Ivan Fyodorovich Dychko (; born 11 August 1990) is a Kazakh professional boxer. As an amateur, he won bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career At the 2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships Dychko defeated American cruiserweight Contender Nick Kisner in the quarterfinals 5–1. Then went on to lose 8:10 to Erislandy Savón, in the final match to earn a silver medal. He moved up to super heavyweight a year later, winning his first of three national championships at the weight. At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he was eliminated after losing his second bout 11:15 to Denis Sergeev. At the 2010 Asian Games, Dycho defeated Iranian Rouhollah Hosseini 6:4 in the semifinal but lost the final 5:7 to local favorite Zhang Zhilei. In 2011 he beat Roman Kapitanenko 9:4 at a local tournament. At the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships, he got past Zhilei 13:7 and Croat Filip Hrgovic but lost the semi-final to eventual winner Magomedrasul Majidov 9:16.
At the 2012 Olympics, he beat German boxer Erik Pfeifer 14–4 and Canadian boxer Simon Kean to win the bronze medal. He lost the semifinal to future world champion Anthony Joshua 13–11.
At the 2013 World Championships, Dychko beat Satish Kumar and Pfeifer to reach the final once again, where he was to rematch Majidov. Majidov got a convincing win by knocking Dychko out in the final round despite the latter winning the first 2 rounds. Dychko was first knocked down by an overhand. He'd get up but after the referee resumed the fight, Majidov landed the same shot and knocked down Dychko once again. At that point, the referee stopped the fight. Dychko bounced back by winning a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games. Dychko would reach the final once again at the 2015 World Championships, but he lost to Tony Yoka 0:3.
At the 2016 Olympics, Dychko vanquished Majidov in the first round but would settle for a bronze once again, after losing to Joe Joyce in the semifinals. His amateur record is 181–18.
Professional career Dychko announced he was turning pro in February 2017. He said he was looking for a rematch against world champion Anthony Joshua. On his debut, Dychko, an abnormally tall boxer, was matched against 6'11 Aubur Wright, an even taller fighter. He was nevertheless able to convincingly beat Wright, stopping him after just 2 minutes in the first round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes17Win16–1Harvey Dykes106 Jun 2026 16Loss15–1Jermaine FranklinUD1013 Sep 2025 15Win15–0Samuel CrossedKO1 (8), 19 Jul 202414Win14–0Craig LewisTKO2 (8), 21 Aug 202413Win13–0Ariel Esteban BracamonteTKO2 (10), 10 Jun 2023 12Win12–0Kevin Nicolas Espindola1023 Jun 202211Win11–0Aleksandr UstinovTKO1 (10), 18 Dec 202110Win10–0Denis BakhtovKO1 (8), 10 Jul 20219Win9–0Nate HeavenKO2 (8), 12 Jul 20198Win8–0Ray AustinTKO3 (6), 10 May 20197Win7–0Maurice HarrisKO1 (8), 6 Jul 20186Win6–0Mike MarroneTKO1 (8), 16 Jun 20185Win5–0Stephen Kirnon KO1 (6), 23 Mar 20184Win4–0Celso PinzonTKO3 (6), 16 Dec 20173Win3–0Carlos SandovalTKO1 (6), 8 Dec 20172Win2–0Rodriguez Cade 3 (4), 13 Oct 20171Win1–0Aubur Wright1 (4), 29 Sep 2017
References
External links
Ivan Dychko at AsiaBoxing.org (archived)