Sergey Vodopyanov

Sergey Vodopyanov (born 20 September 1987 in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan ) is a Russian amateur boxer best known for winning gold in the bantamweight class at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Career

2004 - 2006 Vodopyanov won the silver medal at the 2004 Junior World Championships, where he lost to Hungarian Pál Bedák.

In 2006 he won the silver medal at flyweight at the Russian Championships, losing to three-times European champion Georgy Balakshin of Russia.

At the 2006 Junior World Championships he made an early exit against eventual champion Vasyl Lomachenko.

2007 He won the 2007 Russian Championships in the bantamweight category against Zinat Zhandybayev, 27:25.

In Chicago at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships the 20-year-old beat local hero Gary Russell Jr. 16:6 and Puerto Rican McJoe Arroyo 20:9 to reach the finals. There he edged out Mongolian Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan 16:14.

2008 Beijing Olympics He lost in the round of 16 in a 2008 Beijing Olympics bantamweight class fight to India's Akhil Kumar. The judges awarded the fight to Kumar with the scores tied 9–9 after four rounds, ruling that the Indian fighter had landed the most punches.

2012 London Olympics At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again fought in the bantamweight class, and was again knocked out in the second round, beating Alberto Melian in the first round before losing to Robenilson de Jesus in the second.