(L-R) – Lub taub hau cob qhia Ismael Salas thiab Beibut Shumenov

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Las Vegas (Lub Xya hli ntuj 20, 2015) – Ze li ntawm ib xyoo dhau los, yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no Boxing Association (WBA) Lub teeb Heavyweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib Shumenov Beibu (15-2, 10 Kos) tau ob qho tseem ceeb heev kev txiav txim siab uas yog tam sim no them dividends li cov 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian npaj rau no hnub vas xaum hmo (Lub Xya hli ntuj 25) showdown nrog B.J. Paj (31-1-1, 20 Kos) nyob rau hauv Lub teg nyob rau hauv Shumenov tus saws tsev ntawm Las Vegas.

Thawj, tom qab tawm tsam kom poob phaus nyob rau hauv thiaj li ua rau lub 175-phaus lub teeb heavyweight txwv, uas feem ntau tshuav Shumenov tsis muaj zog txaus lub sij hawm nws ntaus, nws txiav txim siab tsiv mus txog ib tug ceeb thawj hoob kawm sib ntaus sib tua raws li ib tug cruiserweight. Ces, tom qab nws tus kheej-kev cob qhia nws tus kheej rau peb fights, Shumenov pib ua hauj lwm nrog co-ntshai Cuban lub taub hau tus kws qhia Ismael Salas, uas kuj u ntiaj teb Boxing Council (Qhov) Lub ntiaj teb no Hnav zus Jorge Linares. He has also handled present and past world champions such as Guillermo Rigondeaux, Yuriokis Gamboa, Danny Ntsuab, thiab Jesse Vargas.

Nrog Salas nyob rau hauv nws lub ces kaum rau tus thawj lub sij hawm, Shumenov ua nws debut cruiserweight kawg Hlis ntuj nqeg ntawm MGM Grand nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, nyob rau hauv uas Bobby Thomas, Jr. (14-2, 9 Kos) so tom qab lub thib tsib puag ncig thaum nws yuav tsis coj ib tug laus-fashioned ntaus.

Cov ob aforementioned tseem ceeb heev kev txiav txim siab twb positioned WBA Tsis. 1-ranked Shumenov mus tua WBA Tsis. 3-nyob Flores rau lub nruab nrab WBA cruiserweight title, headlining ib tug Premier Boxing Champions kev tshwm sim rau huab cua nyob rau NBCSN.

Shumenov yog ib tug cev tshem me me, impressively txiav nrog bulging leeg. Txawm li cas los, raws li nws hnub nyoog, lub qhov coj thiab tsim kua muag txuam nrog ua qhov hnyav – nws yog ntau npaum li cas yooj yim poob nqaij tshaj roj – tsuas ua heev npaum li cas rau nws los mus kov yeej. Thaum nws thawj zaug tuaj rau hauv lub tebchaws United States yim xyoo dhau los, Tiam sis, nws xav txog sib ntaus sib tua raws li ib tug heavyweight los yog cruiserweight, tab sis nws thaum kawg txiav txim siab los sib ntaus li ib lub teeb heavyweight. Nws mus rau teeb lub ntiaj teb no teeb heavyweight cov ntaub ntawv rau tsawg tshaj plaws ua hauj lwm fights, 10, yuav tsum tau mus ua lub ntiaj teb no teeb heavyweight yeej

“Txij thaum tsiv mus cruiserweight,” Shumenov hais tias, “Kuv twb tsis muaj teeb meem ua qhov hnyav. Tsis nyuaj siab rau tag nrho cov! Tag nrho cov kuv xav txog tam sim no yog yuav ua li cas kuv yuav ua tau ib tug zoo dua fighter. Kuv yeej txaus siab rau ua ib tug cruiserweight thiab kuv muaj tsuas zoo zog ntawm lub gym.”

Salas pom zoo tias Shumenov yog nyiam thiab zoo sib ntaus sib tua raws li ib tug lub ntiaj teb no-chav kawm cruiserweight. “Beibut tau txais zoo heev rau sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv lub chav kawm ntawv cruiserweight,” Salas sau tseg. “Nws yog vim nws noj qab nyob zoo ntawm kev ua hauj lwm nyuaj thiab noj zoo. Nws tsis tau ntoog lawm rau ceeb thawj. Ntau, nws tseem muaj zoo muaj thiab hwj chim xuas nrig ntaus muaj peev xwm.”

Cov kev twb kev txuas ntawm Shumenov thiab Salas yog tam sim ntawd, lom zem ntau vim ib tug uas zoo sib xws boxing kev pab cuam Shumenov kawm nyob rau hauv Kazakhstan, Salas nyob rau hauv teb chaws Cuba, uas siab rau fundamentals.

“Ismael yog tus qhia kuv ua npau suav uas nrhiav tau,” Shumenov remarked. “Peb muaj ib tug ntau zoo sib xws nyob rau hauv peb lub tsev kawm ntawv tom qab boxing. Peb muaj Science News for KIDS tam sim ntawd, los ntawm thawj hnub ntawm kev kawm. Kuv kuj muaj ob tug neeg pab tus qhia, Jeff Grmoja thiab Rodney Crisler, thiab peb tag nrho sib tham thiab qhia peb boxing paub raws li ib tug pab neeg los pab kuv ua ib tug zoo fighter. Peb tam sim no tag nrho xav tias raws li ib tug.”

Salas pom zoo nrog Shumenov txog lawv instant kev twb kev txuas, ntxiv: “Nws yog tseeb hais tias peb tuaj los ntawm heev zoo xws li cov kev kawm tshuab. Peb twb ntxiv ib tug kws mus kom ze rau txoj kev kawm, stressing cov qauv kev siv ntawm boxing kev txawj ntse. Ntxiv Beibut puas siab puas ntsws lub dag lub zog thiab tag nrho nws cov zog ua hauj lwm yuav tsum tau npaj nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib yuav tau kho, nyob rau hauv kwv yees li 10 lub hlis, thiab peb muaj ib tug tshiab pab neeg uas ua haujlwm zoo li ntawd ua ke.”

Rau ntawm daim ntawv, Flores yuav muaj ib qho kev kom zoo dua li Shumenov – 33 pro sib ntaus rau 17 – tab sis Shumenov tau ntsib ib tug ntau dua zoo ntawm lus tsis sib xws muaj tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv yim (6-2) lub ntiaj teb no title fights. Nyob rau hauv nws 17 pro sib ntaus, Shumenov tau tiv thaiv tsib lub ntiaj teb no champions thiab tsib lub ntiaj teb no title challengers. Flores poob rau lub qhov tsuas lub ntiaj teb champion nws tiv thaiv, ces-IBO cruiserweight Danny Ntsuab.

“Peb nyob nraum npaj rau lub ntsej muag dab tsi BJ Flores yuav coj, li ntawd kuv ntseeg tias nws yuav tsum yog ib tug exciting, kev sib tw kev sib ntaus ntawm ob txog tej neeg tua hluav taws,” Salas xaus lus. “Tus thawj ob peb rounds tej zaum yuav ib tug zoo li ib tug tswv chess kev ua si.”

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