BALKAN CHAMPION · NATIONAL TEAM BOXER · COACH
Alexey
Vasilev
Your legacy lives on in those you teach.
From Balkan gold as a boxer to decades spent coaching national teams, young fighters in Ruse and established professionals: a life devoted to boxing.
A LASTING BOXING LEGACY
A legacy lives on in the people you inspire.
As a boxer, coach and mentor, Alexey Vasilev helped shape Ruse’s place in Bulgarian boxing. His influence lives on in the generations of fighters he trained and the community he helped build.
LATEST FIRST
A lifetime in boxing.
The legacy lives on in the gym
In an in-depth interview, Alexey Vasilev discusses more than four decades in boxing, seven of his boxers who won world and European championship medals, and his continuing support for Alexey Ribchev.
SOURCE ↗Coaching the women's national team
Works with Bulgaria's women's national team alongside Eftim Lefterov. The squad includes Sevda Asenova, Stoyka Petrova, Greta Georgieva and Svetlana Kamenova. Asenova later names him as her first coach.
SOURCE ↗Working with national teams
His archived biography records spells as head coach of the cadet and junior teams and work with the women's national squad. Public sources confirm his longstanding role in preparing young and elite boxers.
Alexeev Boxing biographical archiveLokomotiv Boxing Club — Ruse
Founds and develops the club as a training centre for Ruse's boxing talent. It produces major championship medallists and professional boxers; Alexey Ribchev later continues the work.
SOURCE ↗Two Balkan medals in one year
Wins under-20 Balkan silver at 75 kg in Izmir and senior bronze in the same division in Pernik.
SOURCE ↗Balkan champion
Becomes under-20 Balkan champion at 71 kg in Gabrovo, beating Alexandru Ciocirlie in the final after a second-round retirement.
SOURCE ↗From the ring to coaching
Starts boxing in seventh grade under Iliya Syarov, studies at Ruse Sports School, competes for CSKA during military service and graduates from the National Sports Academy determined to become a coach.
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FROM RUSE TO THE BIG STAGE
Developing medallists and professional fighters.
His boxers named in public sources include world silver medallist Pavel Syarov and European bronze medallists Huben Aleksiev, Serkan Ahmedov, Saygan Sabri and Nikolay Koev. Sevda Asenova identifies him as her first coach.
His work in professional boxing includes Ruse fighters Alexey Ribchev, Merdjidin Yuseinov, Asan Yuseinov and Yordan Vasilev. That coaching experience also helped lay the foundations for the family venture that became Alexeev Boxing in 2008.
THE FAMILY BEGINNING ↗A DOCUMENTED HISTORY
Sources and further reading.
The public account has been cross-checked against interviews, club and school archives, and international amateur boxing records.
Utro, Ruse · 2020A conversation with Alexey Vasilev↗Ruse history portalRuse boxing and Balkan medals↗Major Atanas Uzunov Sports School — RuseHistory of the Sports School↗Utro, RuseSevda Asenova on her first coach↗Amateur Boxing Results1979 Balkan Championships↗Amateur Boxing Results1980 Balkan Championships↗
FATHER · COACH · FOUNDATION
The story continues with the next generation.
Alexey Vasilev helped lay the foundations of Alexeev Boxing and continues to shape its values and sense of history.