Taras Shelestyuk

Name: Taras Shelestyuk
Birth Name: Тарас Шелестюк
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthplace: Makiivka, Ukraine
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 180cm
Reach: 180cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainers: Freddie Roach (2013-2015), Eric Brown (2015-2016), Joel Diaz (2017-present)
Manager: Vadim Kornilov (-2018)
Promoter: Art Pelullo (-2017)

Olympic Games results

• Represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, boxing as a Welterweight (69 kg):
  • Round 1/8 - Defeated Vasili Belous (Moldova) 15-7
  • Quarterfinal - Defeated Alexis Vastine (France) +18-18
  • Semifinal - Lost to Fred Evans (Great Britain) 10-11

Amateur Career

• Estimated Amateur record: 195-15.

2009 World Championships participant in Milan, Italy at 69 kg.

• Defeated Leon Chartoi (Sweden) 10-3
• Defeated Onder Sipal (Turkey) 14-6
• Lost to Serik Sapiyev (Kazakhstan) 11-16

2010 European Championships Bronze medalist in Moscow, Russia at 69 kg.

• Defeated Andrey Zamkovoy (Russia) 6-3
• Defeated Onder Sipal (Turkey) 4-2
• Defeated John Joe Joyce (Ireland) 9-1
• Lost to Balazs Bacskai (Hungary) 2-4

2011 World Championships Gold medalist in Baku, Azerbaijan at 69 kg.

• Defeated Torben Keller (Denmark) 23-8
• Defeated Carlos Banteaux (Cuba) 17-15
• Defeated Alexis Vastine (France) 18-11
• Defeated Andrey Zamkovoy (Russia) +13-13
• Defeated Vikas Krishan (India) 15-12
• Defeated Serik Sapiyev (Kazakhstan) 16-10