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Mr. Knockout

The film tells the story of the legendary Soviet boxer Valery Popenchenko, USSR and European champion and winner of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His life was a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs - from his childhood in Tashkent’s Suvorov Military School and service as a border guard, to his first victories and failures, and his friendship with Dynamo sports society coach Grigory Kusikyants.

Top Cast

  • Viktor Horinyak

    Viktor Horinyak

    Valery Popenchenko

  • Sergei Bezrukov

    Sergei Bezrukov

    Grigory Filippovich Kusikyants

  • Inga Strelkova-Oboldina

    Inga Strelkova-Oboldina

  • Evgeniya Dmitrieva

    Evgeniya Dmitrieva

  • Angelina Strechina

    Angelina Strechina

  • Andrey Sergeev

    Andrey Sergeev

    tram passenger

  • Viktor Verzhbitskiy

    Viktor Verzhbitskiy

  • Andrey Titchenko

    Andrey Titchenko

    Valery Popenchenko in childhood

  • Oleg Chugunov

    Oleg Chugunov

Overview

The film tells the story of the legendary Soviet boxer Valery Popenchenko, USSR and European champion and winner of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His life was a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs - from his childhood in Tashkent’s Suvorov Military School and service as a border guard, to his first victories and failures, and his friendship with Dynamo sports society coach Grigory Kusikyants.

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