Evgeny Makarenko

Evgeny Makarenko (born 10 October 1975) is a boxer from Russia best known for winning two world amateur titles in 2001 and 2003 at light heavyweight.

Career

Southpaw Makarenko won a bronze in 1998 as a heavyweight at the 1998 European championships and dominated light heavyweight between 2001 and 2006.

He won gold medals at

• the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships,
• the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a heavyweight
• the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships where he beat Rudolf Kraj.
• and the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.

He also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics as a light heavyweight, his results were:

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Yoan Pablo Hernández (Cuba) 30-18
• Lost to Andre Ward (United States) 16-23

In 2006 he beat highly touted newcomer Artur Beterbiev but lost to him in 2007, preventing him from participating in the World Championships in Chicago.

World championships results

(partial) 2003

• Defeated Abid Hussain (Pakistan) AB 2
• Defeated Helias Pavlidis (Greece) 36-15
• Defeated Kenneth Egan (Ireland) 27-13
• Defeated Rudolf Kraj (Czech Republic) 23-19
• Defeated Mahamed Aripgadzhiev (Belarus) 29-11