all. I would give a lot to meet one of them alive!.. Especially Magdalene. What wonderful, ancient Magic burned in the soul of this amazing woman when she created her magical kingdom?! A kingdom in which Knowledge and Understanding ruled, and the backbone of which was Love. Only not the love that the “holy” church shouted about, having worn out this wondrous word to the point that one did not want to hear it any longer, but that beautiful and pure, real and courageous, the only and amazing LOVE, with the name of which powers were born... and with whose name the ancient warriors rushed into battle... with whose name she was born new life... in whose name our world changed and became better... It was this Love that was carried by Golden Maria. And it is this Mary that I would like to bow to... For everything that she carried, for her pure bright LIFE, for her courage and courage, and for Love.
But, unfortunately, it was impossible to do this... She lived centuries ago. And I couldn't be the one who knew her. An incredibly deep, bright sadness suddenly overwhelmed me, and bitter tears flowed in a stream...
- Well, what are you doing, my friend!.. Other sorrows await you! – North exclaimed in surprise. - Please, calm down...
He gently touched my hand and gradually the sadness disappeared. All that was left was bitterness, as if I had lost something bright and dear...
– You can’t relax... War awaits you, Isidora.
– Tell me, Sever, was the teaching of the Cathars called the Teaching of Love because of Magdalene?
“You’re not entirely right here, Isidora.” Those who were not initiated called him the Teaching of Love. For those who understood, it carried a completely different meaning. Listen to the sound of the words, Isidora: love in French sounds like amour - doesn’t it? Now divide this word, separating the letter “a” from it... You get a'mor (a"mort) - without death... This is the true meaning of the teachings of Magdalene - the Teaching of the Immortals. As I told you before - everything It’s simple, Isidora, if you just look and listen correctly... Well, for those who don’t hear, let it remain the Teaching of Love... it’s also beautiful, and there’s still a bit of truth in it.
I stood completely dumbfounded. The Teaching of the Immortals!.. Daaria... So this is what the teaching of Radomir and Magdalene was!.. The North surprised me many times, but never before have I felt so shocked!.. The Teaching of the Cathars attracted me with its powerful, magical power, and I couldn’t forgive myself for not talking about this with Sever earlier.
– Tell me, Sever, is there anything left of the Cathar records? Should something have been preserved? Even if not the Perfect Ones themselves, then at least just the disciples? I mean something about their actual life and teaching?
– Unfortunately, no, Isidora. The Inquisition destroyed everything, everywhere. Her vassals, by order of the Pope, were even sent to other countries to destroy every manuscript, every remaining piece of birch bark that they could find... We looked for at least something, but we could not save anything.
- Well, what about the people themselves? Could there be something left with people who would preserve it through the centuries?
– I don’t know, Isidora... I think even if someone had some kind of record, it was changed over time. After all, it is human nature to reshape everything in his own way... And especially without understanding it. So hardly anything has been preserved as it was. It’s a pity... True, we have preserved the diaries of Radomir and Magdalena, but this was before the creation of the Cathars. Although, I think the teaching has not changed.
– Sorry for my chaotic thoughts and questions, Sever. I see that I lost a lot by not coming to you. But still, I'm still alive. And while I’m breathing, I can still ask you, can’t I? Will you tell me how Svetodar’s life ended? Sorry for interrupting.
North smiled sincerely. He liked my impatience and desire to “have time” to find out. And he continued with pleasure.
After his return, Svetodar lived and taught in Occitania for only two years, Isidora. But these years became the most expensive and happiest years of his wandering life. His days, illuminated by Beloyar’s cheerful laughter, passed in his beloved Montsegur, surrounded by the Perfect Ones, to whom Svetodar honestly and sincerely tried to convey what the distant Wanderer had taught him for many years.
They gathered in the Temple of the Sun, which increased tenfold the Living Force they needed. And also protected them from unwanted “guests” when someone was going to sneak in there secretly, not wanting to appear openly.
The Temple of the Sun was a specially built tower in Montsegur, which at certain times of the day let direct sunlight through the window, which made the Temple truly magical at that moment. This tower also concentrated and amplified energy, which for those working there at that moment relieved stress and did not require too much effort.
Soon an unexpected and rather funny incident occurred, after which the closest Perfects (and then the rest of the Cathars) began to call Svetodar “fiery.” And this began after, during one of the usual classes, Svetodar, having forgotten himself, completely revealed his high energy Essence to them... As you know, all the Perfect Ones, without exception, were seers. And the appearance of Svetodar’s essence, blazing with fire, caused a real shock among the Perfect ones... Thousands of questions rained down, many of which even Svetodar himself had no answers to. Probably only the Wanderer could answer, but he was inaccessible and distant. Therefore, Svetodar was forced to somehow explain himself to his friends... Whether he succeeded or not is unknown. Only from that very day all the Cathars began to call him the Fiery Teacher.
1st heavy (up to 90.72 kg)
Konstantin Yurievich Novikov
Alexey Vasilievich Papin- Russian professional boxer and kickboxer. Master of Sports of Russia of international class.
WAKO world champion (2011, low kick) and three-time European champion (2008, low kick; 2010, low kick; 2010, full contact). Absolute world champion in kickboxing.
Biography
Sports career
Kickboxing
In 2006, he took 1st place in the Russian Cup among club teams in full contact. In the Russian Youth Championship he took 2nd place in full contact with a double throw.
In 2007, he won the World Cup in Yalta in the weight category up to 81 kilograms.
In 2010, Champion of Russia in the K-1 section, weight category 91 kg (Tagonrog).
Professional boxing
On November 21, 2015, he made his professional boxing debut, winning by technical knockout in the 4th round.
Battle statistics
Professional boxing
The table lists the results of all boxing matches. Each line indicates the result of the match. Additionally, the match number is indicated by a color that indicates the result of the match. Explanation of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.
| Fight | Date | Rival | Venue | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-0 | September 9 | Jorge Rodriguez Oliveira (28-13) | Wings of the Soviets, Moscow, Russia | TKO1 (6)1:10 | |
| 3-0 | May 21 | Yuri Bykhovtsev (9-8-2) | Megasport, Moscow, Russia | UD (6) | Score: 60-55, 60-54, 60-55. |
| 2-0 | February 13 | Ilya Rolgeizer (3-2-0) | Boxing & Gym Academy, Moscow, Russia | RTD4 (6) | |
| 1-0 | November 21 | Sergey Beloshapkin (12-17-1) | KRC Arbat, Moscow, Russia | TKO4 (4) | |
| Fight | Date | Rival | Venue | Result | Note |
Titles
Kickboxing (professionals)
Kickboxing (amateurs)
- 2008 European champion WAKO in the weight category up to 86 kg (Low kick). (Porto, Portugal)
- 2009 Bronze medalist of the WAKO World Championship in the weight category over 91 kg (K-1). (Villach, Austria)
- 2010 European champion WAKO in the weight category up to 91 kg (Low kick). (Baku, Azerbaijan)
- 2010 European champion WAKO in the weight category up to 91 kg (Full contact). (Loutrakion, Greece)
- 2011 Winner of the WAKO World Cup in the weight category up to 91 kg (Full contact). (Rimini, Italy)
- 2011 Winner of the WAKO Diamond World Cup in the weight category up to 91 kg (K-1). (Anapa, Russia)
- 2011 WAKO World Champion in the weight category up to 91 kg (Low kick). (Skopje, Macedonia)
- 2012 Bronze medalist of the WAKO European Championship in the weight category up to 91 kg (Low kick). (Ankara, Türkiye)
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When Princess Marya began to cry, he realized that she was crying that Nikolushka would be left without a father. With great effort he tried to return to life and was transported to their point of view.“Yes, they must find it pathetic! - he thought. “How simple it is!”
“The birds of the air neither sow nor reap, but your father feeds them,” he said to himself and wanted to say the same to the princess. “But no, they will understand it in their own way, they will not understand! What they cannot understand is that all these feelings that they value are all ours, all these thoughts that seem so important to us are that they are not needed. We can't understand each other." - And he fell silent.
Prince Andrei's little son was seven years old. He could barely read, he didn't know anything. He experienced a lot after this day, acquiring knowledge, observation, and experience; but if he had then possessed all these later acquired abilities, he could not have understood better, more deeply the full meaning of that scene that he saw between his father, Princess Marya and Natasha than he understood it now. He understood everything and, without crying, left the room, silently approached Natasha, who followed him out, and shyly looked at her with thoughtful, beautiful eyes; his raised, rosy upper lip trembled, he leaned his head against it and began to cry.
From that day on, he avoided Desalles, avoided the countess who was caressing him, and either sat alone or timidly approached Princess Marya and Natasha, whom he seemed to love even more than his aunt, and quietly and shyly caressed them.
Princess Marya, leaving Prince Andrei, fully understood everything that Natasha’s face told her. She no longer spoke to Natasha about the hope of saving his life. She alternated with her at his sofa and did not cry anymore, but prayed incessantly, turning her soul to that eternal, incomprehensible, whose presence was now so palpable over the dying man.
Prince Andrei not only knew that he would die, but he felt that he was dying, that he was already half dead. He experienced a consciousness of alienation from everything earthly and a joyful and strange lightness of being. He, without haste and without worry, awaited what lay ahead of him. That menacing, eternal, unknown and distant, the presence of which he never ceased to feel throughout his entire life, was now close to him and - due to the strange lightness of being that he experienced - almost understandable and felt.
Before, he was afraid of the end. He experienced this terrible, painful feeling of fear of death, of the end, twice, and now he no longer understood it.
The first time he experienced this feeling was when a grenade was spinning like a top in front of him and he looked at the stubble, at the bushes, at the sky and knew that death was in front of him. When he woke up after the wound and in his soul, instantly, as if freed from the oppression of life that held him back, this flower of love, eternal, free, independent of this life, blossomed, he was no longer afraid of death and did not think about it.
The more he, in those hours of suffering solitude and semi-delirium that he spent after his wound, thought about the new beginning of eternal love that had been revealed to him, the more he, without feeling it himself, renounced earthly life. Everything, to love everyone, to always sacrifice oneself for love, meant not loving anyone, meant not living this earthly life. And the more he was imbued with this principle of love, the more he renounced life and the more completely he destroyed that terrible barrier that, without love, stands between life and death. When, at first, he remembered that he had to die, he said to himself: well, so much the better.
But after that night in Mytishchi, when the one he desired appeared in front of him in a semi-delirium, and when he, pressing her hand to his lips, cried quiet, joyful tears, love for one woman imperceptibly crept into his heart and again tied him to life. Both joyful and anxious thoughts began to come to him. Remembering that moment at the dressing station when he saw Kuragin, he now could not return to that feeling: he was tormented by the question of whether he was alive? And he didn't dare ask this.
His illness took its own physical course, but what Natasha called: this happened to him happened to him two days before the arrival of Princess Marya. This was the last moral struggle between life and death, in which death won. It was the unexpected consciousness that he still valued the life that seemed to him in love for Natasha, and the last, subdued fit of horror in front of the unknown.
It was in the evening. He was, as usual after dinner, in a slight feverish state, and his thoughts were extremely clear. Sonya was sitting at the table. He dozed off. Suddenly a feeling of happiness overwhelmed him.
“Oh, she came in!” - he thought.
Indeed, sitting in Sonya’s place was Natasha, who had just entered with silent steps.
Since she began following him, he had always experienced this physical sensation of her closeness. She sat on an armchair, sideways to him, blocking the light of the candle from him, and knitted a stocking. (She learned to knit stockings since Prince Andrei told her that no one knows how to take care of the sick like old nannies who knit stockings, and that there is something soothing in knitting a stocking.) Thin fingers she was quickly moved by the occasionally colliding spokes, and the pensive profile of her downcast face was clearly visible to him. She made a movement and the ball rolled off her lap. She shuddered, looked back at him and, shielding the candle with her hand, cautious, flexible and precise movement she bent over, picked up the ball and sat down in her previous position.
He looked at her without moving, and saw that after her movement she needed to take a deep breath, but she did not dare to do this and carefully took a breath.
In the Trinity Lavra they talked about the past, and he told her that if he were alive, he would forever thank God for his wound, which brought him back to her; but since then they never spoke about the future.
“Could it or could it not have happened? - he thought now, looking at her and listening to the light steel sound of the knitting needles. - Was it really only then that fate brought me so strangely together with her that I might die?.. Was the truth of life revealed to me only so that I could live in a lie? I love her more than anything in the world. But what should I do if I love her? - he said, and he suddenly groaned involuntarily, according to the habit that he acquired during his suffering.
Hearing this sound, Natasha put down the stocking, leaned closer to him and suddenly, noticing his glowing eyes, walked up to him with a light step and bent down.
Many professional boxers they begin their careers with passing fights against not very strong opponents. It is at this stage of development that professional boxer Alexey Papin is now. His sporting fate quite unusual, because a fighter from the Moscow region started out as a kickboxer, won all the significant titles, and then, unexpectedly for many, retrained as a boxer. Today he has seven fights on his account, he won all of them, but the main fights for the boxer are still ahead.
Athlete characteristics
Alexey Papin fights in the first heavy weight category. Strongly built, he has a powerful punch and works in the ring in the style of a pronounced puncher, trying to decide the outcome of the fight before time runs out.
Since childhood, he has been involved in kickboxing and only in 2015 he switched to boxing.
In the first fights, the legacy of the former sport made itself felt to Alexei Papin. Kickboxing involves minimal work with the body, as this is associated with a high risk of running into a kick or knee. By inertia, continuing to act in the same spirit, the athlete in his first two fights looked a little uncertain and did not fully use his attacking potential, did not dare to make deceptive movements and bold breakthroughs.
However, Alexey Papin soon realized that to turn into a boxer it was not enough to just “turn off” kicks, and began to study more the nuances of the new craft.
The level of the athlete’s opponents is not yet too high, which does not allow us to fully talk about his future, however, the good potential of Alexey is already obvious, who acts in an aggressive and spectacular manner, winning almost all of his victories by knockout.
From Peresvet to CSKA
Alexey Papin was born in Reutov near Moscow in 1987. He began to practice kickboxing from childhood, but at first the hard and persistent work in training did not bring satisfaction to the boy. Often his father forced him to overcome himself and go to the gym.
Alexey Papin studied at the Peresvet training center, which was located in his native Reutov. At first it seemed that the guy’s prospects were rather vague. He did not particularly stand out among his peers; he left the competition without awards. Only at the age of fourteen, Alexey Papin won his first tournament, winning the championship of the country's Armed Forces. Then there was a lull again, and in the juniors he did not stand out in any way.
He had a kind of breakthrough after switching to adult sports. In the finals of the competition, he defeated an international master of sports and immediately stepped from the camp of first-class athletes to a higher level of development. After this, Alexey Papin was invited to CSKA, where he began to train in sports school capital club.
Kickboxing Awards
The athlete won his first big award in kickboxing in 2007, winning the World Cup in Yalta. Then he had not yet reached his optimal physical condition and competed in the category up to 81 kg.
Over the next years, Alexey Papin consolidated his status, invariably winning all continental kickboxing tournaments. It all started in 2008 in Portugal, when he became the European champion in the up to 85 kg category. Then the fighter finally grew and became stronger and began to compete in heavy weights.
This, however, did not affect his victorious performance. Alexey Papin continues to dominate on the continent and collects titles at tournaments in Greece and Azerbaijan.
In 2009, the athlete began performing at world championships, first winning bronze medal. Here he took a risk and decided to try his hand at the over 91 kg category. Having failed, he returned to his native heavy weight. He managed to become world champion in 2011 at a tournament in Macedonia.
Alexey Papin still considered fights in amateur kickboxing as preparation for more ambitious goals. Since 2012 he has regularly participated in professional fights. In a small number of years, the fighter collected championship belts from several professional organizations at once, becoming a real star of this sport.
Change of profession
Having achieved everything in kickboxing, Alexey Papin decided to try his hand at a more financially profitable sport. After all, even an average professional boxer can earn an order of magnitude more than the most titled kickboxer.
The shortest path to the top is through American and European clubs, however, without having a successful amateur boxing career behind him, Alexey Papin began to realize himself as a professional in his homeland. Preparation for fights takes place in Moscow, coach Anatoly Ivichuk works with him.
Boxing technique has its own distinctive features, and Papin spent his first fights in the usual manner, looking not entirely natural in the ring. However, during the preparation, many sparring sessions were held with current boxers, and the Moscow region athlete gradually got used to the new realities.
The debut fight took place in 2015 at the arena in Moscow. Papin was opposed by Sergei Beloshapkin, whose defeats prevailed over victories in his boxing career. Alexey acted in his usual forceful manner and defeated his opponent.
Last fights
Having won a number of victories over local athletes, Alexey Papin entered fights with good foreign heavyweights. The first truly dangerous opponent for him was Sergio Alberto Angel. Tall, long-armed, he became an inconvenient opponent for Alexey, but he managed to suppress the Argentine and finished the fight ahead of schedule.
Papin's last fight was against another Latin American. In May 2017, he fought against Rogelio Omar Rosi, whom he was able to knock out in the second round. After this victory, he retained position 43 in the Box Rec ranking, ahead of the legendary
Alexey Vasilievich Papin (10-0-0.9 KO)Born October 6, 1987, Reutov, Russia
Weight category: first heavy (up to 90.7 kg).
Height - 185 cm
Stance - right-handed
Arm span - 190 cm.
The first coaches were Konstantin Yuryevich Novikov, Sergey Nikolaevich Demin, Sergey Nikolaevich Vasiliev.
Coach - Andrey Ivichuk
Manager - Dmitry Ivanov
Married since 2010, daughter Elizaveta
BIOGRAPHY
Alexey Papin was born in Reutov near Moscow in 1987. Alexey’s father brought him into the sport, sending him to the kickboxing section at the age of 7, in 1994. In the same year, Alexey had his first fight, in which he won, which motivated him to further engage in sports. Alexey then tried himself in various sports such as judo, aikido, football, hockey, karate, gymnast, but eventually returned to kickboxing. Often the father forced his son to overcome himself and go to the gym. Alexey Papin studied at the Peresvet training center, which was located in his native Reutov. In 1998, Alexey Papin won the city championship, then there were a lot of different regional tournaments, somewhere Alexey ran, somewhere he left without awards. At the age of fourteen, Papin won his first serious tournament, winning the championship of the country's Armed Forces.
He had a kind of breakthrough after switching to adult sports. In the finals of the competition, he defeated an international master of sports by knockout in the first round, being a candidate for master of sports. The final fight was attended by Viktor Petrovich Ulyanich, senior boxing coach of the Federal State Institution of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "CSKA", and since 2013, director of the CSKA Sports School for Boxing and Kickboxing. After this, Alexei Papin was invited to CSKA, where he served his military service, then remained to serve under a contract. Alexey considers himself a student not only of the Reutov club “Peresvet”, but also, of course, a student of the CSKA Army Club.
The athlete won his first big victory in kickboxing in 2007, winning the Kickboxing World Cup. He is the WAKO kickboxing world champion, three times became the WAKO European champion in the first heavyweight division, won the Russian championship 6 times, and at the professional level won championship belts in such organizations as WAKO-Pro, ISKA, W5.
Having achieved serious success in kickboxing among both amateurs and professionals. Alexey decides to switch to professional boxing.
Acquaintance with professional boxing began at a young age, when Grigory Drozd moved to live and train in Reutov; he was then finishing his career in Thai boxing and planning a transition to professional boxing. Grigory Drozd and Alexey Papin trained for a long time under the guidance of the same coach, Sergei Nikolaevich Vasiliev. Alexey competed in amateur boxing and was the winner of the tournament for the prizes of V.P. Ageev, as well as the tournament in memory of V.S. Shcherbakova. In 2011, when Grigory Drozd resumed his professional career, Alexey Papin helped him in sparring. In March 2015, Alexey Papin was invited as a sparring partner to Dmitry Kudryashov’s camp. In April of the same year, Alexey sparred with Alexander Povetkin; Povetkin’s manager, Dmitry Ivanov, who later became Alexey Papin’s manager, was present at this sparring. Boxing technique has its own distinctive features, and Papin conducted his first fights in a more familiar kickboxing manner. However, during the preparation, many sparring sessions were held with current boxers, and the Moscow region athlete gradually became accustomed to boxing.
His debut in the professional ring took place in November 2015. Alexey began his career by defeating Sergei Beloshapkin by technical knockout in the fourth round. On February 13, 2016, Alexey defeats Ilya Rolgeizer.
On May 21, 2016, as part of the Lebedev-Ramirez boxing evening, Papin holds his third fight in his professional boxing career, which turned out to be one of the best. Over the course of six rounds, he attacked the experienced Belarusian Yuri Bykhovtsev (9-9-2, 5 KOs) in a variety of ways and won a convincing victory on points. In September of the same year, after a super confident victory over the Uruguayan Jorge Rodriguez Oliveira, Alexey asked for a stronger opponent, as he quickly adapted to the new sport. On December 17, 2016, in Yekaterinburg, a strong Panamanian Israel Duffus (11-3, 9 KOs), the most difficult and trained opponent for Alexey, was waiting for him. Papin skillfully closed the distance, and his opponent constantly bent low, trying to defend himself from the powerful blows of the Russian. Papin's constant pressure and attacks led to a technical knockout in the fifth round.
On March 4, 2017, a boxing evening took place in Balashikha for the prizes of the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Viktor Petrovich Ageev, during which Alexey fought his next fight; he knocked out his counterpart Sergio Alberto Angel (12-1-1, 6 KOs) in the first round. On May 27, 2017 in Voronezh in the fight show “Fights of the Future”, Papin knocked out Rogelio Omar Rossi in the second round.
On November 27, 2017, Alexey Papin, in his ninth fight in the professional ring, met with an experienced Ukrainian boxer, a former contender for the light heavyweight title, Ismail Sillah (25-5, 20 KOs), who has extensive experience in amateur and professional boxing. Before this fight, many wondered what Papin could do against his opponent’s boxing technique and experience, and Sillah himself even promised to give the Russian a “boxing lesson.” However, the fight ended in the first round, when, after Papin’s successful attack, the Ukrainian was deeply knocked out.
On June 23, 2018, Alexey Papin had a very important fight for his career for the vacant IBF International cruiserweight title against the experienced Namibian boxer Willbyfors Shikhepo (25-9, 18 KOs). Already in the first round of this fight, the Russian knocked down his opponent, and then confidently took the initiative, eventually winning by technical knockout in the eighth round.
