Ievgen Khytrov

Name: Ievgen Khytrov
Alias: The Ukrainian Lion
Birth Name: Евген Хитров
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birthplace: Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 179cm
Reach: 184cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: James (Buddy) McGirt (2013)

Olympic Games results

Represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, boxing as a Middleweight (75 kg):

• Round 1/8 - Lost to Anthony Ogogo (United Kingdom) 18-18+

World Amateur Championship Results

• 2011 Gold Medalist at the World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, boxing as a Middleweight (75 kg):
  • Round 1/32 - Defeated Nursahat Paziyev (Turkmenistan) RSC 3
  • Round 1/16 - Defeated Vladimir Milevskij (Lithuania) 21-13
  • Round 1/8 - Defeated Zoltan Harcsa (Hungary) RSC 1
  • Quarterfinal - Defeated Aleksandar Drenovak (Serbia) 34-15
  • Semifinal - Defeated Bogdan Juratoni (Romania) RSCH 2
  • Final - Defeated Ryota Murata (Japan) 24-22

Other amateur achievements

• 2005 Bronze Medalist at the European Cadet Championships (15-16 year olds) in Siofok, Hungary at 63 kg.
• 2006 Bronze Medalist at the World Junior Championships (17-18 year olds) in Agadir, Morocco as a Welterweight.
  • Defeated Arpad Klasz (Hungary) 22-20
  • Defeated Mladen Manev (Bulgaria) RSC-OS 3
  • Defeated Mihai Stan (Romania) RSC 2
  • Lost to Julio Cesar Iglesias (Cuba) 13-33
• 2007 Gold Medalist at the European Junior Championships (17-18 year olds) in Sombor, Serbia as a Welterweight.
  • Defeated Ioannis Kimitsidis (Greece) RSC 2
  • Defeated Ceferino Rodriguez (Spain) RET 2
  • Defeated Alexandru Papusa (Moldavia) 23-10
  • Defeated Pal Oravecz (Hungary) 29-20
  • Defeated Artem Chebotarev (Russia) 26-16
• 2013 Bronze Medalist at the European Championships in Minsk, Belarus as a Middleweight.
  • Defeated Victor Carapcevschii (Moldavia) 3-0
  • Defeated Maksim Gazizov (Russia) 3-0
  • Lost to Jason Quigley (Ireland) 0-3