Viktor Rybakov, Soviet Ace of the 70s and 80s

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VIKTOR GRIGORIEVICH RYBAKOV

Born May 26, 1956, in Magadan, Russia

5’ 6” 54kg-60kg

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Began boxing, 1971

Soviet Union national boys champion, 1972-1973
Soviet Union national youth champion, 1974
European youth champion, 1974
Friendship Tournament champion, 1974
Soviet Union national senior champion, 1975-1980, 1982
European Championships champion, 1975, 1979, 1981 (voted best boxer in the championships of 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981)
Olympic Games semifinalist, 1976, 1980
World Cup finalist, 1979, 1981

Sentenced to six-year prison term for financial speculation, 1982

Released from prison, he turned professional in the USA, fought one bout there in 1990, and retired and returned to Russia, 1990

Amateur record claimed (career): 203-16

Partial record below: 69-10

1972

Soviet Union national boys champion

1973

Soviet Union national boys champion

1974

Mch. - Soviet Union national junior 51kg champion; Tomsk, Russia.

June 3 - Gabor Csordas (Hungary) W rsc 2
June 5 - Nita Robu (Romania) W pts
June 7 - Zoran Stefanovic (Yugoslavia) W ko 1
June 9 - Ilya Ganushev (Bulgaria) W pts
European Junior Championships 51kg champion; Kiev, Ukraine.

Oct. 27 - Adolfo Horta (Cuba) W
Friendship Tournament 54kg champion; Ulan Baatar, Mongolia.

1975

Mch. 24 - Avanesov (Azerbaijan) W pts
Mch. 28 - Alexander Avdeyev (Moldova) W pts
Mch. 30 - Felix Pak (Uzbekistan) W pts
Soviet Union National Championships 54kg champion; Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

June 2 - Aldo Cosentino (France) W ko 1
June 4 - Kemal Sonunur (Turkey) W 5-0
June 6 - Milan Piskac (Czech Republic) W 5-0
June 8 - Chacho Andreykovski (Bulgaria) W 3-2
European Championships 54kg champion; Katowice, Poland.

1976

Jan. 24 - Bernard Taylor (USA) L pts
Soviet Union vs. USA (54kg); Moscow, Russia. Taylor “scored an impressive victory before some 10,000 fans at the Moscow Palce of Sports. [He] appeared to win all three rounds” ([Butte] Montana Standard 1-25-76:8).

Mch. 22 - Ilya Bykov W pts
Mch. 24 - Viktor Shelekhov (Russia) W pts
Mch. 26 - Bulat Asembayev (Kazakhstan) W pts
Mch. 28 - David Torosyan (Armenia) W pts
Soviet Union National Championships 54kg champion; Sverdlovsk/now Yekaterinburg, Russia.

July 20 - Alfred Siame (Zambia) W w/o
July 24 - Hitoshi Ishigaki (Japan) W 5-0
July 27 - Stephan Forster (East Germany) W 3-2
July 29 - Charles Mooney (USA) L 1-4
Olympic Games 54kg semifinalist; Montreal, Canada.

1977

Jan. 29 - Eiichi Jumawan (USA) L pts
Soviet Union vs. USA (57kg); Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. “The American team got the benefit of a doubt in the early going when Jumawan was given the nod over Rybakov. The Russian scored at will with a versatile left and combinations, but the two American judges apparently felt that Jumawan’s counter-punching was more effective” (Oakland [California] Tribune 1-30-77:C-3).

Feb. 3 - Larry Tatman (USA) W rsc 3
Soviet Union vs. USA (57kg); Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Feb. 5 - R. Curry (USA) W pts
Soviet Union vs. USA (57kg); Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Mch. 16 - A. Astvatsatryan W rsc 3
Mch. 18 - A. Akhlupin W rsc 1
Mch. 20 - Gennadiy Sakulin W pts
Mch. 22 - Anatoliy Volkou W ret 3
Soviet Union National Championships 57kg champion; Frunze, Kyrgyzstan.

May 29 - Bratislav Ristic (Yugoslavia/Serbia) W 5-0
June 1 - Francis Tripp (France) W 5-0
June 3 - Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) L 1-4
European Championships 57kg semifinalist; Halle, East Germany.

Sept. 18 - Angel Herrera (Cuba) W 3-2
Eastern Military (Former Soviet Bloc of Countries) 57kg champion; Havana, Cuba.

Nov. 11 -Krzysztof Kikowski (Poland) W 5-0
Nov. 12 - Naudi Pineiro (Venezuela) W 3-2
Nov. 13 - Kazimierz Przybylski (Poland) W 3-2
Feliks Stamm Memorial Tournament 57kg champion; Warsaw, Poland.

1978

Jan. 27 - Darryl Fuller (USA) W pts
Soviet Union vs. USA (57kg); Moscow, Russia.

Mch. 3 - Viktor Demyanenko (Kazakhstan) W pts
Soviet Union National Championships 57kg champion; Tbilisi, Georgia.

Nov. 30 - Spasic W
Golden Gloves of Belgrade Tournament 57kg champion; Belgrade, Serbia.

1979

Jan. 27 - Melvin Paul (USA) W pts
Soviet Union vs. USA (57kg); Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Feb. 3 - Bernard Taylor (USA) L pts
Soviet Union vs. USA (57kg); Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.

Mch. 13 - I. Ninov (Bulgaria) W ko
Mch. 15 - M. Kurmanbayev W ret
Mch. 16 - Vyacheslav Kolikov W w/o
Mch. 17 - Viktor Demyanenko (Kazakhstan) W rsci
International Tournament 57kg champion; Alma-Ata (now Almaty), Kazakhstan.

May 6 - Michael Holmes (Ireland) W 5-0
May 8 - Rudi Fink (East Germany) W 4-1
May 10 - Kazimierz Przybylski (Poland) W rsci 3
May 12 - Chacho Andreykovski (Bulgaria) W ko 1
European Championships 57kg champion; Cologne, West Germany.

July 29 - R. Shakhtakhtinskiy (Azerbaijan) W rsc
July 31 - Alexandr Vorobev (Russia) W 5-0
Aug. 2 - Viktor Navros (Ukraine) W pts
Soviet Union National Championships 57kg champion; Moscow, Russia.

Aug. 4 - Jesus Sollet (Cuba) L w/o
Soviet Union champions vs. PreOlympic Tournament champions: Spartakiade Games 57kg finalist; Moscow, Russia. “Sollet won by default when Rybakov was scratched by the Soviet team physician because of a leg injury suffered in the qualifications” (Kokomo [Indiana] Tribune 8-5-79:25).

Oct. 13 - Kim Byung Jin (South Korea) W 5-0
Oct. 18 - Bernard Taylor (USA) L 0-5
World Cup 57kg finalist; New York City, New York, USA. “Taylor pounded out a unanimous decision over Rybakov. Taylor landed two good right-hand punches in the first round, then went to work on the body in the second. In the third round, Rybakov was booed loudly when he held Taylor and hit him with a rapid succession of five or six rabbit punches, However, Taylor followed with a left-right combination that stunned Rybakov, then hit him with an overhand right as the bell ended the fight” (European Stars and Stripes 10-21-79:17).

1980

Jan. 26 - Lionel Johnson (USA) W rsc 2
Soviet Union vs. USA (57kg); Moscow, Russia.

May 5 - A. Prilepin W rsc
May 7 - S. Zubkov W pts
May 9 - Vyacheslav Kolikov (Belarus) W w/o
May 11 - Ilya Bykov W pts
Soviet Union National Championships 57kg champion; Rostov, Russia.

July 24 - Daniel Londas (France) W 5-0
July 28 - Peter Hanlon (Great Britain) W 5-0
July 30 - Chacho Andreykovski (Bulgaria) W 4-1
July 31 - Rudi Fink (East Germany) L 1-4
Olympic Games 57kg semifinalist; Moscow, Russia.

Sept. - Torsten Koch (East Germany) W 5-0
Volkstimme Tournament 60kg champion; Vienna, Austria.

1981

Jan. 31 - Clifford Gray (USA) L pts
Soviet Union vs. USA (57kg); Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Feb. 1 - Joe Johnson (USA) W pts
Soviet Union vs. USA (57kg); Sherif Port, Mississippi, USA.

May 2 - Manfred Findenig (Austria) W 5-0
May 4 - Rene Weller (West Germany) W 5-0
May 6 - Yordan Lesov (Bulgaria) W 5-0
May 8 - Vesa Wiik (Finland) W rsc 2
May 10 - Carlo Russollilo (Italy) W 5-0
European Championships 60kg champion; Tampere, Finland.

Aug. - Jorge Ross (Cuba) W 3-2
Eastern Military (Former Soviet Bloc of Countries) 60kg champion; Pecs, Hungary.

Nov. 12 - Hyun Yoo Lee (South Korea) W pts
Nov. 15 - Luis Garcia (Venezuela) W pts
Nov. 18 - Angel Herrera (Cuba) L 1-4
World Cup 60kg finalist; Montreal, Canada.

1982

Aug. 1 - Gadzhi Kayanov W pts
Aug. 3 - Viktor Demyanenko (Kazakhstan) W pts
Aug. 5 - Anatoliy Petrov W pts
Aug. 8 - Yuriy Gladyshev W pts
Soviet Union National Championships 60kg champion; Donetsk, Ukraine.

This information was gathered from the excellent EABA.ru archive.