Alexander Stetsurenko

Alexander Stetsurenko
Александр Стецуренко
Born April 20, 1983
Saratov, Russia
Other names The Great
Nationality Russian
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb; 12 st 11 lb)
Division Welterweight
Style Kickboxing
Fighting out of Saratov, Russia
Professional boxing record
Total 2
Wins 1
Losses 1
Kickboxing record
Total 61
Wins 50
Losses 11
By knockout 1
Other information
Boxing record from Boxrec

Alexander Yuryevich Stetsurenko (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Стецуренко; born April 20, 1983) is a Russian welterweight kickboxer, multiple Tatneft Cup Champion and GLORY kickboxer.

He was ranked #8 light heavyweight kickboxer in the world on May 2011, by Liverkick.com.[1] He was #6 for January 2012 in middleweight division.[2] He was #9 for July 2014 in welterweight division.[3]

Career

Stetsurenko is well known for having trilogy with best Russian kickboxer, Artem Levin. It all started in March 2008 for the WMC intercontinental title, where he was defeated by unanimous decision in five rounds. Later, on Tatneft Cup 2009 Final he became one of the very few to defeat Levin, dropping him two times in round 4 with corner retirement after that round and Stetsurenko became Tatneft Arena Cup champion for second time.[4] Third fight was on November 19, 2010 on Battle of Champions V event with Levin taking second victory. Later Levin described Stetsurenko as the hardest opponent he has ever had to face and says fighting him is “physically and mentally exhausting.”[5]

On November 26, 2011 he participated in a Forward Challenge – European Grand Prix alongside with seven kickboxing champions, defeating Nahid Asadov and Ernestas Dapkus before facing Mareks Lavrinovics in the final. Mareks was more active in the ring and successfully worked with the legs, but one kick ended in Stetsurenko's knee and fight was stopped because of injury, making Stetsurenko tournament champion.[6] They had a rematch the next year with the same epilogue.[7]

He fought once again for the Tatneft Arena World Cup on October 20, 2012 rematching Hicham El Gaoui, of which he lost in Tatneft 2011 final in a super fight. This was another close fight, Hicham probably won first three rounds, but without knockdown so according to Tatneft's rules there was an extra round where Stetsurenko got the razor thin decision victory. [8]

On February 6, 2015, Stetsurenko was part of a one-night, four-man welterweight tournament at Glory 19 to determine who would get the next title shot. In the semifinals, he faced Nieky Holzken and lost via unanimous decision.

Titles

Professional kickboxing record

Professional kickboxing record

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Boxing record

1 Wins (0 knockouts, 1 decisions), 1 Losses, 0 Draws
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1-1 Ukraine Maksym Stasiuk UD 4 (4) 2010-01-31 Russia Big Bar, Almetyevsk
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 0-1 Russia David Gogiya UD 6 (6) 2006-06-18 Russia Samara Professional boxing debout.

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