Alexander Yagubkin

Alexander Yagubkin
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
BornAlexander Gennadiyevich Yagubkin
(1961-04-25)25 April 1961
Died7 August 2013(2013-08-07) (aged 52)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classHeavyweight
ClubAvangard
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Soviet Union
Friendship Games
1984 Havana Heavyweight
World Championships
1982 Munich Heavyweight
World Cup
1981 Montreal Heavyweight
1983 Rome Heavyweight
1985 Seoul Heavyweight
Junior World Championships
1979 Yokohama Heavyweight
European Championships
1981 Tampere Heavyweight
1983 Varna Heavyweight
1985 Budapest Heavyweight
1987 Turin Super heavyweight

Alexander Gennadiyevich Yagubkin (25 April 1961 – 7 August 2013) was a Soviet Olympic boxer, who competed between 1979 and 1988. The only Soviet boxer to become the World heavyweight champion (1982), he never turned pro due to political restrictions imposed by the Soviet government. He was ranked the world's #2 amateur heavyweight by the AIBA in 1984, and #1 in 1986.