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Igor Vysotsky (Igor Yakovlevich Vysotsky) was born on 10 September, 1953 in Yagodnoye, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, is a Soviet boxer (1953–2023). Discover Igor Vysotsky's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

Popular As Igor Yakovlevich Vysotsky
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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 10 September 1953
Birthday 10 September
Birthplace Yagodnoye, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 2 April, 2023
Died Place N/A
Nationality Soviet Union

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Igor Vysotsky Height, Weight & Measurements

At 69 years old, Igor Vysotsky height is 5 ft 11.25 in and Weight 202 lb.

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Height 5 ft 11.25 in
Weight 202 lb
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Igor Vysotsky Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1953

Igor Yakovlevich Vysotsky (10 September 1953 – 2 April 2023) was a Soviet boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980, best known for twice defeating the triple Olympic Champion Teófilo Stevenson, being the only boxer out of more than two hundred Stevenson's opponents to ever knock him out, though he himself never participated in the Olympics.

1966

He lost at his debut at the 1966 Magadan city championship.

Vysotsky graduated from the Magadan Teachers Training Institute, where he studied to become a PE teacher.

1970

His prime years were in the mid-1970s, by November 1975 Vysotsky has won 98 amateur fights against just 13 losses.

All of his losses by that time have been against other Soviet fighters, he said.

1971

The first nation-wide boxing event for Igor Vysotsky was a matchup in Alma-Ata in 1971.

1972

In 1972 he won silver at the Soviet Youth Boxing Tournament in Moscow.

1973

In 1973 he entered his first international boxing event.

Vysotsky's first bout with Stevenson was in July 1973, he defeated the Cuban boxer in a 3–2 decision.

1975

Curiosity of the situation in 1975, when he became the top-ranked heavyweight amateur boxer in the world acclaimed by AIBA, highly touted by the Western press, the signs in front of the Madison Square Garden all hailed his coming to the United States, but oddly enough, the Soviet boxing authorities named the #1 heavyweight boxer in the USSR Yevgeniy Gorstkov, who has met Vysotsky once and stopped him on cuts.

Gorstkov modestly said his victory over Vysotsky was luck.

"Anybody can win any given fight. This time, I just had the luck."

And as Vysotsky never has been knocked down, but the Russians admit he has a tendency to cut.

Both his eyes are surrounded by scar tissue, which some have suggested should be removed by surgery.

But Gorstkov, a 25-year-old veteran with a 120–17 record in an eight-year career, is relatively unmarked.

"Everybody has a different opinion about how to fight Vysotsky. But you have to see him to really know how to fight him," Gorstkov said.

1976

Their second and final meeting was in April 1976.

Vysotsky stopped Stevenson in the third round.

Shortly before the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Vysotsky was badly cut in a sparring session, which prevented his participation in the Olympics (bloody cuts were a chief problem for Vysotsky throughout his career due to the anatomic features of his massive brow ridges, resulting in a number of referee-stopped contests).

The Cubans didn't know about the injury and sent two heavyweights to Montreal, Stevenson and Ángel Milián Rivero.

Had Vysotskiy participated, Stevenson would have been sitting on the alternate's bench.

In 1976, he stopped future WBA Heavyweight Champion Tony Tubbs in two rounds.

The following year, he fought another future WBA Heavyweight Champion, Greg Page, losing by a split decision.

Both bouts were in Las Vegas, Nevada and were part of a series of matches between the American and Soviet teams.

1978

Standing 5 feet 11¼ inches tall, and weighing around 202-213 lbs at his prime, he was the Soviet Heavyweight Champion in 1978, ranked the #1 Soviet heavyweight of the late 1970s from the American standpoint, and had an amateur record of 161–24.

Representing the Trud Sports Club, Vysotsky was known and widely recognized for his aggressive style, punching power, stamina, and durable chin, having 24 losses in his record he had never experienced any other than standing defeat (never has been knocked down in his career).

While apart from 1978 he never stepped-up to semi-finals at the national championships, being constantly outpointed by technically skilled opponents, his unorthodox style and mentioned strengths counted, for he always was chosen to compete versus U.S. heavyweights in the USA–USSR match-ups, presenting a considerable level of opposition when it came to trading punches.

Igor Vysotsky was born to a family of exile settlers.

His father Yakov Antonovich Vysotsky, a Soviet Jew, also an amateur boxer, was a Soviet Naval Infantryman, serving with the Red Navy, fought the Germans during the World War II, after being severely wounded he was taken a prisoner of war.

It was rumored that while being stationed at a POW camp, he was used as a human-dummy sparring partner for the German Heavyweight Champion Max Schmeling.

He tried to escape several times, his ninth escape attempt was successful, however, Yakov Vysotsky was moved to a Soviet filtration camp, and then to the Far Eastern part of the USSR, to a GULAG camp at Kolyma, where he met Meeta Joganovna Suve, an exiled Estonian woman, whom he married, and she became mother of Igor Vysotsky.

From the age of six, Igor had been trained daily by Yakov Antonovich, who became a mentor for his son.

Igor Vysotsky went to a gym at 12 years old, weighing 163 lbs.

In June 1978, Muhammad Ali went on a ten-day to the Soviet Union.

While there, he exhibited several rounds vis-à-vis Vysotsky.

While watching the bout in retrospect Ali told Howard Cosell: "He hits real hard."

1980

Vysotsky's last fight was at the 1980 National Championships.

He lost to Yevgeniy Gorstkov again due to a cut.

After retirement Vysotsky worked as a coach and sport functionary, particularly as vice-president of the Boxing Federation of Moscow Oblast.

After his retirement from competition, he established Yakov Vysotskiy Memorial annual open boxing memorial (to commemorate his father) at his hometown of Yagodnoye.