Vyacheslav Yanovskiy
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Vyacheslav Evgen'evich Yanovskiy (Russian: Вячеслав Евгеньевич Яновский) or Viatcheslav Ianovski (born August 24, 1957 in Vitebsk) is a Belarusian boxer who won a Light Welterweight Gold Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR. He began boxing at age 13. During his amateur career he trained at Dynamo in Vitebsk.
Yanovskiy turned professional in 1990 and did not lose in his first 26 fights. In 1995 he was KO'd by journeyman Edwin Murillo and retired in 1997 with a career record of 30-1-1.
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