Elvis Mihailenko
Elvis Mihailenko is a Latvian professional boxer, the first Latvian National boxing champion amongst professionals and first ever professional fighter from Latvia who won any of the major *les, 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.Mihaiļenko 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.
Mihaiļenko was born on September 13, 1976, in Jūrmala, 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 Pea* 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.
References
External links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb8OM8aFff4&feature=g-upl/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120616005127/http://www.fighterelvis.lv/
- http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=15067&cat=boxer/