1st Soviet boxer to defeat an American

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  1. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who was the 1st Soviet boxer to defeat an American? Who was the American?
     
  2. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Professional boxing or amatuer?

    Cause Im guessing it would have been earlier in the amatuers
     
  3. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Amateur
     
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    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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  6. Titan1

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    Igor Vysotsky?
     
  7. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No and No!
     
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  11. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No, No and No!

    Lazlo Papp wasn't an American or Russian, he was from Hungary.

    This happened in the very early 1960's.
     
  12. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    Yuri Radonyak
     
  13. Meast

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    Oleg Grigoryev ?



     
  14. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Your the closest so far, BUT it's not him.
     
  15. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    What weight class did this Soviet in question compete in?