Alexander "Sasha" Ustinov (Russian: Александр Устинов; born 7 December 1976) is a Russian professional boxer,^[1] former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. In boxing, he has challenged once for the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title in 2017.

Ustinov currently resides in Minsk, Belarus, but remains a Russian citizen and competes under the Russian flag.^[2]

Kickboxing career

In 2003 after winning K-1 Moscow Grand Pix with three consecutive KO's Alexander Ustinov earned his spot at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris. In quarter finals he met Gregory Tony and won the fight by a second-round TKO. In the semi-final he stepped into the ring against his own sparring partner Alexey Ignashov and after the hard-fought battle the judges ruled the fight for Ignashov's favor.

In December 2003 he continued his strong performances at the tournaments winning the K-1 Spain GP in Barcelona.

On 7 August 2004 Alexander Ustinov was invited to participate at K-1 World GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II. On his biggest tournament of his career, he was matched up against the towering South African fighter Jan "The Giant" Nortje. Alexander Ustinov won the battle but unfortunately was unable to continue due to a deep laceration on his shin and was replaced by the American Scott Lighty.

In 2005 he won two more K-1 tournaments in Milan, Italy and Lommel, Belgium as well as made his professional boxing debut.

Professional boxing career

Alexander Ustinov made his professional boxing debut on 13 May 2005 at the age of 29. He scored a second-round TKO win in his first bout. On 26 February 2009, he won the EBF heavyweight title by stopping Ukrainian Maksym Pedyura in five rounds. Ustinov made two successful defences of that title against Italian Paolo Vidoz and Russian Denis Bakhtov. In his 19th professional contest he defeated American future heavyweight title challenger Monte Barrett by unanimous decision.

Usitnov vs. Pulev

Ustinov suffered his first defeat in his 28th contest to Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev via 11th-round knockout in September 2009.^[3]

Ustinov vs. Tua

In 2013, he scored the biggest win of his career by outpointing hard punching New Zealander-Samoan David Tua, which was the final fight of Tua's career as he announced his retirement after the fight.

Ustinov vs. Charr

On 25 November 2017, he unsuccessfully challenged for the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title, losing a unanimous decision to Syrian Manuel Charr.

On 26 July 2014, he was to scheduled to fight Tyson Fury as a late replacement for the injured Derek Chisora. However, Tyson Fury pulled out of the fight due to the ill health and eventual death of his uncle, Hughie Fury.

Ustinov vs. Hunter

On 24 November 2018, Ustinov faced Michael Hunter. Hunter scored two knockdowns over Ustinov and won the fight via TKO in the ninth round.^[4]

Ustinov vs. Joyce

On 18 May 2019, Ustinov faced WBC #15 at heavyweight, Joe Joyce.^[5] Joyce's power was too much for Ustinov, as Joyce dominated him en route to a third-round TKO victory.^[6]

Titles

Boxing

• WBA International heavyweight champion
• EBA (European Boxing Association) heavyweight champion

Kickboxing

• World Full Contact Association
  • 2006 WFCA Super Heavyweight World title
• International Federation of Muaythai Amateur
  • 2006 IFMA World Amateur Champion
• K-1
  • 2006 K-1 Fighting Network in Marseilles Champion
  • 2005 K-1 Italy Oktagon Champion
  • 2004 K-1 Poland Champion
  • 2003 K-1 Spain Grand Prix in Barcelona Champion
  • 2003 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Moscow Champion
• World Kickboxing Network
  • 2004 WKN European Muay Thai Champion
• World Kickboxing Federation
  • 2003 WKBF Golden Panther Cup (+91 kg) Champion
• International Amateur Muay Thai Federation
  • 2003 IAMTF World Amateur Muay Thai Champion

Kickboxing record

53 Wins (31 (T)KO's, 22 decisions), 9 Losses, 1 Draw, 1 No Contest
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
30 November 2007	Win	Xhavit Bajrami	Battle of Champions, Moscow, Russia	Decision	3	3:00
14 April 2007	Win	Matt Samoa	Kings of Oceania 2007, Auckland, New Zealand	KO	2	1:45
18 November 2006	Win	Chris Chrispoulides	K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 3, Auckland, New Zealand	KO (Left hook)	1	2:13
28 October 2006	Win	Mirko Vlahovic	Ichigeki Bulgaria 2006, Sofia, Bulgaria	KO (Straight punch)	2	1:30
10 August 2006	Win	Lloyd van Dams	The Battle of Arnhem V, Arnhem, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
30 September 2006	Win	Pavel Majer	Kick Boxing in Russia, Moscow	KO	1
23 August 2006	Win	Evgeny Orlov	Belorechensk Fight Night 2	KO	1
6 July 2006	Win	Teodor Sariyev	IFMA, Amateur Muaythai World Championships, Bangkok	Decision	5	2:00
6 March 2006	Win	Serhiy Arkhipov	IFMA, Amateur Muaythai World Championships, Bangkok	Decision	5	2:00
29 April 2006	Win	Paul Slowinski	MARS World Fighting GP in Seoul, Korea	KO	2	2:55
4 July 2006	Win	Alben Belinski	The Bulgarian Kick Gala, Sofia, Bulgaria	Decision	5	3:00
17 February 2006	NC	Bjorn Bregy	K-1 European League 2006 in Bratislava, Slovakia	No contest
20 January 2006	Win	Brice Guidon	K-1 Fighting Network 2006 in Marseilles, France	KO	1	0:35
20 January 2006	Win	Christophe Carron	K-1 Fighting Network 2006 in Marseilles, France	TKO	2
20 January 2006	Win	Alexander Novovic	K-1 Fighting Network 2006 in Marseilles, France	Decision	3	3:00
12 October 2005	Win	Ashwin Balrak	Fights at the Border IV, Lommel, Belgium	Decision	3	3:00
12 October 2005	Win	Koos Wessels	Fights at the Border IV, Lommel, Belgium	KO	2
12 October 2005	Win	Sebastien Van Thielen	Fights at the Border IV, Lommel, Belgium	TKO	2
2 October 2005	Win	Brecht Wallis	The Battle of Arnhem IV, Arnhem, Netherlands	KO	1
16 September 2005	Draw	Ionuţ Iftimoaie	Local Kombat 16 "Liga Campionilor", Cluj Napoca, Romania	Decision draw	5	3:00
6 July 2005	Loss	Ruslan Avasov	Stadium "Spartacus" tournament, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
6 July 2005	Win	Eduard Voznovich	Stadium "Spartacus" tournament, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
6 July 2005	Win	Andrei Zuravkov	Stadium "Spartacus" tournament, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
5 June 2005	Win	Mladen Brestovac	K-1 Slovakia 2005, Bratislava	KO
20 April 2005	Loss	Eduard Voznovich	Arbat Fight Club, WBKF, Moscow, Russia	Decision	3	3:00
16 April 2005	Win	Freddy Kemayo	K-1 Italy 2005 Oktagon, Milano, Italy	Decision	3	3:00
16 April 2005	Win	Gregory Tony	K-1 Italy 2005 Oktagon, Milano, Italy	Decision	3	3:00
16 April 2005	Win	Bjorn Bregy	K-1 Italy 2005 Oktagon, Milano, Italy	TKO	1	3:00
2 May 2005	Loss	Brecht Wallis	Total Kombat 3, Romania	Decision	5	3:00
12/00/2004	Win	Pavel Majer	Moscow, Russia	KO
9 November 2004	Win	Duško Basrak	Local Kombat 9, Romania	KO	4
8 July 2004	Win	Jan Nortje	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II, NV	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
7 January 2004	Win	Jeff Ford	Minsk, Belarus	KO	1
29 May 2004	Loss	Lloyd van Dams	King of the Ring World GP, Venice, Italy	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
29 May 2004	Win	Mohammed Fowzi	King of the Ring World GP, Venice, Italy	KO (High kick)	2
15 May 2004	Win	Andrei Zuravkov	K-1 Poland 2004, Poland	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
15 May 2004	Win	Serhiy Arkhipov	K-1 Poland 2004, Poland	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
15 May 2004	Win	Mindaugas Kalikauskas	K-1 Poland 2004, Poland	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
5 February 2004	Win	Aurel Bococi	WKN Championships, Daugavpils, Latvia	KO	1
24 December 2003	Win	Ruslan Avasov	WKBF Golden Panther Cup Final (+91 kg) @ Club Arbat, Moscow, Russia	KO (Right liver shot)	6	1:00
20 December 2003	Win	Petar Majstorovic	K-1 Spain Grand Prix 2003 in Barcelona, Spain	KO	3	2:28
20 December 2003	Win	Gary Turner	K-1 Spain Grand Prix 2003 in Barcelona, Spain	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
20 December 2003	Win	Ivica Perkovic	K-1 Spain Grand Prix 2003 in Barcelona, Spain	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
29 October 2003	Win	Andrei Kirsanov	WKBF Golden Panther Cup 1/2 Final (+91 kg) @ Club Arbat, Moscow, Russia	Decision	5	2:00
29 October 2003	Win	Andriy Rybalko	WKBF Golden Panther Cup 1/4 Final (+91 kg) @ Club Arbat, Moscow, Russia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
7 February 2003	Loss	Serhiy Arkhipov	Tournament Cup of Gold Bars (over 91 kg), Russia	Decision	5	3:00
7 February 2003	Win	Andrei Kirsanov	Tournament Cup of Gold Bars (over 91 kg), Russia	Decision	3	3:00
14 June 2003	Loss	Alexey Ignashov	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris, France	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
14 June 2003	Win	Gregory Tony	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris, France	KO (Low kicks)	2	2:40
28 May 2003	Win	Andrei Kirsanov	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary Moscow, Russia	KO	3	1:32
28 May 2003	Win	Ruslan Bisayev	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary Moscow, Russia	KO	2	0:40
28 May 2003	Win	Alexander Mozolev	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary Moscow, Russia	KO	2	0:43
14 March 2003	Win	Eduard Voznovich	IAMTF, Amateur Muaythai World Championships, Bangkok	TKO (Corner stoppage)	4
19 February 2003	Win	Evgeny Orlov	BARS – Cup of Arbat Final (+94 kg)	KO	3
2 December 2003	Win	Ruslan Bisayev	BARS – Cup of Arbat Semi-finals (+94 kg)	TKO	4
2 May 2003	Win	David Shvelidze	BARS – Cup of Arbat Quarterfinals (+94 kg)	KO	2
27 November 2002	Win	Aslan Khamzatov	BARS – BARS	TKO	4
31 July 2002	Win	Ruslan Bisayev	BARS – Cup of Arbat Final (+94 kg)	Decision	5	3:00
24 July 2002	Win	Suren Kalachan	BARS – Cup of Arbat Semi-finals (+94 kg)	KO	2
5 April 2002	Loss	Andrei Kirsanov	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Ukraine, Kyiv	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
5 April 2002	Win	Yaroslav Zavorotnyi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Ukraine, Kyiv	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
12 January 2001	Loss	Rob Hanneman	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary Prague, Czech Republic	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00

Mixed martial arts record

1 Win, 1 Loss.
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round
10 November 2017	Loss	Kirill Fedorov	Modern Fighting Pankration - AMUR CHALLENGE 12	Decision (Split)	3
23 November 2007	Loss	Andrei Zubov	Perm Regional MMA Federation – MMA Professional Cup	Decision (Unanimous)	2
5 June 2004	Win	Denis Podolyachin	WSFC 8 – West Siberian Fighting Championship 8	Decision	5

Professional boxing record