Vitali Boot
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Vitali Boot is a German amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal at super heavyweight at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships
. There he beat Poland's Grzegorz Kielsa
(20:14), but lost to eventual winner Ruslan Chagaev
.
Boot won the German championships seven times. He defeated world class Sebastian Köber
in the final of the German championships 2002
but lost to him 12:18 in the final 2003. In 2004 he became German champion by defeating Ibrahim Altingul.
2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from June 3 to June 10. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing International Boxing Association...
. There he beat Poland's Grzegorz Kielsa
Grzegorz Kielsa
Grzegorz Kielsa is a Canadian based Polish professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.-Amateur career:He fought at both the 2000 and 2002 European Boxing Championships but did not gain a medal at either....
(20:14), but lost to eventual winner Ruslan Chagaev
Ruslan Chagaev
Ruslan Chagaev born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is an Uzbekistani former WBA heavyweight boxing champion of Tatar ethnicity...
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Boot won the German championships seven times. He defeated world class Sebastian Köber
Sebastian Köber
Sebastian Köber is a German boxer, who won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
in the final of the German championships 2002
but lost to him 12:18 in the final 2003. In 2004 he became German champion by defeating Ibrahim Altingul.