The state of Denis Boitsov today. Boytsov, Denis Nikolaevich. A few questions about the tragedy of the boxer
On May 3, the famous heavyweight boxer Denis Boytsov was found in the tunnel between two Berlin metro stations. He was found to have a severe head injury and other injuries. Doctors put him into a state of artificial coma for medical purposes. According to the latest data, Boytsov's condition is gradually improving, but the cerebral edema has not yet subsided.
This story reached the press very late. And it would be better if it didn’t reach at all, although this is unrealistic. I think we will never know the whole truth about what happened that day either in the subway car or in the tunnel itself. Boytsov's wife Olga almost immediately accused Valdemar Klyukh, the former boxer's promoter, of the incident. Her version seemed to be reinforced by the fact that Kluh had just been released from prison, where he served three years for blackmailing another promoter, Klaus-Peter Kohl, and extorting him. I am familiar with both of them, so I can’t claim to own the truth in the first instance, but, as they say, I have an opinion.
Klyukh did not seem to me a person capable of such a thing. His conflict with Kohl also does not mean anything. Klyukh acquired the once-famous promotional company Universum, which once belonged to Kolya, in which the Klitschko brothers also performed for many years. In my opinion, the conflict was inevitable. Klyukh hardly understood what he was buying, and when he understood, complaints inevitably arose. At the same time, I am not at all inclined to idealize Klyukh. The biography there is rich. And, according to Boytsov's wife, he also seemed to have threatened Denis a couple of years ago, when he left the promoter, but there is a long distance from threat to action.
Kol is also not a girl from the church choir. And not even a boy. As far as I know, its connection with the criminal world, which in Germany is called die Unterwelt, has never been convincingly proven, but I myself saw many of its representatives at the tournaments that Kohl organized. These were the leading Hamburg pimps, who were difficult to confuse with someone in a very characteristic manner of dressing, and one should have seen the reverence with which they addressed Kohl. Even then it seemed to me that criminal uncles do not honor strangers like that. So they respect only their own, who have become very big people. But, perhaps, I do not know any features of the German mentality, so I will not unequivocally state anything. Yes, and that's not what we're talking about.
I know dozens of different stories that happened to boxers that I will never make public. Based on them, one could write more than one best-selling article, but I have not the slightest desire for any money to replenish the list of scum journalists. In addition, this is the lot of mediocrity, who simply have nothing more to take. If you don’t know how to write, deal with scandals, you won’t be left without work. So don't expect any revelations from me about Boitsov, whom I hardly even know. True, I know some of the people around him well. Their overall verdict on him: a wonderful guy, absolutely no shit in his soul.
The only problem is that wonderful guys get into history just as often as far from wonderful guys, and this concerns athletes in the very first place.
It often seems that athletes start having problems when they finish their performances - in the ring, on the football field, on the hockey rink ... Nothing like that. These problems are just a continuation of the ones they had before they left the sport.
The enormous burdens that very young people subject themselves to cause an irresistible desire to somehow reward themselves for them. Anyone who has been seriously involved in sports even for a short time remembers the question hanging in the air of the gym soaked in caustic labor sweat: “Lord, when will this mockery end ?!” And if this “mockery” becomes almost the main part of your life, then what to do?
Boxers in this regard are more at risk of "indulging in bad excesses" than representatives of other sports. Preparing for a fight, which lasts an average of two months, is pure hell. Then comes the fight. If it lasts ten or twelve rounds, then it results in hundreds of missed blows. Body temperature rises to forty degrees. Brains are melting. And it's good if after all these torments you won, but what if you lost? Wouldn't it be natural for you to relax after a fight, especially a bad one?
The German police said that Boytsov was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident, whatever it was. Klyukh also hastened to tell the world that Denis had problems with alcohol. However, his reaction is quite natural, especially if he has nothing to do with this story. Well, there were problems. Only this is not yet a reason for all of us to stand in a pose of virtue insulted in the best feelings and be indignant: “Oh, he Y-Y-Y-drank! ..” Well, he drank. And you, one must think, always fall sober under the table? How do you not fall? At all? Hey, young man! So lucky. I've always had a hangover before the buzz. There is a lot of some kind of enzyme in the blood, so drinking has always been torture, so I didn’t drink. And why should I now on this weighty despise those who are less fortunate with the composition of the blood? Well, I drank, I was driving home and something happened.
What force could push out of the car a man as big as a bull, who can kill with one blow? Maybe there were a lot of them. Maybe they were armed. Maybe, which the police seem to be leaning towards, it was an accident after all. They, these cases, are different, sometimes completely unimaginable. So, seventeen years ago, I went running one morning and returned a month later from the hospital. There was a series of absurdities, at the end of which I found myself, and there was absolutely nothing interesting about it.
I mean, we should not, by and large, be interested in what exactly happened there. Unless, if there are guilty, then let them be punished. The main thing is that Denis comes to his senses. And was healthy after that.
Performs in the heavy weight category. To this day, Denis remains the reigning Intercontinental Champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), the champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO European) and the champion of 2006-2008. according to the World Boxing Council (WBC Youth World). German newspapers dubbed Boytsov Russian Tyson.
Denis Nikolaevich Boitsov was born on February 14, 1986 in Orel, USSR. The boy began to go in for sports at the age of 5 - at the suggestion of his father, Nikolai Evgenievich, who brought his son to his friend Ivan Aspidov. Very soon attending training for fun grew into a serious hobby. Boitsov, justifying the meaning of his "strong" surname, turned into a real young fighter.
Already at a young age, Denis showed himself to be an excellent amateur boxer, achieving success both within his native country and abroad. Having reached the Russian level, in 2000, at the World Youth Championship in Azerbaijan, Boytsov first took the Greek boxer out of the game ahead of schedule, and then snatched the victory in the final.
du in Azerbaijani. In 2002, the Oryol boxer came to Hungary, to the city of Kecskemét, to once again become the champion among youths (in the category up to 81 kg), after which in 2004 in South Korea, in Jeju, Denis again became the first - on Youth World Championship (in the category over 91 kg).
During his amateur career, Boytsov spent 130 fights, losing only 15 of them. However, for all his victories, a successful athlete earned no more than 20 thousand rubles. In the fall of 2004, he had to make a difficult choice: to go to professional boxing or stay amateur. Ultimately, Denis decided to make the transition by signing a contract with the German company "Universum Box-Promotion", which work
and with the Klitschko brothers. By the way, in just three victories at the professional level, Boytsov has already been able to purchase new "Lada" 12th models, having considerably improved his financial situation.
He spent his first professional fight in the ring in Hamburg, knocking out his opponent almost at the very beginning of the first round, which showed the German promoters that they had not made a mistake in choosing. Until 2009, his coach was Fritz Sdunek. Today, Boytsov is trained by Artur Grigoryan, a former Uzbek boxer of Armenian origin and former WBO lightweight champion.
After making his debut in the professional ring in September 2004, the Oryol boxer earned victory in two subsequent fights with two fantastic
technical knockouts. On December 14, 2004, he met in the ring with Belarusian heavyweight boxer Oleg Tsukanov in Sölden, Austria. The fight started in the usual style for Denis - with sharp accented blows, he put pressure on the opponent's defensive formations, which culminated in an accurate hit on his body. In the first round, Tsukanov was counted down by a knockdown. However, after a double blow from Boytsov to the head and body, having survived the second knockdown, Tsukanov decided to abandon further combat.
On September 28, 2005, for the first time, the Russian met with an opponent whose record of victories prevailed over defeats. It was the Hungarian heavyweight Janos Somogyi. Fight between Denis
and Yanosh the fight took place in Hamburg, Germany, during which the Russian boxer knocked down Janos with a clear right punch. After the Hungarian returned to the ring, Boytsov carried out another series of blows - and knocked out a clearly stunned opponent.
In Westphalia, Germany, on June 6, 2009, the Oryol boxer sent the Ukrainian Taras Bidenko to a technical knockout in the sixth round of a 12-round fight. As of February 2010, Boytsov had 27 pro fights, winning all of them, with 22 wins by knockout.
Denis Boytsov graduated from the Oryol State Technical University(specialization "Sports Management"); married, no children. He loves cars and motorcycles
Denis Nikolaevich Boytsov(born February 14, 1986, Oryol, USSR) - Russian professional boxer who competed in the super heavy weight category.
Biography
He started boxing at the age of 5. At a young age, he achieved significant success in amateur competitions both domestically and internationally. Twice won the World Championships among juniors - in 2001 (Baku, Azerbaijan, weight category up to 71 kg.) And in 2002 (Kecskemet, Hungary, weight category up to 81 kg.), won the "gold" of the 2004 Youth World Championship ( Jeju, South Korea, weight category over 91 kg.). In general, during his amateur career, he fought 130 fights, won 115 victories in them. Master of sports of international class. Denis spent his entire amateur career under the guidance of coach Ivan Ivanovich Aspidov.
Education - higher (Oryol State Technical University, sports management). Married, has a daughter (born June 2015).
On May 11, 2015, a media report appeared that boxer Denis Boytsov was put into an artificial coma in a Berlin hospital due to cerebral edema. According to the German publication Hamburger Abendblatt, the boxer was found by subway workers on the railway tracks between two stations with head injuries. The police report noted that the athlete was intoxicated. According to the Berliner Kurier portal, the Russian was running away from someone and, risking his life, rushed into the subway tunnel. Nothing is known about the possible pursuers of the athlete. It is specified that Boytsov, who was lying between the tracks, was discovered by the subway train driver on Sunday, May 3 at 16:30 local time. Boytsov's manager Gagik Khachatryan said that the athlete is highly likely not to return to the ring. “Denis is still in a coma, the doctors say he should get better. We do not hope for boxing, in this state you only need to believe in the restoration of health. Denis has sports insurance that compensates for all expenses, ”TASS quotes Khachatryan. As of May 28, 2015, Boytsov's condition is noted as stable. It was reported that the police are investigating, leaning towards the version of an accident. Boytsov's wife Olga said that the incident is more like a crime and a staged accident. Olga, who is in the last weeks of her pregnancy expecting her first child, added: “Everything is stable. I'm holding on". The baby is expected to be born in June.
On June 25, 2015, Eurosport published a message that Denis Boytsov was taken out of an artificial coma. For seven weeks, while the heavyweight was in this state, he lost weight from 103 to 70 kg. Fighters can breathe on their own, but are unable to move, speak or eat. He is connected to a parenteral nutrition machine, which is why he lost weight.
Amateur career
The first serious achievements in amateur competitions came to Denis at a young age. Fighters equally successfully performed both on the domestic and international arena. In 2001, he confidently won the World Youth Championship, held in Baku (Azerbaijan), defeating all his rivals in the weight category up to 71 kg. The next season, the heavier Boytsov became the winner youth championship Russia (category up to 81 kg.) And received a pass to the Hungarian Kecskemet, for the next world championship. The final result of Denis's performance in Hungary was the gold medal he won. Mine high level Boytsov confirmed in the next age group. In 2004, the Russian in excellent style won the World Junior Championship in South Korea in the category over 91 kg. After the victory in Jeju, Denis made the final decision to switch to professional boxing.
Professional career
Denis began his professional career with a contract with the well-known German promotion company Universum Box-Promotion (Klaus-Peter Kohl).
Boytsov made his professional debut on September 21, 2004 at the age of 18. He spent most of his fights in Germany, three fights in Austria. Denis' coach until 2009 was the venerable German specialist Fritz Zdunek. After the departure of the coach from Universum, Artur Grigoryan, the famous Soviet boxer in the past, the winner of the amateur World Championship and the long-term holder of the professional WBO lightweight title, Artur Grigoryan, is preparing Boitsov for fights.
(36-1-0, 27 KOs) May 3 excited many boxing fans. This guy was once considered one of the hottest prospects in the pro boxing heavyweight division. Before that, Boytsov was a very talented amateur boxer. He became the world champion three times in youth and youth championships and could well declare himself loudly in the adult amateur ring. However, Denis chose to devote himself to professional boxing, accepting an offer from the then mighty German promotion company Universum Box Promotion.
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(36-1-0, 27 KOs)
Amateur career: world champion among youths (2001), champion of Russia (2002), world champion among juniors (2004).
Professional career: WBC World Youth Champion (2006), WBA Intercontinental Champion (2009), WBO European Champion (2009).
Boytsov made his professional debut in September 2004, when he was only 18 years old. The beginning of performances in professionals in such young age completely uncharacteristic for domestic boxers. But Denis decided to make a radical change in his career, as well as to change his country of residence.
For about two years, none of Boitsov's many rivals could hold out against him in the ring for more than two rounds. Of course, opponents at the initial stage of the pro career of the young Russian heavyweight could not be called strong and venerable, however, Denis's actions and work in the ring impressed both the public and specialists. Being not very overall (185 cm tall and about 100 kg of combat weight) boxer, Boytsov took his due due to the very high manual speed, high-quality technique, as well as assertiveness, power and heavy blows from both hands.
The first titles came to Denis in 2009, when he consistently scored early victories over Puerto Rican Israel Carlos Garcia and Ukrainian Taras Bidenko, who occupied fairly high places in the world rankings of the leading federations, won the title of WBA intercontinental champion and WBO European champion. However, subsequently, Boitsov was prevented from developing these successes by numerous obsessive injuries and problems with promoters. Not many people know that at one time Denis even underwent heart surgery, which the doctors decided to resort to in order to eliminate congenital pathology. of cardio-vascular system boxer.
And besides this, for many years, Boytsov was plagued by problems with his hands. When Denis managed to recover a little from injuries, sores and operations, he returned to the ring. But his promoter in the person of the German Klaus-Peter Kohl put up opponents of a rather mediocre level against him, victories over which did not allow Boitsov to develop and progress. Although in the world rankings of the leading federations, the Russian heavyweight was very high for several years. Having defeated, among others, two former participants in the battles for the world title of Americans Darnell Wilson and Dominic Guinn, who had pretty much faded by the time of the meeting with him, and still remaining in the status of an undefeated, but already quite an age prospect, Denis entered the fight for the right to become an official contender for the WBO world title.
What exactly happened to Denis in the morning of May 3 is not known for certain. The athlete was accidentally discovered by employees of the Berlin underground on the railway tracks between two stations with injuries to the head and hands.
By the time that was then already experienced no better times, and, after a certain pause, decided to start cooperation with another big German promotional group Sauerland Event. However, on November 23, 2013, being considered a big favorite with bookmakers, Denis unexpectedly lost the fight to Australian Alex Leapai.
Having been knocked down twice during the fight, Boitsov eventually lost on points by unanimous decision. True, it should be noted that that evening Denis fought far from being in the best physical shape.
Boytsov returned to the ring only nine months later. In the past and this year, Denis had only three fights. In all of them he won victories, but he defeated two rivals only on points. It was clearly visible that he no longer had the excitement and valiant enthusiasm that was once inherent in Boytsov. And his physical condition was still not at the highest level.
Denis had his last fight so far in March of this year. After that, he made plans for a new ascent to the world heights, was going to get down to work in training and revive past claims to the champion titles. However, on May 3, trouble happened to him.
Denis with his new Sauerland Event team: Kalle Sauerland and coach Ulli Wegner.
As Denis's wife Olga Litvinova says, in the early morning. Moreover, Boytsov’s company was made up of his old acquaintances from Hamburg, a city with which Denis had not the most pleasant memories. Again, according to the boxer's wife, from the side of the former promoter of Boitsov, Valdemar Klyuch, who bought out Universum Box-Promotion, which was on the verge of bankruptcy by that time, from Klaus-Peter Kohl, periodically. Allegedly, Klyukh, with whose company Denis terminated his contract through the court, was released from prison in February of this year after receiving a three-year sentence for blackmail, extortion and attempted fraud, and could have attempted to assassinate her husband due to a past conflict.
However, the promoter, in turn, said that he had nothing to do with the incident with Denis, and even. In addition, Waldemar Klyuch said that Boitsov had had problems with alcohol and drugs for a long time, which, in fact, was why he had a conflict with Denis two years ago. Klyukh also revealed some details of the incidents and troubles that Boitsov got into and which he and his assistants then hid and did not bring to the press.
What exactly happened to Denis in the morning of May 3 is not known for certain. A Russian heavyweight living in Germany was accidentally discovered by Berlin underground workers on the railroad tracks between two stations with head and hand injuries. The police report also noted that Boytsov was under the influence of alcohol. However, how Boytsov received these injuries has not been established. Permanent video surveillance cameras recorded only how Denis quickly entered one of the metro stations, and what happened to him next is still unclear. There are suggestions that the boxer could have been attacked by ill-wishers, although the German police investigating this incident are considering the accident as the main version.
Whatever it was, but. Due to cerebral edema, the doctors of one of the hospitals in Berlin, which admitted the 29-year-old boxer, decided to put him in an artificial coma. “Doctors continue to administer medication to maintain this condition, as he has a serious head injury. They say that in a dream Denis will recover sooner,” says the boxer’s wife. A few days later, Olga Litvinova told reporters that her husband's condition had improved somewhat, but he was still in a coma, and the cerebral edema had not yet subsided. An additional test for a woman is the fact that in four weeks she must give birth to a child who will become their first child with Denis.
Many people, both familiar and unfamiliar with Boitsov, express sympathy and wish him a speedy recovery. There is no talk of continuing Denis' boxing career. The main thing that . The editors of the "Championship" join these wishes.
Olga Boytsova talks about the threats to the Russian boxer and the attack on his manager that happened two years ago. Then Gagik Khachatryan was found in the park with a severe head injury, and also received a threatening SMS, the text of which we are publishing today.
“You understand, when there were threats to Denis two years ago, we thought that this was nonsense, and that this would not happen to our family. In vain. We reported to the police about the threat of violence, about the threat to life and health. But at first, the police officers could not help us and protect us in any way, ”this is how the message from Olga Boitsova began, which we received today.
To make it clear what is at stake - on the third of May, Russian heavyweight Denis Boytsov, who lives in Germany, was found on the subway tracks in Berlin with a severe head injury. The news about this appeared in the media on the 11th. Doctors put Boytsov in a state of artificial coma in order to wait for the moment when the cerebral edema subsides. We contacted the wife Russian boxer, and Olga Boytsova said that two years ago Denis received threatening SMS from the former promoter Waldemar Klyukh. After that, Klyukh ended up behind bars on another case, but was released three months ago.
Waldemar Kluhrezko reacted to accusations against him, threatening to sue for libel, and also mentioning that Denis had regular problems with alcohol.
But from today's letter from Denis's wife, we can draw completely different conclusions:
“After the attack on our assistant, the criminal was detained. And we slept soundly. But now I'm really afraid and I'm afraid for the health and life of my family, so I insure myself and publicly declare my fear. And I declare my assumptions about the former promoter of Denis also publicly! With the expectation of helping society! I have evidence to suggest that this is a deliberate crime fabricated as an accident. I am not going to accuse or slander anyone in my statements. The police will take care of everything. I endure assumptions and insure for the life and health of my family! Of course, it is obvious that Klyukh is angry with Denis, that he did not want to cooperate with him, and Waldemar could not earn money from this athlete. But this does not give him any right to slander my husband and pour mud on him. And portray this whole terrible incident as a "drunk fight"! As for the drugs and alcohol that Klyukh claims, this is the height of his fantasies! Denis undergoes a monthly doping control, which leaves at any time and place where the athlete is without notice and takes a doping test. Accordingly, the arguments in which the former promoter accuses Denisanika are incomparable with the career and profession of my husband! Therefore, Klyukh would do well to stop composing all this nonsense and maintain a sense of his own dignity. Denis's condition is currently stable. We pray and believe for the best that Denis will soon return to his full life and see his baby. This is the most important fight in the life of Denis and he will definitely win it! We will ensure that all those responsible will be punished and everyone who took part in the assassination attempt on my husband will be held accountable!”
Further, the message was accompanied by a photo of Boytsov's assistant Gagik after the attack and an SMS message received by Khachatryan two years ago. Under "Volodya" in the text of the SMS is Waldemar Kluch, and we are talking about the resumption of relations with the former promoter.
As Olga Boytsova told our publication, she is currently protected, but she would like to make this statement in order to attract public attention. Recall that the wife and brother of Denis Boytsov deny the version with an accident and previously stated that sleeping pills were found in the athlete’s blood.