Ruslan Fayfer
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| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 May 1991 Ust-Barguzin, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0+1⁄2 in (184 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Ruslan Vladimirovich Fayfer (Russian: Руслан Владимирович Файфер; born 10 May 1991) is a Russian professional boxer who has held the EBP cruiserweight title since 2019. As of May 2020, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active cruiserweight by the WBC, and sixth by the WBO.
As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2010 World University Boxing Championships in the light-heavyweight division.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Fayfer was born on 10 May 1991 in Siberian village Ust-Barguzin.[2] He was drawn to the sport as a small child after watching action films like Bloodsport starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.[3] He dreamed of getting in the ring, but his hometown was too small to have a gym. However, at the age of nine he moved with his family to Dzhubga over 6500 miles away, where they found him a coach and he began his training.[2]
He won Russian junior championships in 2004 and 2005 as well as a gold medal in the light-heavyweight event at the 2010 World University Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[4]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Fayfer made his professional debut on 30 August 2013, defeating Ukrainian rival Roman Mirzoev via unanimous decision (UD) in Blagoveshchenskaya, Russia. Two years later, in July 2015, he took the Russian heavyweight title from prospect Vladimir Goncharov by way of majority decision (MD) in Moscow, giving the previously-undefeated fighter his first loss.[5][6]
For his next fight, he matched up against Argentine veteran Cesar David Crenz in Saint Petersburg on 25 March 2017 for the vacant IBF International cruiserweight title. Fayfer took him down with a left hook to the chin in the first round, and finished him with a liver shot in the second to win the belt.[7] He then stopped Ugandan contender David Basajjamivule in the fourth round of his first title defense that June, also picking up the vacant WBA Asia cruiserweight title in the process.[8] He had three consecutive non-title victories, including one in August 2017 over American Junior Wright for the #2 spot in the IBF rankings.[9] Fayfer suffered his first career defeat on 13 October 2018, losing by unanimous decision (116–111, 115–112, 114–113) to Andrew Tabiti in the cruiserweight quarter-finals of the 2018–19 World Boxing Super Series.[10][11]
Fayfer faced undefeated compatriot Yury Kashinsky on 30 November 2019 in an IBF title eliminator where Kashinsky's EBP cruiserweight title was also on the line, winning by unanimous decision (115–111, 115–111, 114–112) to earn a future world title bout against Yunier Dorticos.[12][13]
Professional boxing record
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| 31 fights | 27 wins | 3 losses |
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| By knockout | 18 | 2 |
| By decision | 9 | 1 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 31 | Draw | 27–3–1 | Russia Shigabudin Aliev | SD | 10 | 30 Oct 2021 | Russia Usadba Familiya, Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 30 | Win | 27–3 | Brazil Fabio Maldonado | TKO | 1 (10), 2:08 | 25 Jun 2021 | Russia WOW Arena, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia | |
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Russia Igor Vilchitsky | KO | 1 (6), 1:23 | 1 Apr 2021 | Russia Basket Hall, Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 28 | Loss | 25–3 | Russia Ali Izmailov | TKO | 9 (10), 2:42 | 20 Nov 2020 | Belarus Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus | |
| 27 | Loss | 25–2 | Russia Alexei Papin | TKO | 6 (12), 0:36 | 22 Aug 2020 | Russia Pyramide, Kazan, Russia | |
| 26 | Win | 25–1 | Russia Yury Kashinsky | UD | 12 | 30 Nov 2019 | Russia Yakub Koblev Sports Palace, Maykop, Russia | Won EBP cruiserweight title |
| 25 | Win | 24–1 |  Serhiy Radchenko
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UD | 10 | 19 May 2019 | Russia Cortesia, Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 24 | Loss | 23–1 |  Andrew Tabiti
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UD | 12 | 13 Oct 2018 | Russia Ekaterinburg Expo, Ekaterinburg, Russia | World Boxing Super Series: cruiserweight quarter-final |
| 23 | Win | 23–0 |  Emmanuel Danso
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TKO | 4 (10), 1:25 | 9 Jun 2018 | Russia Olimp, Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Isaac Paakwesi Ankrah
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KO | 2 (10), 1:23 | 3 Nov 2017 | Russia Trade Union Sport Palace Nagorny, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Junior Anthony Wright
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UD | 12 | 18 Aug 2017 | Russia Usadba Familiya, Plastunovskaya, Russia | |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 |  David Basajjamivule
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TKO | 4 (12), 1:20 | 10 Jun 2017 | Russia Floyd Mayweather Boxing Academy, Zhukovka, Russia | Retained IBF International cruiserweight title; Won vacant WBA Asia cruiserweight title |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Argentina Cesar David Crenz | TKO | 2 (12), 2:27 | 25 Mar 2017 | Russia Qin Shi Huang Restaurant, Saint Petersburg, Russia | Won vacant IBF International cruiserweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Colombia Fulgencio Zúñiga | KO | 1 (8) | 12 Nov 2016 | France Palais des Sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier, France | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Russia Andrei Kniazev | UD | 8 | 23 Sep 2016 | Russia Olimp, Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Hungary Zoltan Csala | KO | 2 (8), 2:23 | 31 Jul 2016 | Latvia Arēna Rīga, Riga, Latvia | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Brazil Gilberto Matheus Domingos | KO | 2 (8), 0:19 | 6 May 2016 | Monaco Gymnase du Lycée Technique de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Oleksandr Nesterenko
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KO | 1 (10), 2:45 | 21 Feb 2016 | Russia Cosmos Hall, Moscow, Russia | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Latvia Olegs Lopajevs | KO | 1 (8), 1:17 | 5 Feb 2016 | Monaco Gymnase du Lycée Technique de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Uzbekistan Sherzod Mamajonov | TKO | 4 (10), 0:57 | 18 Jan 2016 | Russia Volta Club, Moscow, Russia | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Uzbekistan Avaz Rustamov | TKO | 2 (10), 1:06 | 23 Dec 2015 | Russia Volta Club, Moscow, Russia | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Uzbekistan Aziz Billaev | TKO | 3 (10), 0:37 | 10 Aug 2015 | Russia Pervomayskoye, Russia | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Russia Vladimir Goncharov | MD | 10 | 19 Jul 2015 | Russia Volta Club, Moscow, Russia | Won Russian heavyweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Latvia Edgars Kalnārs | RTD | 1 (10), 3:00 | 25 June 2015 | Russia Volta Club, Moscow, Russia | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Uzbekistan Farrukh Madaminov | TKO | 2 (10), 1:11 | 25 May 2015 | Russia Volta Club, Moscow, Russia | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Azerbaijan Emin Gulmammadov | TKO | 5 (6), 2:45 | 22 Apr 2015 | Russia Volta Club, Moscow, Russia | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Russia Sergey Beloshapkin | UD | 8 | 25 Jan 2015 | Russia Basket Hall, Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Yuri Barashian
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UD | 8 | 26 Sep 2014 | Russia Basket Hall, Krasnodar, Russia | Won vacant WBC Baltic Silver cruiserweight title |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Russia Ibragim Khalilov | UD | 6 | 18 Apr 2014 | Russia Basket Hall, Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Valentyn Trostyanchuk
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KO | 2 (4), 1:45 | 4 Nov 2013 | Russia Basket Hall, Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Roman Mirzoev
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UD | 4 | 30 Aug 2013 | Russia Laskovyy Bereg, Blagoveshchenskaya, Russia |
Personal life
[edit | edit source]After graduating from high school in Dzhubga, Fayfer studied at Irkutsk State University for five years.[3] He now lives and trains in Krasnodar.[14]
References
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External links
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- Ruslan Fayfer profile at rusboxing.ru