Vitaliy Rusal
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| Record | 25 (17 ko's) + 1 + 0 = 26 |
| Weight division | Light Heavyweight (175 lbs) |
| Positions in ratings | 11 - WBC Light Heavyweight (February 2010) 14 - WBA Light Heavyweight (January 2010) 9 - WBO Light Heavyweight (January 2010) 6 - EBU Light Heavyweight (February 2010) |
| Titles | IBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight champion |
| Nationality |  Ukraine |
| Lives & trains | Ukraine, Kyiv |
| Born | Ukraine, Zaporizhzhja |
| Profdebut | 28 Feb 2003 |
| Birthday | 18 Oct 1980 |
| Height (cm) | 182 |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Coach | Uvais Baysangurov |
| Boxrec ID | 272516 |
Biography
What for do we love boxing? Somebody likes KOs, other one likes to observe the refined challenge. In Vitaliy Rusal’s fight one can see both. Vitaliy won all his 6 bouts, 5 via KO. From fight to fight his punching power gets sharper and sharper. One can put it bluntly that now we have a decent and tough heir of the European champion Alexander Gurov in cruiserweight in Ukraine.
As an amateur Vitaliy won several international boxing tournaments in Donetsk and Sevastopol. The gurus of professional boxing noticed him, and his bright professional boxing career started.
If at the beginning of his boxing career he participated in minor tournaments in small towns (e.g. Smela), now he fights at the highest level. His last bout was held in the Kiev Sport Palace (versus Alexander Kurmanov) in attendance of 5 thousand. This fight was highly praised by boxing specialists.
Vitaliy has one perfect trait – he can come forward and back as well. His main course left hook – right cross makes fans to spring up from their seats.
Vitaliy started his boxing career with the trainer Wladimir Shevchenko, and now he continues with Alexander Lichter. Both this specialists are highly rated all over the world. Working with numerous Ukrainian boxing stars also contributed to Vitaliy’s skills and guts. Here what the present Vitaliy’s sparring partners tell about him:
Konstantin Shvets (former Intercontinental IBF Champion): “Vitaliy gained very much recently. He became faster, got more skills, punches harder”.
Serhiy Babich (130-kilos heavyweight from Zhitomir): “This guy’s got punching power, nice technique and moves fast. He’s got an excellent cross-over”.
Vitaliy is very hard-working. He constantly tries to look for the new sparring-partners, attends other boxing gyms, trains a lot. He is not scared to spar with the boxers from any category. Vitaliy’s partners from his club appreciate his refined sense of humor.
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News: Vitaliy Rusal
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22 Dec 2009 13:46Boxing video: Vitaliy Rusal interview
We offer your attention post fight interviews with Vitaliy Rusal (25-1, 18 KOs) who on December 19th fought in his home city of Zaporizhia in an eight-rounder and made his opponent Abror Oripov (3-2-1, 0 ÊÎs) to quit sitting on his stool after round 3 read more ...
21 Dec 2009 15:31Boxing video: Vitaliy Rusal vs. Abror Oripov
We offer your attention fight video of Vitaliy Rusal (25-1, 18 KOs) vs. Uzbek light heavyweight Abror Oripov (3-2-1, 0 ÊÎ). That headlined the undercard of «World Boxing in Zaporizhia. Champions league» fight card held by «K2 East Promotions» promotional company of Klitschko brothers in Zaporizhia on December 19th read more ...
19 Dec 2009 14:49«World Boxing in Zaporizhia. Champions league» live on SecondsOutTV.com
Three bouts from tonight’s big and exciting boxing tournament in Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia will be broadcasted live on SecondsOutTV.com read more ...
17 Dec 2009 15:26Q&A: Vitaliy Rusal. «This coming Saturday you will see the results of our co-operation with Uwais Baysangurov»
On Saturday December 19th Vitaliy Rusal (24-1, 17 KOs), a famous Ukrainian boxer who fights under banners of «K2 East Promotions» promotional company of Klitschko brothers will step into the ring in his home town of Zaporizhia. He will fight in an eight-rounder against Uzbek light heavyweight Abror Oripov (3-1-1, 0 ÊÎ). Rusal’s fight is expected to be the «specialty of the house» for boxing fans from Zaporizhia since Vitaliy was born in that city and is extremely popular there read more ...
16 Dec 2009 15:59Vyacheslav Glazkov and Salambek Baysangurov will fight in Zaporizhia
Vyacheslav Glazkov (2-0-0, 0 ÊÎs), the most famous Ukrainian novice of 2009 who had been No1 in national amateur team before turning pro will fight at «World Boxing in Zaporizhia. Champions league» on December 19th in Zaporizhia. Glazkov, a hot heavyweight prospect who won silver medal at World championship in 2007 and bronze medal at the Olympics in Beijing last year will test the skill of Kyiv-based Stas Belokon (3-2-0, 1 ÊÎs) in a four-rounder. The bout will be the third in Glazkov’s pro career read more ...
4 Dec 2009 08:00Presser in Zaporizhia: Baysangurov to face Frank Shabani
At the presser in Zaporizhia dedicated to the upcoming huge boxing tournament «World Boxing in Zaporizhia. Champions league» Baysangurov’s foe was finally named. On December 19th in local Sport Palace «Yunost» Zaurbek Baysangurov (22-1, 16 KOs) will defend his WBA Inter-Continental light middleweight title in a clash against Frank Shabani (18-1-0, 6 ÊÎs) read more ...
20 Nov 2009 16:06Q&A: Vitaliy Rusal. «Sparring with boxers of such high class brings mutual benefit»
Famous Ukrainian light heavyweight Vitaliy Rusal (24-1-0, 17 ÊÎ) who box under banners of «K2 East Promotions» not long ago returned from Germany where he spent a fortnight sparring with leading boxers of German promotional company «Universum Box Promotion». After he came back Vitaliy spoke with our website journalist about his impression of the German fight club and its leading boxers – Alexander Alexeev, Ruslan Chagaev, and Zsolt Erdei and about his plans for the nearest future as well read more ...
24 Sep 2009 22:00Boxing Video: Vitaly Rusal speaks after Dnepropetrovsk fight
We offer your attention post fight interview with Vitaly Rusal (24-1, 17 KOs) in which he speaks about his last bout against Vasyl Kondor (18-7-1, 5 KOs) in Dnepropetrovsk on September 17th. It was Rusal’s first fight in a new weight category – he has moved down to light heavyweight division where he made successful debut read more ...
9 Sep 2009 12:10World boxing in Dnepropetrovsk – Fedchenko will face Mabuza!
In advance of a big boxing tournament which «K2 East Promotions» will hold on September 17th at «Meteor» Sportpalace in Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk a crowded press conference took place in the host city. Alexander Krasyuk, General Manager of «K2 East Promotions» was the first to take the floor. Mr. Krasyuk informed dozens of gathered media staff about upcoming event in detail
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28 Aug 2009 11:53Fedchenko will defend his belt in Dnepropetrovsk
Sergey Fedchenko (23-0, 11 KOs), IBF Inter-Continental light welterweight champion will make his next defense on September 17th in Dnepropetrovsk in the ring of «Meteor» sports complex. Fedchenko will fight in the main event of a boxing tournament to be organized by «K2 East Promotions», promotional company of Klitschko brothers. Fedchenko’s opponent will be named later read more ...
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