Konstantin Buga

Konstantin Buga (b. June 17, 1985 in Atbasar, Kazakhstan) is a German amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics as a middleweight.

Amateur career

Buga came to Germany in 1996 and received a German passport in 2002. He won the German championships at welterweight in 2005 but moved up to middleweight later. He participated in the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and was one of only two German quarterfinalists that qualified directly for the Olympics.

World amateur championships results

2007 (as a middleweight)

• Defeated Tobias Webb (Wales) RSCO 3
• Defeated Jean-Mickaël Raymond (France) 19-8
• Defeated Shawn Estrada (United States) 11-11
• Lost to Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 9-18

2009 (as a middleweight)

• Defeated Jacinto de Rosario (Cape Verde) 20-3
• Defeated Mladen Manev (Bulgaria) 12-1
• Defeated Rey Eduardo Recio (Cuba) 10-9
• Lost to Abbos Atoev (Uzbekistan) 3-4 (quarterfinal match)

Olympic games results

2008 (as a middleweight)

• Lost to Carlos Góngora (Ecuador) 7-14