Belarus was born in the days of the USSR . [1] Bright representative of the Belarusian- Soviet school of boxing is Vyacheslav Yanovsky - Olympic champion in Seoul ( 1988 ) . With the collapse of the Soviet Union two more boxers managed to go to the Olympic podium . Victor Zuev and Magomed Aripgadzhiev won silver medals in Athens . [2] Athletes sovereign Belarus with varying success performing at World and European Championships in the treasury of the country bringing medals in various denominations . In professional boxing Sergei Liakhovich in 2006 won the title of World Champion by the WBO cruiserweight title . [3] Yuri Romanov [4] Sergey Gulyakevich [5] Sergey Riabchenko [6] - Champions of Europe among professionals.
