Former Russian amateur boxer Andrey Balanov defeated Oleksandr Stretskyy at the Euros 2006 and at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
Andrey Vladimirovich Balanov (Russian:   ) (born April 27, 1976 in Podolsk) is a former Russian amateur boxer best known for winning the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships at welterweight and being part of the Russian 2005 team at the Boxing World Cup. At the Euros 2006 he beat Oleksandr Stretskyy from Ukraine in the semifinals and Bulgarian Spas Genov in the final 30:12. At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he again beat Olexandr Stretskiy but was upset by Thai Non Boonjumnong. 
