Alexander Ustinov
| Alexander Ustinov Александр Устинов |
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| Born | Aleksandr Ustinov 7 December 1976 Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now russia) |
| Other names | The Great |
| Residence | Minsk, Belarus |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) |
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| Stance | Orthodox |
| Years active |
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| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 34 |
| Wins | 33 |
| By knockout | 24 |
| Losses | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 64 |
| Wins | 53 |
| By knockout | 31 |
| Losses | 9 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 2 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Losses | 1 |
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Alexander Ustinov (Russian: Александр Устинов; born 7 December 1976) is a Russian professional boxer, and former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. In boxing he has challenged once for the European heavyweight title, in 2012.
Ustinov currently resides in Minsk, Belarus, but remains a Russian citizen and competes under the Russian flag.
In 2003 after winning K-1 Moscow Grand Pix with three consecutive KO's Alexander Ustinov earned his spot at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris. In quarter finals he met Gregory Tony and won the fight by 2-round TKO. In semis he stepped into the ring against his own sparring partner Alexey Ignashov and after the hard fought battle the judges ruled the fight for Ignashov's favor.
In December 2003 he continued his strong performances at the tournaments winning the K-1 Spain GP in Barcelona.
On 7 August 2004 Alexander Ustinov was invited to participate at K-1 World GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II. On his biggest tournament of his career, he was matched up against the towering South African fighter Jan "The Giant" Nortje. Alexander Ustinov won the battle but unfortunately was unable to continue due to a deep laceration on his shin and was replaced by the American Scott Lighty.
In 2005 he won two more K-1 tournaments in Milan, Italy and Lommel, Belgium as well as made his professional boxing debut.
After winning another K-1 tournament in France in January 2006, his next fight was in K-1 Slovakia against Bjorn Bregy from Switzerland. In first round Bregy hit Ustinov with a knee to the groin and referee gave Alexander the standing 8 count. Ustinov could not recover and Bregy was declared the winner. After the controversial decision by the referee the fight was later changed to a No Contest.
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