Siarhei Piatrovich Liakhovich (; born 29 May 1976) is a Belarusian former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2020. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight title in 2006. At regional level, he held the Belarus heavyweight title from 1998 to 2001. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships.
Amateur career Liakhovich was born in Vitebsk, in the former Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Belarus), and represented Belarus at the 1996 Olympic Games. He was a long-time amateur who won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. He amassed a 145–15 record before turning pro in 1998.
Professional career
His first defeat occurred on June 1, 2002, when he was knocked out by Maurice Harris in the 9th round.
Liakhovich won the WBO title from Lamon Brewster on April 1, 2006. Liakhovich was knocked down in the 7th round, but went on to win on points via unanimous decision. He lost the title to former Lineal heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs by technical knockout in the 12th round on November 4, 2006, after being knocked down twice.
On February 16, 2008, Liakhovich lost to Nikolai Valuev by unanimous decision following a one-sided contest. He won his next two fights a first-round TKO of Jeremy Bates on November 7, 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany and a 9th-round KO of Evans Quinn in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany on May 22, 2010 on the undercard of Chagaev-Meehan.
On August 9, 2013, Liakhovich fought American heavyweight Deontay Wilder. Wilder won the fight with a first-round knockout.
In February 2014, Liakhovich achieved his first win in four years with a unanimous decision over journeyman Chad Davis.
He faced Simon Kean for the vacant WBC International Silver heavyweight title at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, on 7 December 2019, losing by stoppage in the final round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes 36Loss27–9Evgenyi RomanovKO2 (10), 7 Nov 2020 35Loss27–8Simon KeanTKO10 (10), 7 Dec 2019 34Win27–7Ramon OlivasTKO3 (6), 13 Nov 201733Loss26–7Andy Ruiz Jr.UD1020 Dec 201432Win26–6Chad DavisUD822 Feb 201431Loss25–6Deontay WilderKO1 (10), 9 Aug 201330Loss25–5Bryant Jennings9 (10), 24 Mar 201229Loss25–4Robert HeleniusTKO9 (12), 27 Aug 201128Win25–3Evans QuinnKO9 (10), 22 May 201027Win24–3Jeremy BatesTKO1 (8), 7 Nov 200926Loss23–3Nikolai ValuevUD1216 Feb 200825Loss23–2Shannon BriggsTKO12 (12), 4 Nov 200624Win23–1Lamon BrewsterUD121 Apr 200623Win22–1Dominick GuinnUD103 Dec 200422Win21–1Onebo MaximeUD627 Mar 200421Win20–1Ron GuerreroTKO1 (8)9 Jan 200420Win19–1James WaltonTKO8 (10), 27 Sep 200319Win18–1Sione AsipeliTKO5 (10)17 May 200318Win17–1Joe LenhartTKO9 (10)4 Jan 200317Loss16–1Maurice HarrisKO9 (10), 1 Jun 200216Win16–0Friday AhunanyaUD1217 Nov 200115Win15–0Ed WhiteTKO116 Jun 200114Win14–0Sedreck FieldsUD814 Apr 200113Win13–0Derrell Dixon62 Dec 200012Win12–0Bradley RoneUD829 Aug 200011Win11–0Tracy WilsonTKO1 (4), 12 Aug 200010Win10–0Anthony CurryKO1 (6), 29 Jul 20009Win9–0Everett MartinUD828 Mar 20008Win8–0Tracy WilsonTKO2 (4), 29 Feb 20007Win7–0Donald MaconTKO2 (4), 18 Dec 19996Win6–0Marshall TillmanKO4 (4), 7 Dec 19995Win5–0Larry WilsonTKO1 (4), 4 Dec 19994Win4–0Isaac PooleTKO2 (4), 27 Aug 19993Win3–0Sergey Tretyakov4 (4)17 Mar 19992Win2–0Alexander Vasiliev630 Jan 19991Win1–0Ihar Sharapau1 (10), 25 Dec 1998
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