Background
Musalimov was born in Moscow, but as a result of the Stalin"s repressions his family was relocated to Kazakhstan, where he started to train in boxing.
Musalimov was born in Moscow, but as a result of the Stalin"s repressions his family was relocated to Kazakhstan, where he started to train in boxing.
In 1960 together with his coach he moved to Kyiv, Ukraine. In 1963-1967 he studied in a military school there and until 1973 competed for the Armed Forces sports society. Musalimov was a career military officer
Then he was stationed in Magdeburg with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and in 1986 was sent to Luhansk, Ukraine, where he lived until his death in 2013.
He retired from the Soviet Army in 1990 in the rank of colonel, and in 1991–2005 worked as a boxing coach and referee.