Career
Grigoryev was born in Moscow. He began boxing at the age of 13, training in Moscow at Trudovye Rezervy until 1961, and then at the Armed Forces sports society. He graduated from Ivanovo Pedagogical Institute in 1967.
Grigoryev was born in Moscow. He began boxing at the age of 13, training in Moscow at Trudovye Rezervy until 1961, and then at the Armed Forces sports society. He graduated from Ivanovo Pedagogical Institute in 1967.
In the finale he defeated Italian Primo Zamparini, who won the silver. Honoured Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics since 1960, Grigoryev was three-times European Champion(1957, 1963, 1965). In 1959 he won silver medal of European Championship. He is also six-times Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Champion. During his career as a boxer, he has won 176 fights and lost only 20. Grigoryev was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1960) and the title "Prominent boxer of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics".