Gennady Kovalev
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Russia |
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| Men’s Boxing | |||
| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Silver | Bangkok 2003 | Bantwamweight | |
| Silver | Chicago 2007 | Light Welterweight | |
| European Amateur Championships | |||
| Silver | 2002 Perm | Bantamweight | |
| Gold | 2004 Pula | Bantamweight | |
Gennady Kovalev (born 17 May 1983) is a boxer from Russia.
[edit] Career
Southpaw Kovalev won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships defeating Bahodirjon Sooltonov but losing to Aghasi Mammadov at bantam, and a gold medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships .
He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was beaten in the quarterfinals of the Bantamweight (54 kg) division by Cuba's eventual winner Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Now at junior welterweight he won the Russian Championships 2007 against legend Alexander Maletin 37:21. At the World championships he beat Bradley Saunders to reach the finals but lost to defending Kazakh champion Serik Sapiyev 5:20.
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