Siarhei Liakhovich
Siarhei Petrovich Liakhovich (Russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Ляхо́вич, Belarusian: Сяргей Пятровіч Ляховіч; also Sergey, Siarhiej Piatrovič Liachovič or Lyakhóvich; born 29 May 1976) is a Belarusian professional boxer who held the WBO heavyweight title in 2006. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the super-heavyweight division at the 1997 World Championships.
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| Real name | Siarhei Petrovich Liakhovich | |||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | White Wolf | |||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||
| Reach | 189 cm (74 in) | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Belarusian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1976 Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) | |||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 35 | |||||||||||||
| Wins | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Losses | 8 | |||||||||||||
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Amateur career
Liakhovich was born in Vitebsk, in the former Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Belarus), and represented Belarus at the 1996 Olympic Games. He was a long-time amateur who won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. He amassed a 145–15 record before turning pro in 1998.[1]
Professional career
His first defeat occurred on June 1, 2002, when he was knocked out by Maurice Harris in the 9th round.
Liakhovich won the WBO title from Lamon Brewster on April 1, 2006. Liakhovich was knocked down in the 7th round, but went on to win on points via unanimous decision.[2] He lost the title to Shannon Briggs by technical knockout in the 12th round on November 4, 2006, after being knocked down twice.[3]
On February 16, 2008, Liakhovich lost to Nikolai Valuev by unanimous decision following a one-sided contest.[4] He won his next two fights a first-round TKO of Jeremy Bates on November 7, 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany and a 9th-round KO of Evans Quinn in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany on May 22, 2010 on the undercard of Chagaev-Meehan.
On August 9, 2013, Liakhovich fought American heavyweight Deontay Wilder. Wilder won the fight with a first-round knockout.[5]
His manager is Tony Cardinale who engineered his release from Don King Productions and signed him to Main Events.
In February 2014 Liakhovich achieved his first win in four years with a unanimous decision over journeyman Chad Davis.
Professional boxing record
| 35 fights | 27 wins | 8 losses |
| By knockout | 17 | 6 |
| By decision | 10 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 35 | Loss | 27–8 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
TKO | 10 (10), 2:04 | 7 Dec 2019 | |
For vacant WBC International Silver heavyweight title |
| 34 | Win | 27–7 |  |
TKO | 3 (6), 2:30 | 13 Nov 2017 | |
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| 33 | Loss | 26–7 |  |
UD | 10 | 20 Dec 2014 | |
For WBC-NABF and WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight titles |
| 32 | Win | 26–6 | |
UD | 8 | 22 Feb 2014 | |
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| 31 | Loss | 25–6 | |
KO | 1 (10), 1:43 | 9 Aug 2013 | |
For WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title |
| 30 | Loss | 25–5 | |
RTD | 9 (10), 3:00 | 24 Mar 2012 | |
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| 29 | Loss | 25–4 |  |
TKO | 9 (12), 0:19 | 27 Aug 2011 |  |
For WBA Inter-Continental and WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight titles |
| 28 | Win | 25–3 |  |
KO | 9 (10), 0:48 | 22 May 2010 | |
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| 27 | Win | 24–3 | |
TKO | 1 (8), 2:11 | 7 Nov 2009 | |
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| 26 | Loss | 23–3 |  |
UD | 12 | 16 Feb 2008 | |
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| 25 | Loss | 23–2 | |
TKO | 12 (12), 2:59 | 4 Nov 2006 | |
Lost WBO heavyweight title |
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | |
UD | 12 | 1 Apr 2006 | |
Won WBO heavyweight title |
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | |
UD | 10 | 3 Dec 2004 | |
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| 22 | Win | 21–1 |  |
UD | 6 | 27 Mar 2004 | |
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| 21 | Win | 20–1 | |
TKO | 1 (8) | 9 Jan 2004 | |
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| 20 | Win | 19–1 | |
TKO | 8 (10), 2:07 | 27 Sep 2003 | |
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| 19 | Win | 18–1 |  |
TKO | 5 (10) | 17 May 2003 | |
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| 18 | Win | 17–1 | |
TKO | 9 (10) | 4 Jan 2003 | |
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| 17 | Loss | 16–1 | |
KO | 9 (10), 1:31 | 1 Jun 2002 | |
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| 16 | Win | 16–0 |  |
UD | 12 | 17 Nov 2001 | |
Won WBA–NABA heavyweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | |
TKO | 1 | 16 Jun 2001 | |
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| 14 | Win | 14–0 | |
UD | 8 | 14 Apr 2001 | |
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| 13 | Win | 13–0 | |
MD | 6 | 2 Dec 2000 | |
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| 12 | Win | 12–0 | |
UD | 8 | 29 Aug 2000 | |
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| 11 | Win | 11–0 | |
TKO | 1 (4), 1:19 | 12 Aug 2000 | |
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| 10 | Win | 10–0 | |
KO | 1 (6), 1:55 | 29 Jul 2000 | |
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| 9 | Win | 9–0 | |
UD | 8 | 28 Mar 2000 | |
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| 8 | Win | 8–0 | |
TKO | 2 (4), 2:16 | 29 Feb 2000 | |
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| 7 | Win | 7–0 | |
TKO | 2 (4), 1:42 | 18 Dec 1999 | |
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| 6 | Win | 6–0 | |
KO | 4 (4), 0:11 | 7 Dec 1999 | |
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| 5 | Win | 5–0 | |
TKO | 1 (4), 1:22 | 4 Dec 1999 | |
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 | |
TKO | 2 (4), 2:25 | 27 Aug 1999 | |
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | |
TKO | 4 (4) | 17 Mar 1999 | |
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | |
UD | 6 | 30 Jan 1999 |  |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | |
KO | 1 (10), 2:12 | 25 Dec 1998 | |
Won vacant Belarus heavyweight title |
References
- Archived April 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- "Liakhovich beats Brewster in entertaining heavyweight fight". Yahoo! Sports.
- "Briggs takes WBO crown from Liakhovich – USATODAY.com".
- "Home – Live Scores & Latest News – Fox Sports". Fox Sports. 25 February 2016.
- "Deontay Wilder gained another first round stoppage victory on Friday night". Sky Sports. 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
External links
| Sporting positions | ||||
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| Regional boxing titles | ||||
| New title | Belarus heavyweight champion 25 December 1998 – 2001 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Vitali Shkraba | ||
| Preceded by Friday Ahunanya |
WBA–NABA heavyweight champion 17 November 2001 – June 2002 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Lance Whitaker | ||
| World boxing titles | ||||
| Preceded by Lamon Brewster |
WBO heavyweight champion 1 April 2006 – 4 November 2006 |
Succeeded by Shannon Briggs | ||