Aleksandr Koshkyn

Name: Aleksandr Koshkin
Birth Name: Александр Николаевич Кошкин
Hometown: Moscow, Russia
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 2012-10-16 (Age:53)
Amateur Boxer: Record

Aleksandr Koshkyn (born May 13, 1959 in Moscow, USSR – died October 16, 2012) is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the silver medal in the light middleweight division (– 71 kg), after being defeated in the final by Armando Martínez of Cuba. Two years later he won the world title at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany.

Olympic results

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Salah Jassim Beden (Iraq) KO 1
• Defeated Nicky Wilshire (Great Britain) KO 2
• Defeated Detlef Kästner (East Germany) 5-0
• Lost to Armando Martínez (Cuba) 1-4

World amateur championships results

1982 (as a Light middleweight)

• Defeated Finn Fahnoe (Denmark) RSC 1
• Defeated Kalongo Bolemi (Zaire) 5-0
• Defeated Tom Corr (Ireland) 5-0
• Defeated Armando Martinez (Cuba) 3-2