Alexander Ustinov
Alexander "Sasha" Ustinov is a Russian professional boxer, former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. In boxing, he has challenged once for the WBA heavyweight title in 2017.
Ustinov currently resides in Minsk, Belarus, but remains a Russian citizen and competes under the Russian flag.
Kickboxing career
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 a second-round TKO. In the semi-final 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.
Professional boxing career
Alexander Ustinov made his professional boxing debut on 13 May 2005 at the age of 29. He scored a second round TKO win in his first bout. On 26 February 2009, he won the EBF heavyweight title by stopping Ukrainian Maksym Pedyura in five rounds. Ustinov made two successful defences of that title against Italian Paolo Vidoz and Russian Denis Bakhtov. In his 19th professional contest he defeated American future heavyweight title challenger Monte Barrett by unanimous decision.Ustinov suffered his first defeat in his 28th contest to Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev via 11th round knockout in September 2009. In 2013, he scored the biggest win of his career by outpointing hard punching New Zealander-Samoan David Tua, which was the final fight of Tua's career as he announced his retirement after the fight. On 25 November 2017, he unsuccessfully challenged for the WBA heavyweight title, losing a unanimous decision to Syrian Manuel Charr.
On 26 July 2014, he was to scheduled to fight Tyson Fury as a late replacement for the injured Dereck Chisora. However, Tyson Fury pulled out of the fight due to the ill health and eventual death of his uncle, Hughie Fury.
Titles
- WBA International heavyweight champion
- EBA heavyweight champion
- 2006 WFCA Super Heavyweight World title
- 2006 IFMA World Amateur Champion
- 2006 K-1 Fighting Network in Marseilles Champion
- 2005 K-1 Italy Oktagon Champion
- 2004 WKN European Muay Thai Champion
- 2004 K-1 Poland Champion
- 2003 WKBF Golden Panther Cup Champion
- 2003 K-1 Spain Grand Prix in Barcelona Champion
- 2003 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Moscow Champion
- 2003 IAMTF World Amateur Muay Thai Champion
Kickboxing record
Mixed martial arts record
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 40 | Win | 36–4 |  Tornike Puritchamiashvili | RTD | 2, 3:00 | 26 Jul 2020 |  | |
| 39 | Win | 35–4 |  Oleksandr Nesterenko | KO | 1, 2:26 | 24 Jul 2019 |  Korston Club, Moscow, Russia | |
| 38 | Loss | 34–4 |  Joe Joyce | TKO | 3, 1:55 | 18 May 2019 | Lamex Stadium, Stevenage, England | |
| 37 | Loss | 34–3 |  Michael Hunter | TKO | 9, 1:52 | 24 Nov 2018 |  Casino de Salle Medecin, Monte Carlo, Monaco | For vacant WBA International heavyweight title |
| 36 | Loss | 34–2 |  Manuel Charr | UD | 12 | 25 Nov 2017 |  Oberhausen, Germany | For vacant WBA heavyweight title |
| 35 | Win | 34–1 |  Raphael Zumbano Love | TKO | 1, 2:06 | 19 May 2017 | Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 34 | Win | 33–1 | Konstantin Airich | KO | 5, 2:59 | 12 Dec 2015 | VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia | |
| 33 | Win | 32–1 | Maurice Harris | KO | 1, 1:05 | 10 Oct 2015 |  Poliedro, Caracas, Venezuela | Won vacant WBA International heavyweight title |
| 32 | Win | 31–1 | Travis Walker | TKO | 2, 1:36 | 11 Jul 2015 | Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, England | |
| 31 | Win | 30–1 |  Chauncy Welliver | UD | 8 | 11 Dec 2014 | Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia | |
| 30 | Win | 29–1 | David Tua | UD | 12 | 16 Nov 2013 |  Claudelands Arena, Hamilton, New Zealand | Won vacant WBA Pan African heavyweight title |
| 29 | Win | 28–1 |  Ivica Perkovic | UD | 8 | 20 Apr 2013 | Sports Palace "Lokomotyv", Kharkiv, Ukraine | |
| 28 | Loss | 27–1 |  Kubrat Pulev | KO | 11, 1:28 | 29 Sep 2012 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany | For European and IBF International heavyweight titles |
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Jason Gavern | KO | 7, 2:26 | 26 Apr 2012 | Sports Palace "Lokomotyv", Kharkiv, Ukraine | Won vacant IBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title |
| 26 | Win | 26–0 |  Kertson Manswell | TKO | 3, 2:18 | 3 Mar 2012 | ESPRIT Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Denis Bakhtov | UD | 12 | 22 Oct 2011 | Budivelnik, Cherkasy, Ukraine | Retained EBA heavyweight title |
| 24 | Win | 24–0 |  Akmal Aslanov | TKO | 2, 1:57 | 30 Jul 2011 | Palace of Sport, Odessa, Ukraine | |
| 23 | Win | 23–0 |  Guido Santana | TKO | 1, 1:08 | 28 May 2011 | Concert Hall "Kobzov", Kiev, Ukraine | |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 |  Özcan Çetinkaya | TKO | 2, 1:15 | 16 Oct 2010 | O2 World, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 |  Paolo Vidoz | UD | 12 | 26 Jun 2010 | Palace of Sport, Odessa, Ukraine | Retained EBA heavyweight title |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Ed Mahone | TKO | 4, 0:30 | 20 Mar 2010 | ESPRIT Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Monte Barrett | UD | 12 | 12 Dec 2009 |  PostFinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland | Won vacant WBA International heavyweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Andriy Kindrych | TKO | 3, 1:15 | 21 Oct 2009 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 |  Talgat Dosanov | TKO | 4, 2:55 | 15 Aug 2009 | Dynamo, Grozny, Russia | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Michael Sprott | UD | 10 | 20 Jun 2009 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Byron Polley | KO | 2, 1:27 | 21 Mar 2009 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Maksym Pedyura | TKO | 5, 1:56 | 26 Feb 2009 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | Won vacant EBA heavyweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Julius Long | KO | 1, 2:50 | 11 Oct 2008 | O2 World, Berlin, Germany | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Daniel Bispo | KO | 2 | 22 Aug 2008 |  Olympic Village, Beijing, China | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Hans-Jörg Blasko | 2, 2:59 | 12 Jul 2008 | Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Rudolf Abramyan | UD | 8 | 17 May 2008 | Sports Palace "Lokomotyv", Kharkiv, Ukraine | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Sedreck Fields | 8 | 19 Apr 2008 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | ||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Earl Ladson | TKO | 1, 1:59 | 23 Feb 2008 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 |  Vitali Shkraba | TKO | 1 | 6 Jul 2007 | Arena Gym, Hamburg, Germany | Won vacant German International heavyweight title |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Oleksandr Mileiko | TKO | 5 | 25 Mar 2007 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Engin Solmaz | TKO | 2, 0:53 | 10 Feb 2007 | Grand Elysée Hotel, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Valeri Meierson | TKO | 1, 2:30 | 25 Dec 2006 | Club Reaktor, Minsk, Belarus | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Ryszard Raszkiewicz | TKO | 3, 2:26 | 17 Oct 2006 |  Hotel Pyramida, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Aleh Ramanau | TKO | 6 | 20 May 2005 | Mebelny-3, Minsk, Belarus | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Aleh Tsukanau | 2 | 13 May 2005 | Mebelny-3, Minsk, Belarus |