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Vassiliy Jirov

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Vassiliy Valeryevich Jirov (Russian: Васи́лий Вале́рьевич Жи́ров; born 4 April 1974), sometimes known as Vasily Zhirov, is a Kazakhstani former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2009, and held the IBF cruiserweight title from 1999 to 2003. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics, as well as consecutive bronzes at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships, all in the light heavyweight division. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Vassiliy Jirov is the 301st most popular boxer (down from 279th in 2024), the 118th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 108th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Kazakhstani Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Vassiliy Jirov ranks 301 out of 496. Before him are Stipe Drews, Clemente Russo, Sinan Şamil Sam, Bakhodir Jalolov, Zsolt Erdei, and Joe Gans. After him are Mohamed Bahari, Luke Campbell, Rogelio Marcelo, Svilen Rusinov, Michael Dokes, and Nergüin Enkhbat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Vassiliy Jirov ranks 634. Before him are Babak Zanjani, Mansour Abbas, Mark Tremonti, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Patrice Désilets, and Aravind Adiga. After him are Nona Gaye, Matt Serra, Andrejus Zadneprovskis, Dmitri Loskov, Aylín Mújica, and Sergei Rublevsky.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Vassiliy Jirov ranks 118 out of 193. Before him are Dmitriy Karpov (1981), Evgeni Nabokov (1975), Yermakhan Ibraimov (1972), Andrey Kashechkin (1980), Alexey Lutsenko (1992), and Tatyana Lesovaya (1956). After him are Mihhail Kõlvart (1977), Boris Alexandrov (1955), Vitaliy Savin (1966), Bekzat Sattarkhanov (1980), Aleksandr Tarkhanov (1954), and Igor Potapovich (1967).

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Among BOXERS In Kazakhstan

Among boxers born in Kazakhstan, Vassiliy Jirov ranks 4. Before him are Wladimir Klitschko (1976), Gennady Golovkin (1982), and Oleg Maskayev (1969). After him are Bekzat Sattarkhanov (1980), Serik Sapiyev (1983), Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (1981), Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (1976), Bulat Zhumadilov (1973), Daniyar Yeleussinov (1991), Beibut Shumenov (1983), and Ivan Dychko (1990).

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