Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 201 pauna, i tino haruru ia i te 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships
Na te kaiwhawhai o Ukraine a Denis Poyatsika i ārahi ki te whakamutu i a ia i te whiringa toa. I te tau 2007, i ngaro ia ki tana hoa whenua me tana hoa taha maui a Rakhim Chakhkeiv, a kaore i taea te haere ki nga Whakataetae o te Ao i Chicago.