Nikolay Korolyov (boxer)

Korolyov died on 12 March 1974, two days shy of his 57th birthday, and was buried in the Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

In 1944 Korolyov returned to the ring. In a difficult bout with Yevgeny Ogurenkov he regained the title of Absolute Champion of the Soviet Union, and in 1945 repeated this achievement. In 1946 Korolyov won international tournaments in Helsinki and Prague.

In 1939 Korolyov was called up for military service. He became a student at a school for fighter pilots. However, because of a plane accident in which he received heavy injuries, Korolyov was forced to leave military service.

On 22 October 1936, at the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, Korolyov first became the Absolute Champion of the USSR. Korolyov's opponent was the very strong and experienced Viktor Pavlovich Mikhailov [ru]. After six three-minute rounds, Korolyov became the foremost pugilist in the Soviet Union. In 1937 he triumphed at the Workers' Olympiad in Antwerp, knocking out two opponents in the first round.

He began his route towards major sporting success in 1933, under the leadership of Ivan Stepanovich Bogayev - one of the pioneers of Soviet boxing. Soon Korolyov entered the Stalin Technical School of Physical Culture and began to train, first under Konstantin Gradopolov [ru] and then under Arkady Georgievich Kharlampiyev, father of Anatoly Kharlampiyev.

Nikolay Fyodorovich Korolyov (Russian: Николай Фёдорович Королёв; 14 March 1917, Moscow – 12 March 1974, Moscow) was a Soviet boxer and trainer. Korolyov was the nine time heavyweight champion of the USSR.

Born in Moscow in 1917, Korolyov began working at the Neftegaz factory there after graduating from school.