BALKAN CHAMPION · NATIONAL TEAM BOXER · COACH

Alexey
Vasilev

Your legacy lives on in those you teach.

From Balkan gold in the ring to decades of work with national teams, Ruse prospects and professional boxers — a story of character, knowledge and dedication.

Portrait of boxing coach Alexey Vasilev
Alexey Vasilev · personal and club archive

A LASTING BOXING LEGACY

A legacy lives on in the people you inspire.

Alexey Vasilev brings together three roles: boxer, coach and builder of a boxing community. His contribution is more than a date or a medal; it is an entire Ruse tradition within Bulgarian boxing.

1979Under-20 Balkan champion · 71 kg
3Balkan medals — gold, silver and bronze
1996Founding of Lokomotiv Boxing Club — Ruse
7Boxers coached to world and European championship medals

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.

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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.

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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.

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Lokomotiv 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.

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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.

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Balkan champion

Becomes under-20 Balkan champion at 71 kg in Gabrovo, beating Alexandru Ciocirlie in the final after a second-round retirement.

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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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Alexey Vasilev, Alexey Ribchev and Vasko Alexeev with the UBO International belt
Alexey Vasilev, Alexey Ribchev and Vasko Alexeev · UBO International · Ruse · 2011

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.

In professional boxing he works with Ruse fighters including Alexey Ribchev, Merdjidin Yuseinov, Asan Yuseinov and Yordan Vasilev. That coaching knowledge also underpins the family idea 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 VasilevRuse history portalRuse boxing and Balkan medalsMajor Atanas Uzunov Sports School — RuseHistory of the Sports SchoolUtro, RuseSevda Asenova on her first coachAmateur Boxing Results1979 Balkan ChampionshipsAmateur Boxing Results1980 Balkan Championships

FATHER · COACH · FOUNDATION

The story continues with the next generation.

Alexey Vasilev is part of the beginnings, values and boxing heritage of Alexeev Boxing.

THE FULL STORY