Gennady Gennadiyevich Kovalev (born 17 May 1983 in Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai) is a boxer from Russia.

Career

Southpaw Kovalev won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships, defeating Uzbekistan's Bahodirjon Sooltonov but losing to Azerbaijan's Aghasi Mammadov at bantam, and a gold medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was beaten in the quarterfinals of the Bantamweight (54 kg) division by Cuba's eventual winner Guillermo Rigondeaux. Now at junior welterweight he won the Russian Championships 2007 against legend Alexander Maletin 37:21. At the World championships he beat Bradley Saunders to reach the finals but lost to defending Kazakh champion Serik Sapiyev 5:20. After his boxing career, Kovalev has found success as a professional MMA fighter, going 5–1 as a professional.

World amateur championships results

2003 (as a bantamweight) 2007 (as a Light welterweight)

Olympic results

2004 (as a bantamweight) 2008 (as a Light welterweight)