Vassiliy Levit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Kazakhstani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No contests | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vassiliy Levit ( Russian: Васи́лий Алексе́евич Леви́т; born 24 February 1988) is a Kazakh heavyweight amateur boxer who won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [2] [3] [4]
In the 2016 Olympic final Levit was controversially defeated by Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko via a unanimous judge's decision. [4] [5] [6] The crowd reacted with shock and anger to the result, [4] [5] and several boxing professionals criticised the decision, with some suggesting Levit should have been awarded all three rounds. [7] At the medal ceremony, Levit put his fingers to his lips to discourage the crowd from booing Tischenko. [4] Afterwards, Levit said that he felt that he had won the fight, but declined to criticise the judges and said that Tischenko deserved respect. [4]
He won the bronze medal at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the Heavyweight category.
September 28, 2022 — appointed Head of the Department of Physical Training of Personnel Anti-Corruption Agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan. [8]