Dmytro Yuriyovych Mytrofanov (Ukrainian: Дмитро Юрійович Митрофанов, born 8 November 1989) is a Ukrainian middleweight professional boxer. He won the national title in 2008 and 2012 and a bronze medal at the 2011 European Championships.[1] He competed at the 2016 Olympics, but was eliminated in the first bout.[2][4]
 Mytrofanov at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 November 1989 Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Chernihiv National Pedagogical University | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Amateur boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nadezhda Sports Club Kolos[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ruslan Said[1] Vadym Kazanin Andriy Korets[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Mytrofanov was raised as an orphan – his mother died two months after his birth. His father soon remarried and left Dmytro with his grandparents, who both died by the time he entered a boarding school. Mytrofanov took up boxing in 2001, and in 2008 won his first national championship (It was held after the 2008 Olympics and was not an Olympic selection).[1] His professional debut was made on 27 October 2017 with fight against an American boxer Brandon Maddox.[5]
Professional boxing record edit
| 6 fights | 5 wins | 0 losses |
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| By knockout | 3 | 0 |
| By decision | 2 | 0 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 4 | Win | 3–0–1 |  Beka Murjikneli
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TKO | 2 (6), 2:26 | 22 December 2018 |  Terminal, Brovary, Ukraine
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| 3 | Draw | 2–0–1 |  Gino Kanters
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PTS | 4 | 10 November 2018 |  Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 |  Marcus Willis
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UD | 8 | 13 January 2018 | Midwest Event Center, Northlake, Illinois, US
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Brandon Maddox
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TKO | 4 (6), 1:50 | 27 October 2017 | The Belvedere, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, US
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Professional debut |
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Дима Митрофанов: «Бокс для меня – это жизнь»" [Dima Mitrofanov: “Boxing is life for me”]. sivernews.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Dmytro Mytrofanov". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Dmytro Mytrofanov". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
- ^ "The Olympic Team of Ukraine: Rio 2016: Official Handbook" (PDF). noc-ukr.org. National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. p. 20. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
Митрофанов Дмитро / Mytrofanov Dmytro
- ^ "Dmytro Mytrofanov". boxrec.com. 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
External links edit
- Dmytro Mytrofanov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Dmytro Mytrofanov at Olympedia