Biography Serik Konakbaev

Serik Konakbaev. Big biography of the great boxer. Sergey Korchagin Serik Konakbaev. I present you a great detailed biography of the great boxer. Childhood and youth Serik Kerimbekovich Konakbaev was born on October 25 in the ancient city of Kazakhstan - Jambule was renamed Taraz in the year. Father - Kerimbek was respected in the city, an educated person, candidate of technical sciences and held a high position.

Mom - Baltugan worked as a teacher at school and raised two twin sons - Serika and Eric. The boys grew in a difficult Soviet time.

The brothers were fond of football. Serik got into the boxing section by accident. Brother - Erica was beaten on the street. Kerimbek took his sons to his friend, honored coach of Kazakhstan - Yuri Andreyevich Tskhay. Thus began the long Boxing path of Serik. Support and protection. On a forced manner, he sent us to boxing. Konakbaev did not consider boxing as a matter of life.

He grew up a calm, quiet boy. He loved literature, wrote poetry, tried to avoid conflicts and fights. The unusual approach of Tskhai fired the interest of Serik in boxing classes. In training, they practiced folk dances and a lot of time was devoted to working out protective actions. Gradually, boxing more and more carried away a young guy. At the summer, he had no equal in the vastness of the former USSR.

In the year, in a car accident, the father of Serik died. After his death, I devoted all my victories only to him. The first victories in the world arena Serik won many awards at the youth level. At the summer, he won the championship of the Soviet Union and became part of the adult national team. In the year, Summer Konakbaev became the winner at the World Cup in New York and the European Championship in Cologne, in the category up to 63.5 kilograms.

In the final of the European tournament, he knocked out the Italian - Patriczio Oliv, with whom the Kazakhstan athlete will be destined to meet in the final of the Olympic Games. The Olympiad of the year has been triumphal for Serik. Konakbaev drove more than 10 kilograms to the category of the first welterweight up to 63.5 kilograms. For this purpose, he, along with the partners in the national team, on the night of the main battles of the Olympics, went to a disco at the local Moscow club.

Serik's favorite dance was Lezginka. The unusual way of weight loss helped Soviet fighters win 8 medals of the main tournament of four years. Serik confidently overcame the three stages of the tournament, defeating rivals from Romania, Hungary and Puerto Rico. In the semifinals, he was expected by the main favorite of the Olympiad, the bronze medalist of the Panmerican Games, the Cuban - Jose Agylar.

Jose had an incredibly strong blow: he defeated two of the three rivals at the preliminary stage. From his terrible blow to the right Serik, for the first time in his career, ended up in a knockdown. It was a moment of truth. Agylar was famous for the ability to finish the enemy. Konakbaev rose, withstand the Cuban’s pressure and seized the initiative. Subsequent rounds remained with a boxer from Kazakhstan.

He defeated the formidable opponent with the score: and went to the finals, where the old acquaintance awaited him - Patricii Oliv. It is sometimes necessary to lose in order not to lose touch with reality. The weight loss and the heavy semi -final with Agilar influenced the physical condition of Serik. However, he was still the favorite of the final battle. According to many boxing experts, he won a duel, but the judges gave the victory to an Italian athlete.

Konakbaev won the silver medal of the Olympics. In his hometown he was met as a national hero. In the year, thousands of newborn Kazakhstani babies were given the name "Serik" in honor of the best boxer of the country. Patricio Oliva was awarded the Cup led by Barker, who is awarded to the most technical boxer of the tournament. The title of the best boxer of the world in the year Serik was the first boxer in history to win the World Cup and the European Championship in two weight categories.

In the Montreal of Canada, the World Cup and Tomper Finland, the European Championship Konakbaev spoke as part of a more comfortable welterweight division up to 67 kilograms. He defeated all rivals and was officially recognized as the best boxer of the world, regardless of weight categories. In professional boxing, Ray Leonard was the best. It so happened that the best amateur boxer and the best “pros” were boxing within the framework of one weight category - a welterweight.

Serik received an offer from American promoters about the fight against Ray. They planned to organize a duel in Japan, and to help each boxer according to a Mercedes and a million dollars, regardless of the result. However, the Soviet state sports sharply reacted to the proposal of the Americans. Serik was threatened with a ban on leaving the country in case of meeting with Leonard.

The world of boxing never found out which of the two genius ringes are the best. The end of his career, Serik continued to win at all major tournaments. The misfire occurred in the final of the World Cup in Cologne Germany, year. Konakbaev lost to the future Olympic champion, and the world champion in professionals - Mark Brillod. In the second round, a fighter from Kazakhstan ended up in Knockdown.In the third segment, Serik intercepted the initiative, but the judges made a verdict in favor of Briland.

In the year, Serik did not lose a single battle. He was the first number of the national team, its captain and dreamed of taking revenge from Briland at the Olympics in Los Angeles for a year. However, politics again intervened in the plans of the fighter. The Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics on the American continent. Konakbaev worsened Botkin's disease hepatitis A. He achieved all possible heights in the amateur ring.

At the summer, the great champion ended his career. Of the battles, he lost only in 6. In the year, Serik received his first higher education, and in the beginning of his career in Komsomol. You need to be educated, and not just a great athlete. Konakbaev married in the year. Wife - Sholpan Abdukarimova. The couple has three children: daughters - Ayala and Alai and son - Amanat.

After boxing, Serik became successful not only in boxing. He made a career from the Komsomol to parliament. He held the post of deputy of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan for a year. In the year, Serik Konakbaev played the role of the Soviet sailor Bulat in the adventure film "Secrets of Madame Wong." Konakbaev achieved tremendous heights in the amateur ring.

His battle with Jose Agylar, in the semifinals of the Moscow Olympics, is considered the "Boxing ABC" - a manual that demonstrates the young generation of fighters. In the ring, Serik was distinguished by a magnificent sense of distance and a defense. He missed a little, as if he had beaten and forever entered the history of amateur boxing. I understood that my head was still useful to me after my career.