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Boris Kuznetsov

Boxer (1947-2006)

Born
23 February 1947, Astrakhan
Died
3 May 2006, Astrakhan
Citizenship
Soviet Union, Russia
Sport
boxing
Occupation
boxer
Height
160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight
57 kg (126 lb)

Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov (Russian: Борис Георгиевич Кузнецов), 23 February 1947 – 3 May 2006) was a Russian featherweight boxer. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1974 World Championships. Domestically, he won the Soviet featherweight title in 1972 and 1974 and placed second in 1970 and 1971. During his career he won 237 fights out of 249. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1972 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the same year. He graduated from Astrakhan State Pedagogical Institute in 1971 and later opened a boxing school in Astrakhan.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1972 Summer Olympics1972

Awards and honours

External links

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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.