Boxing
• Cruiserweight Alexander Usik (7-0-0, 7 KO) won by third-round TKO against Johnny Muller (19-4-2, 13 KO) of South Africa for the WBO Intercontinental Title on August 29 at the Sports Palace in Kyiv. Super lightweight Denys Berinchyk (1-0-0, 0 KO) won his first professional bout against Tarik Madni (19-9-1, 1 KO) of Belgium after Madni retired in the fourth round out of six scheduled rounds. Featherweight Oleg Malinovsky (15-0-0, 5 KO) won by unanimous decision after eight rounds against Bahyt Abdurahimov (11-9-0, 5 KO) of Uzbekistan. Super welterweight Alexander Spirko (19-0-0, 11 KO) won by first-round knockout (out of eight scheduled rounds) against Eduards Gerasimovs (6-5-1, 6 KO) of Latvia. Super middleweight Petr Ivanov (4-0-0, 1 KO) won by unanimous decision after six scheduled rounds against Beqa Aduashvili (13-2-0, 6 KO) of Georgia. Middleweight Maksym Ponomariov (11-1-0, 1 KO) won by unanimous decision after six rounds against Levan Shonia (14-8-0, 10 KO) of Georgia, and super lightweight Aram Faniyan (4-0-0, 0 KO) won by unanimous decision after four rounds against Vitaliy Manuylenko (0-1-0, 0 KO).
• Heavyweight Vyacheslav Glazkov (21-0-1, 13 KO) won by fourth-round TKO (out of 10 scheduled rounds) against Kerson Manswell (24-12-0, 18 KO) of Trinidad and Tobago at Basket Hall in Krasnodar, the Russian Federation, on August 15.
• Middleweight Evhen Khytrov (11-0-0, 10 KO) won by eighth-round TKO against Nick Brinson (17-4-2, 7 KO) of the U.S.A. on August 7 at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Middleweight Sergiy Derevyanchenko (6-0-0, 4 KO) won by unanimous decision after eight rounds against Elvin Ayala (28-7-2, 12 KO) of the U.S.A., with judges scoring 80-72, 80-71, 80-71.
• Welterweight Viktor Plotnikov (32-3-0, 15 KO) lost against Jeff Horn (11-0-1, 8 KO) of New Zealand on August 1 at Invercargill, New Zealand. Plotnikov retired after the eighth out of 10 rounds. Judges scored 68-64, 70-63, 70-63 in favor of Horn.
• Heavyweight Andrey Rudenko (26-2-0, 17 KO) won by unanimous decision after eight rounds against Vaclav Pejsar (5-2-0, 5 KO) of the Czech Republic on July 31 in Kyiv.
• Middleweight Ruslan Schelev (11-4-0, 6 KO) lost a six-round unanimous decision against Anthony Ogogo (8-0-0, 4 KO) of Great Britain on July 18 at Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle/Saale, Germany.
• Welterweight Vyacheslav Senchenko (37-2-0, 25 KO) won by fifth-round TKO (out of eight) against Sergei Melis (25-19-0, 10 KO) of Estonia at AKKO International Center in Kyiv on July 17. Also on the fight card, flyweight Artem Dalakian (11-0-0, 7 KO) won by unanimous decision after 12 rounds for the WBA Continental Title against Angel Moreno (8-1-2, 2 KO) of Spain, with judges scoring 118-110, 118-110, 118-110. Featherweight Oleg Yeflimovych (26-2-0, 14 KO) won by unanimous decision after 12 rounds against Tuomo Eronen (14-4-0, 5 KO) of Finland for the WBA Continental Title, with judges scoring 120-107, 119-108, 119-108.
• Light heavyweight Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (14-0-0, 12 KO) won by third-round TKO against Paul Parker (7-1-0, 4 KO) of the U.S.A. at 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on June 30. The fight was scheduled for 10 rounds.
• Super middleweight Maxim Bursak (31-4-1, 14 KO) lost by unanimous decision to Zac Dunn (18-0-0, 15 KO) at Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton, Australia, on June 27. Judges scored 116-110, 115-111, 115-111. Dunn claimed the vacant IBO world title.
• Heavyweight Andrey Rudenko (25-2-0, 17 KO) won by seventh-round KO against Shalva Jomardashvili (41-13-2, 32 KO) of Georgia on June 20 in Koncha Zaspa, Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. The fight was scheduled for eight rounds.
• The Budivelnik Sport Palace in Cherkasy, Ukraine, hosted a night of boxing on June 13 with five Ukrainian fighters on the card. Cruiserweight Iago Kiladze (24-1-0, 15 KO) won by unanimous decision after eight rounds against Lukasz Rusiewicz (19-20-0, 10 KO) of Poland; cruiserweight Ismayl Sillakh (22-2-0, 17 KO) won by unanimous decision after eight rounds against Artus Kilikauskis (16-25-5, 8 KO) of Latvia; cruiserweight Serhiy Radchenko (3-0-0, 0 KO) won by majority decision after eight rounds against Murod Azimov (6-4-1, 1 KO) of Uzbekistan (judges scored 79-75, 79-75, 76-76); super lightweight Mishiko Beselia (11-0-0, 8 KO) won by TKO in the eighth round (of eight) against Mahsud Djumaev (10-9-1, 6 KO) of Uzbekistan; and welterweight Ilya Prymak (9-1-0, 7 KO) won by third-round TKO (out of six rounds) against Mansur Abdumamatov (6-1-0, 1 KO) of Uzbekistan.
• Light heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk (6-0-0, 4 KO) won by unanimous decision after six rounds against Michael Gbena (20-21-0, 20 KO) of Senegal on June 13 at Florentine Gardens in Hollywood, Calif. Judges scored 60-54, 60-54, 60-54.
• Lightweight Ivan Redkach (18-1-0, 14 KO) lost by fourth-round TKO (out of 12 rounds) against Dejan Zlaticanin (21-0-0, 13 KO) of Montenegro at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Ala., on June 13. The fight was a WBC title eliminator fight; with the win Zlaticanin holds the No. 1 spot in the WBC lightweight rankings.
• Light heavyweight Anatoliy Dudchenko (19-4-0, 13 KO) lost by second-round TKO against Eleider Alvarez (17-0-0, 10 KO) of Columbia on June 12 at UIC Pavilion in Chicago.
• Lightweight Valentin Golovko (21-0-0, 14 KO) won by unanimous decision against Gerardo Robles (18-14-0, 8 KO) of the U.S.A. at Phil Welch arena in St. Joseph, Mo., on June 12. Judges scored 49-45, 49-45, 49-45.
• Cruiserweight Dmytro Kucher (23-1-0, 16 KO) won against Bobby Thomas Jr. (14-4-1, 9 KO) of the U.S.A. at Florentine Gardens in Hollywood, Calif., on May 30. Thomas retired after the first round of eight.
• In the amateur rankings of the Amateur International Boxing Association, Anastasiia Chernokolenko (81 kg) is ranked in third place and Liliya Durnyeva (also 81 kg) is ranked seventh place; Maryna Malovana (57 kg) is ranked seventh. In the men’s division, Denys Poyatsyka (91 kg) is ranked in 16th place; Oleksandr Ganzulia (81 kg) is ranked in 28th place; Ievgen Khytrov (75 kg) is ranked in 18th place; Bogdan Shelestyuk (69 kg) is ranked in 17th place; Pavlo Ishchenko and Dmytro Cherniak (60 kg) are ranked in 10th and 33rd place, respectively; Mykola Butsenko (56 kg) is ranked in fifth place.
• Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3-0, 53 KO) fights Tyson Fury (24-0-0, 18 KO) of Great Britain on October 24 at Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
• Super lightweight Viktor Postol (27-0-0, 11 KO) is set to fight against Lucas Martin Matthysse (37-3-0, 34 KO) of Argentina for the WBC title at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., October 3.
• Light heavyweight Oleksandr Chervyak (15-4-1, 5 KO) fights Erik Skoglund (22-0-0, 11 KO) of Sweden on September 19 in Nykopig, Sweden, for the IBF Intercontinental Title.
• Super welterweight Ivan Golub (8-0-0, 6 KO) fights Javier Castro (27-7-0, 22 KO) of Mexico on September 18 at Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J.
Youth Olympiad
• At the Summer European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 28-August 1, in judo, Ukraine’s Gievorg Maukian (66 kg) won the silver in the men’s division; Iryna Khryashchevska (70 kg) won silver in women’s; Vladyslav Berezka (+90 kg) won silver; and Oleksii Babenko (+90 kg) won bronze. Eduard Yermako won silver in men’s artistic gymnastics in the parallel bars. Oleksandr Moroz won silver in the men’s 50-meter freestyle swimming race. In athletics, Ukraine won five medals – one gold in hammer throw, Mykhailo Havryliuk (75.2 meters); one gold in boy’s high jump, Dmytro Nikitin (2.12 meters); one gold in girl’s shot put, Marharyta Lukachenko (16.30 meters); one silver in boy’s pole vault, Taras Shevtsov (4.60 meters); and one silver in triple jump, Sonia Da Knseisao Kussekala (13.3 meters).
Universiade
• Ukraine finished in eighth place in the medal standings with 31 medals – eight gold, 17 silver and six bronze – at the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade (student youth games) on July 3-14 in Gwangju, South Korea. Artistic gymnast Oleg Verniaiev won six medals – gold medals in the individual all-around, men’s rings and parallel bars, silver in the men’s floor exercise, and bronze in the men’s vault, and the men’s team won bronze in the team event (with Verniaiev, Igor Radivilov, Mykyta Yermak, Arseniev and Volodymyr Okachev). Verniaiev’s six-medal tally was the highest for any individual competitor. Radivilov won silver medals in men’s rings and men’s vault. In judo, Dmytro Kanivets (73 kg) won silver and Tetiana Lvytska (52 kg) won bronze; Ukraine’s men’s judo team (Bogdan Iadov, Mykhailo Iltchuk, Dmytro Kanivets, Denys Tolkach, Artem Gulyayev, Dmytro Luchyn, Fedir Panko and Anton Rudnyk) won bronze. Ukraine’s women’s coxless four-man rowing team (Daryna Verkhogliad, Ievgennia Nimchenko, Nataliia Kovalova and Nataliia Dovgodko) won gold, and Ukraine won silver in women’s double sculls (Verkhogliad and Nimchenko) and women’s singles sculls (Dovgodko). Ukraine’s men’s team (Andrii Mykhailov, Yurii Ivanov, Anton Bondarenko, Vladyslav Nikulin, Oleksandr Nadtoka, Artem Verestiuk, Ivan Dovhodko, Igor Khmara and Dmytro Mikhai) won silver in the eight-man race and men’s lightweight double sculls (Igor Khmara and Stanislav Kovalov). Swimmer Sergei Frolov won gold in the men’s 800-meter freestyle and silver in the men’s 1,500-meter freestyle, and Mariia Liver won gold in women’s 50-meter breaststroke. Ukraine’s men’s saber team (Bogdan Platonov, Dmytro Raskosov, Ievgenii Staasenko and Yuriy Tsap) won silver and Ukraine’s epee team (Valeriy Zharskyy, Volodymyr Stanke, Yan Sych and Yurii Taranenko) also won silver. Ukraine’s men’s athletics team (Igor Glavan, Nazar Kovalenko, Ivan Banzeruk), won gold in the men’s team 20-kilometer walk.
• In rhythmic gymnastics, Ganna Rizatdinova won gold in the clubs event, silver in ball, bronze in ribbon and silver in the individual all-around. Ukraine’s rhythmic gymnastics team (Olena Dmytrash, Yevgenia Gomon, Oleksandra Gridasova, Valeriia Gudym and Anastasiia Mulmina) won gold in the group event for six clubs and two hoops, silver in the five ribbons group event and silver in the group all-around. In volleyball, Ukraine’s men (Pylyp Harmash, Yurii Synytsia, Dmytro Bogdan, Oleksiy Klyamar, Mykola Moroz, Maksym Drozd, Dmytro Shorkin, Yuriy Tomyn, Sergiy Tyutlin, Dmytro Teryomenko, Oleg Shevchenko and Olekhsandr Dmytriiev) and women (Ganna Lisieienkova, Anna Stepaniuk, Diana Karpets, Kateryna Kalchenko, Anastasiia Chernukha, Viktoriya Delros, Maryna Degtiarova, Svitlana Dorsman, Angelina Dubianska, Kateryna Dudnyk, Oksana Madzar and Nadiia Kodola) won silver medals in their respective divisions.
Athletics
• Anastaiia Tkachuk won first place in the women’s 800-meter race (2:01.94 seconds) at the IAAF World Challenge Meeting in Rieti, Italy, on September 13. Yulia Chumachenko won first place in the women’s high jump (1.88 meters) and Yulia Levchenko won third place (1.78 meters); Krystyna Hryshutyna won first place in the women’s long jump (6.42 meters); and Nataliya Strohova won second place in the women’s 200-meter race (23.40 seconds)
• Bohdan Bondarenko won second place in the men’s high jump (2.3 meters) at the Weltklasse Zurich meeting of the IAAF Diamond League Meetings on September 3 in Letzigrund, Switzerland. Bondarenko earned four points from the second-place finish.
• Natalia Pohrebniak won silver in the women’s 100-meter race (11.15 seconds) at the IAAF World Challenge Meeting in Madrid on July 11.
• Oleksiy Kasyanov won first place in the men’s long jump (7.7 meters) at the TNT Express Meeting as part of the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge in men’s decathlon on June 12-13 in Kladno, the Czech Republic. Kasyanov scored 985 points with the jump. He finished in fourth place in Group A in men’s shot put (14.27 meters, 745 points), fourth place in men’s high jump (1.99 meters, 796 points), second place in heat 3 of the men’s 400-meter race (48.67 seconds, 877 points), first place in heat 3 in men’s 110-meter hurdles (14.09 seconds, 963 points), first place in discus throw (50.85 meters, 888 points), and was in a three-way tie for second place in the pole vault (4.65 meters, 804 points). Kasyanov did not complete the decathlon.
• Olga Saladuha won third place in the women’s triple jump (14.46 meters) at the Exxon Mobil Bislett Games as part of the IAAF Diamond League Meetings in Oslo, Norway, on June 11. Bohdan Bondarenko finished in fifth place in the men’s high jump (2.33 meters).