Amateur Career
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Soviet Union | ||
| Men’s Boxing | ||
| World Amateur Championships | ||
| Gold | Moscow 1989 | Flyweight |
Arbachakov was an amateur boxing star in the Soviet Union. He won both world and European amateur championships during his amateur career, and lost only 21 of 186 amateur fights.
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