| Taras Shelestyuk | |
| Realname: | Taras Shelestyuk Тарас Олександрович Шелестюк |
| Birth Date: | 30 November 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Boxrec: | 645118 |
| Weight: | 69kg (152lb)--> |
| Total: | 20 |
| Wins: | 19 |
| Ko: | 11 |
| Losses: | 0 |
| Draws: | 1 |
| Medaltemplates: | [1] |
Taras Oleksandrovych Shelestyuk[2] (uk|Тарас Олександрович Шелестюк;[2] born 30 November 1985) is a Ukrainian undefeated professional boxer. His professional record 19-0-1 with 11 knockouts. He trained by legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach from 2013 to 2015. Taras Shelestyuk won the gold medal at welterweight division (69 kg / 152 lb) at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku and became the second boxer in independent Ukraine to win the World amateur Championship. He also won a Bronze medal at Olympic games in London 2012.
In the final of 2011 World Championships, he beat Serik Sapiyev from Kazakhstan after 3 rounds with 16 - 10 final score (5:2, 3:2, 8:6 per round).[3] Prior to the final, beating his opponents from Denmark, Cuba, France and Russia respectively, he qualified for 2012 Summer Olympics by reaching the quarter finals.[4] Along with his contribution, Ukraine Boxing National Team have topped the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championship overall medal table with 4 gold and 1 silver medals.[5] Additionally, climbing up 20 ladders, Shelestyuk captured the top spot at AIBA individual rankings with 1700 points, as of 31 October 2011, in front of Welsh Freddie Evans and Indian Vikas Krishan.[6] [7] Getting the Bronze medal in Olympic Games in London 2012 he moved to Los Angeles and signed a contract with a promotion company and turned professional. Now training at famous boxing gym "Wild Card boxing club" with trainer Freddie Roach.
| style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 20%' | Event | style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 15%' | Round | style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 10%' | Result | style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 40%' | Opponent | style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 15%' | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welterweight | align='center' | First | Win | align='left' | Torben Keller | align='left' | 23–8 | ||
| align='center' | Second | Win | align='left' |  Carlos Banteurt | align='left' | 17–15 | |||
| align='center' | Third | Win | align='left' |  Alexis Vastine | align='left' | 18–11 | |||
| align='center' | Quarterfinal | Win | align='left' |  Andrey Zamkovoy | align='left' | (+)13–13 | |||
| align='center'; bgcolor="#cc9966" | Semifinal | Win | align='left' |  Vikas Krishan | align='left' | 15–12 | |||
| align='center'; bgcolor="gold" | Final | Win | align='left' |  Serik Sapiyev | align='left' | 16–10 | |||
| style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 20%' | Event | style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 15%' | Round | style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 10%' | Result | style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 40%' | Opponent | style='border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3; width: 15%' | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welterweight | align='center' | First | Win | align='left' | Andrey Zamkovoy | align='left' | 6–3 | ||
| align='center' | Second | Win | align='left' |  Önder Şipal | align='left' | 4–2 | |||
| align='center' | Quarterfinal | Win | align='left' |  John Joe Joyce | align='left' | 9–1 | |||
| align='center'; bgcolor="#cc9966" | Semifinal | Loss | align='left' |  Balazs Bacskai | align='left' | 2–4 | |||
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|17 wins (10 knockouts), 0 losses, 0 draws[8] |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;"| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res.| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Round| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes|- align=center|Draw||19–0–1||align=left|
Gabriel Maestre|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||19–0||align=left| Ernesto Espana|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||18–0||align=left|
Luis Alberto Veron|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||17–0||align=left|
Martin Angel Martinez|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||16–0||align=left| Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||15–0||align=left|
Jaime Herrera|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||14–0||align=left| Erick Daniel Martinez|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||13–0||align=left| Aslanbek Kozaev|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||12–0||align=left| Juan Rodriguez Jr|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||11–0||align=left| Francisco Javier Reza|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||10–0||align=left| Antonio Chaves Fernandez|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||9–0||align=left| Patrick Boozer|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||8–0||align=left| Romon Barber|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||7–0||align=left| Francisco Flores|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||6–0||align=left| Thomas Allen|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||5–0||align=left| Adam Ealoms|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||4–0||align=left| Travis Hanshaw|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||3–0||align=left| Mario Angeles|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||2–0||align=left| Brandon Adams|||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win||1–0||align=left| Kamal Muhammad|||||align=left||align=left|