Roman Romanchuk (boxer)

Roman Romanchuk

Personal information
Nationality	Ukraine (until 2000) Russia (since 2000)
Born	(1979-06-03)3 June 1979 Stryi, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Died	8 September 2016(2016-09-08) (aged 37) Odessa, Ukraine
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Roman Romanchuk Medal record Men's boxing Representing  Russia World Amateur Championships 2005 Mianyang Super heavyweight European Amateur Championships 2006 Pula Heavyweight World Cup 2005 Moscow Heavyweight

Roman Romanovich Romanchuk (Russian: Роман Романович Романчук; 3 June 1979 – 8 September 2016) was a Ukrainian (until 2000) and Russian (since 2000) amateur boxer. He won silver at super heavyweight during the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships and helped the Russian team win the 2005 Boxing World Cup. He also had success as an amateur kickboxer.

Romanchuk was born in Stryi, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, in 1979. Southpaw Romanchuk, whose father also was a successful amateur boxer, started to box in 1997. He later gained Russian citizenship in 2000. In 2002 and 2003, he finished second at 201 lbs in the national championships to fellow southpaw Aleksandr Alekseyev. He won the title in 2004 and 2006.

Romanchuk participated in the open weight class super heavyweight at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships where he defeated Rustam Saidov and future world champion Roberto Cammarelle 34:27 in the semis but lost the final to Odlanier Solis whom he had beaten on other occasions. The same year he was part of the Russian team which won the 2005 Boxing World Cup.

Back at 201 lbs, he was sensationally upset at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships by Ukrainian puncher Denis Poyatsika who managed to stop him in the final. In 2007, he surprisingly lost to his compatriot and fellow southpaw Rakhim Chakhkeiv and could not go to the World Championships in Chicago.