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Hizni Altunkaya challenges 2-division World Champion Beibut Shumenov for Vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (Lub rau hli ntuj , 2018) — Lub ntiaj teb no Boxing Association (WBA) Ua Tsis. 3-rated cruiserweight Hizni “The Warrior” Altunkaya (30-1, 17 Kos) isn’t concerned about hitting the road to fight local hero and two-division World Boxing Association (WBA) ntiaj teb tau zus ib, Shumenov Beibu, for the vacant WBA World cruiserweight title, Lub Xya hli ntuj 7 nyob rau hauv Astana, Kazakhstan.
A 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian, Shumenov (17-2, 11 Kos) retired a year ago due to an eye injury that required surgeries, yuam nws kam nws WBA cruiserweight ntiaj teb no title. Shumenov has fully recovered and he’s on a mission to recapture his WBA world cruiserweight title.
Shumenov vs. Altunkaya is a presentation of Shumenov’s company, KZ Event Productions, Inc. The July 7thgala event will be part of the 20thanniversary celebration of Astana being the capital of Kazakhstan. Many political dignitaries from Kazakhstan and around the World are expected to attend Shumenov’s comeback fight, which will air nationally on Qazaqstan TV and QAZSPORT TV, as well as internationally, including BoxNation in the United Kingdom.
“I have no reservations about fighting Shumenov in his country,” 30-year-old Altunkaya said. “I believe that there will be a fair decision and the better fighter that evening will win. I will arrive in Kazakhstan with enough time for me to acclimate.
“I have great respect for what he has achieved. Shumenov has a lot of experience and he is a strong boxer. We are studying some fights to find his weaknesses. I think it will be, technologically, a good fight, in which both of us will take chances to get a knockout. Kuv yog ib tug boxer, but when I see the chance for a knockout, I can change my style. It will be a tough fight and I will do my best to go home as world champion.
Altunkaya, who was born in Turkey but now lives and fights out of fighting out of Germany, khob qhov rooj tawm Mathias Reinhardt nyob rau hauv thawj puag ncig, nyob rau hauv lub Vitali Klitschko tiv tiag Shannon Briggs Lub ntiaj teb no Boxing Council (Qhov) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010, at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Lub teb chaws yelemees.
Nyob rau hauv 2011, Altunkaya won a 12-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Salvatore Aiello (29-0) for the Interim World Boxing Federation (WBF) World cruiserweight crown. The gifted Turk captured the vacant Global Boxing Council (GBC) Intercontinental cruiserweight title in 2016, His pro loss happened last year, when he was stopped in round five by former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight World champion Krzysztof Glowacki (26-1).
Shumenov has a tremendous quality experience advantage over Altunkaya, who did not box as an amateur. Although Altunkava has fought more pro rounds than Shumenov, 147-140, the chiseled Kazakh has fought 88 rounds in major world title fights compared to zero for his Turkish opponent.
“The fight against Glowacki was one of the most important experiences in my career,” Altunkaya added. “I know what I did wrong and I will not repeat those mistakes against Shumenov.”
Ntxiv fights yuav sai sai no yuav tshaj tawm. Tag nrho cov sib ntaus thiab tua hluav taws yuav raug hloov.
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Two-division world champion Beibut Shumenov comeback fight for Vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title
Lub Xya hli ntuj 7 nyob rau hauv Astana, Kazakhstan
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (Tej zaum 10, 2018)) – Ob-division ntiaj teb Boxing Association (WBA) ntiaj teb tau zus ib Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, tiv thaiv 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, nyob rau hauv Astana, Kazakhstan.
Shumenov (17-2, 11 Kos), ib tug 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, yuam nws kam nws WBA cruiserweight ntiaj teb no title.
Shumenov vs. Altunkaya is a presentation of Shumenov’s company, KZ Event Productions, Inc.
The July 7th gala event will be part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Astana being the capital of Kazakhstan. Many political dignitaries from Kazakhstan and around the World are expected to attend Shumenov’s comeback fight.
“I’m happy to fight for my belt,” Shumenov said from his training camp in Kazakhstan. “My eye is 100-percent and I’m excited about fighting again. I’m honored to fight on the 20thanniversary celebration of Astana as my country’s capital. Tom qab no sib ntaus, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”
Nyob rau hauv xwb nws 10 pro sib ntaus, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, thaum nws decisioned Gabriel Campillo nyob rau hauv Las Vegas.
Shumenov los ua tus tsuas yog ob tug-division ntiaj teb no yeej los ntawm Kazakhstan nyob rau hauv nws cov nag sib ntaus, thaum nws nres Junior Wright nyob rau hauv lub 10th puag ncig ntawm lawv May 21, 2016 title sib ntaus, capturing tus WBA Cruiserweight ntiaj teb Championship.
Thaum lub sij hawm 34-xyoo-laus Shumenov tus kev ua hauj lwm, nws tau yeej plaub lub ntiaj teb no champions – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy thiab Montell Griffin) – raws li zoo raws li xya lub ntiaj teb no title challengers: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, Danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores thiab Wright.
The 30-year-old Altunkaya (30-1, 17 Kos), fighting out of Germany by way of his native Turkey, nres Mathias Reinhardt in the opening round on the Vitali Klitschko tiv tiag Shannon Briggs Lub ntiaj teb no Boxing Council (Qhov) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Lub teb chaws yelemees.
Nyob rau hauv 2011, Altunkaya won a 12-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Salvatore Aiello (29-0) for the Interim World Boxing Federation (WBF) World cruiserweight title. The talented Turk added the vacant Global Boxing Council (GBC) Intercontinental cruiserweight crown to his collection in 2016, The only loss of his pro career was last year to former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight World champion Krzysztof Glowacki (26-1).
“I’m thankful for the chance to fight Beibut Shumenov,” Altunkaya said. “Nws yog ib tug zoo fighter, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. Nws tseem yuav mus yuav ib tug zoo sib ntaus. I’m coming to Kazakhstan to win!”
Other fighters to be in action include four undefeated Kazakh prospects in separate bouts: Middleweight Aidos Yerbossynuly (7-0, 6 Kos), super welterweight Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 Kos) thiab middleweight Ibragim Iskandarov (2-0, 2 Kos), and pro-debuting Mirzhan Rahimzhanov, who was Shumenov’s teammate on the 2004 Kazakhstan Olympic Boxing Team.
Opponents and other fights will soon be announced. Tag nrho cov sib ntaus thiab tua hluav taws yuav raug hloov.
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Astana, Kazakhstan hosting 5th World MMA Championships
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WBA Interim Champ Zhakiyanov and Camp Respond to ‘Blatantly False’ Rumors Being Spread by Super Flyweight Contender Zolani Tete
Interim WBA World Bantamweight Champion Zhanat “ZZ” Zhakiyanov (26-1, 18 Kos) and his representatives are now forced to respond to the deliberate falsehoods being distributed by the team around South African super flyweight Zolani Tete. Zhakiyanov of Petropavl, Kazakhstan, is a proud warrior, who has been willing to face anyone from the start of his career. Which is what makes the blatantly false and intentionally misleading allegations by Tete’s camp so infuriating.
Tete and his manager, Mla Tengimfene, have been feeding the media a fictional story that Zhakiyanov recently backed out of a purported fight between the two, supposedly scheduled for Lub rau hli ntuj 4 at Echo Arena in Liverpool.
One problem.
Zhakiyanov and his people were never even contacted about such a fight. It never existed.
“I have never heard from anyone about this fight,” said Zhakiyanov. “They are saying I can’t make the weight and that’s why I can’t fight him. I was never supposed to fight him! He and his people are telling stories.”
Zhakiyanov’s manager, Philippe Fondu, wonders why the media would even believe such a fight ever existed when a quick check of the WBA rule book would have eliminated all talk of such a match-up.
“There were some unfounded rumors on the net about Zhanat defending against Tete a while ago, but having never received any concrete proposal from anyone, including his new promoter Frank Warren, I never paid any specific attention to these rumors. But let’s be honest here. Zhanat Zhakiyanov is the reigning interim WBA Bantamweight champion and Tete is actually boxing for other world organizations (IBF and/or WBO). Tsis tas li ntawd, Tete is rated #9 in the WBA super-flyweight division (115 lb.). Such a contest could obviously not even be considered, as a WBA Interim 118-lb. champion can only defend his title against a WBA top-15 rated boxer in the 118 lb. division.”
Fondu also says that Zhakiyanov, promoted by Hatton Promotions, is fully capable of making the 118-lb weight limit and welcomes any and all viable fight proposals approvable by the WBA.
“I have been in boxing many years and I understand using the media to get a fighter’s name in print,” continued Fondu, “but they are using the name of a champion and proud representative of his home country of Kazakhstan to do it and it’s not right. Hopefully the media will get more responsible about checking the facts in the future.”
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