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Latvian boxer
Mihailenko in 2004
Elvis Mihailenko
is a
Latvian
professional boxer,
[1]
the first Latvian National boxing champion amongst professionals and first ever professional fighter from Latvia who won any of the major titles, as
WBA
Intercontinental champion (on 2002-10-03, in
Madrid
, beating on points
Spaniard
Alejandro Lakatos) and EBU-EU (
European Union
) (on 2004-06-11, in
Copenhagen
, beating on points
Swede
Giovanni Alvarez), and later defended it once more. He fought at the
light-heavyweight
division.
Mihai?enko never hired a big promoter, allowing him to travel around Europe to enjoy the training camps in the best gyms. He sparred with a number of great fighters, including such World champions as
Joe Calzaghe
,
Mikkel Kessler
,
Zsolt Erdei
, and
David Haye
.
Mihai?enko was born on September 13, 1976, in
J?rmala
,
Latvia
, a town near the Latvian capital of
Riga
. As an amateur he had a 71?14 record and won the National Championships in 1997 at light-heavyweight. He was also a member of the national boxing team and represented Latvia in number of tournaments. In 1998 he won the European Full-contact Kickboxing Championships and also the Latvian Kickboxing championship in 1998 and 1999.
In 2000 he turned professional, signing with Peacock Promotion in
Canning Town
,
East End
of
London
. He also sparred and trained in Universum-Box Promotion, in
Hamburg, Germany
.
His professional record was 18-1-1.
In 2008 founded his own promotional company-
Fighter Elvis Promotion
Graduated from the University College of Economics and Culture (EKA) in Riga as a
translator
/
interpreter
of the English language.
He currently is a personal trainer and boxing commentator on
Viasat Sport Baltic
channel. He was named by his father in honour of
Elvis Presley
.
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