Konstantin Petrovich Ponomarev (; born 17 October 1992) is a Russian professional boxer in the welterweight division.
Ponomarev made his debut on at the age of 17, without much of an amateur background. He fought under promotional outfit Ural Boxing Promotions. At 18, he moved to Mexico and briefly trained with Ignacio Beristáin. In 2014, Ponomarev signed with Top Rank. Ponomarev started training with Gennady Golovkin's trainer, Abel Sanchez, shortly after. He defeated Cosme Rivera by unanimous decision (100-90, 100–90, 98–82) in his first fight under the American promotion. In May 2015, Ponomarev claimed the NABF title, beating Mikaël Zewski by unanimous decision (99-91, 98–92, 97–93).
In 2016, the IBF ordered an eliminator between Errol Spence and Ponomarev. Ponomarev and Top Rank ultimately decided to not partake in the eliminator and Spence ended up facing Leonard Bundu in an eliminator. In July 2017, the IBF ordered a title eliminator between Carlos Ocampo and Ponomarev. The winner will be the mandatory challenger to Spence, who had become the IBF's champion. The fight was later called off as Ponomarev pulled out for undisclosed reasons.
On the 21st of July 2018 Sergey Vorobiev ended Ponomarev's undefeated streak.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes40Loss35–5Avni YıldırımTKO3 (8), 6 Jun 202639Loss35–4Vadim TukovRTD6 (10), 23 Mar 202438Loss35–3Orkhan GadzhievSD1016 Dec 202337Win35–2Charlan TakamTKO2 (6), 24 Dec 202136Loss34–2Oleksandr IvanovUD109 Feb 201935Loss34–1Sergey VorobievSD1021 Jul 201834Win34–0Ambrosi SutidzeUD812 May 201833Win33–0Pavel MamontovUD1024 Mar 201832Win32–0Ed ParedesUD820 May 201731Win31–0Silverio OrtizUD826 Nov 201630Win30–0Brad SolomonSD109 Apr 201629Win29–0Ramses AgatonMD820 Nov 201528Win28–0Mikaël ZewskiUD101 May 201527Win27–0Steve ClaggettUD824 Jan 201526Win26–0Bekhzod NabievTKO5 (8), 27 Nov 201425Win25–0Cosme Rivera YocupicioUD1020 Sep 201424Win24–0Joseph De los SantosTKO1 (10), 28 Jun 201423Win23–0Ramon De La Cruz SenaUD101 Feb 201422Win22–0Rogelio Castañeda Jr.RTD3 (8), 14 Nov 201321Win21–0Isaac AryeeUD1026 Jun 201320Win20–0Sergei MelisUD815 May 201319Win19–0Fariz KazimovTKO7 (8), 16 Mar 201318Win18–0Wily MedinaRTD5 (8), 6 Dec 201217Win17–0Bogdan ProtsyshynRTD5 (8), 13 Oct 201216Win16–0Bogdan MiticMD1024 Jul 201215Win15–0Marat KhuzeevUD831 May 201214Win14–0Vadzim AstapukTKO3 (6), 8 Apr 201213Win13–0Luis Alejandro MorenoTKO5 (10), 3 Mar 201212Win12–0Beka SutidzeUD826 Nov 201111Win11–0Sergey SergeevUD625 Sep 201110Win10–0Fedor MushtranovUD828 Apr 20119Win9–0Vyacheslav YakovenkoUD620 Apr 20118Win8–0Anatoliy SidorovRTD4 (6), 26 Mar 20117Win7–0Viktor IzhakRTD4 (6), 23 Feb 20116Win6–0Ivan KaberkonTKO1 (8), 27 Jan 20115Win5–0Dmitry LavrinenkoTKO4 (6), 10 Dec 20104Win4–0Alexey GulovTKO3 (4)24 Oct 20103Win3–0Eduard AslanyanUD45 Aug 20102Win2–0Dzhamal NadirbegovDQ4 (4)8 Jul 20101Win1–0Bobir NormatovUD417 Apr 2010
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