The farewell ceremony for Alexey Tishchenko, dedicated to his retirement from sports, was held within the traditional A. Ostrovsky boxing tournament. “Youth” dance troupe of the Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sports celebrated the hero of the day with a special program.

Citizens of Omsk, public officials, boxing fans and friends thanked Alexey for the beautiful boxing he showed when defending Russia's sporting honor in international tournaments. Naturally, there were flowers, gifts, champagne and fireworks. Alexey expressed his gratitude to all boxing fans, saying that it was his countrymen's support and the sense of responsibility before the millions of fans watching his boxing matches that helped him win his toughest fights. The evening was rounded off by a banquet in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Everyone felt a little sad, understanding that a great boxer, an Olympic champion was retiring from sports.

Next day the boxing ring hosted new matches in which, perhaps, future Olympic champions have emerged. Several days of hard-fought matches helped determine the best boxers of the tournament, who were awarded the right to Masters of Sports of Russia titles.

Winners and runners up of the All-Russian Boxing Class A Tournament named after A. Ostrovsky

52 kg

1st prize —Konstantin Skootin (Omsk)

2nd prize — Arlan Turmanbetov (Omsk)

56 kg

1st prize — Botirzhon Abdullayev (Omsk)

2nd prize — Egor Egorov (Chelyabinsk)

60 kg

1st prize — Alexander Strashivsky (KMAO)

2nd prize — Petr Yan (Omsk)

64 kg

1st prize — Dmitry Kulakov (Barnaul)

2nd prize — Ivan Rykov (Rubtsovsk)

69 kg

1st prize — Kirill Belozyerov (Omsk)

2nd prize — Alexander Kiper (KMAO)

75 kg

1st prize — Stas Berdnikov (Omsk)

2nd prize — Valery Ryabinin (Omsk)

81 kg

1st prize — Murad Ibragimov (KMAO)

2nd prize — Mikhail Kolpakov (Omsk)

91 kg

1st prize — Sojundyk Kolumbayev (Omsk)

2nd prize — Alexander Koshevarov (Barnaul)

+91 kg

1st prize — Artyom Babich (Nefteyugansk)

2nd prize — Alexey Emelyanov (Omsk)