Career
Lemeshev trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in 1972 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the same year. Defeated Wiem Gommies (Indonesia) KO 1
Defeated Hans-Joachim Brauske (East Germany) 5-0
Defeated Nazif Turan (Turkey) TKO 2
Defeated Marvin Johnson (United States) TKO 2
Defeated Reima Virtanen (Finland) KO 1.