Juli 7 i Astana, Kasakhstan

ASTANA, Kasakhstan (Maj 10, 2018)) – To-division World Boxing Association (WBA) Verdensmester Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, mod 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, i Astana, Kasakhstan.

 

 

 

Shumenov (17-2, 11 KOS), en 2004 Kasakhstan Olympian, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, tvang ham til at opgive sin WBA cruiserweight verden titel.

 

Shumenov vs. Altunkaya is a presentation of Shumenov’s company, KZ Event Productions, Inc.

 

 

 

The July 7^th gala event will be part of the 20^th 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 20^thanniversary celebration of Astana as my country’s capital. Efter denne kamp, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”

 

 

Kun i sit 10 pro kamp, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, når han decisioned Gabriel Campillo i Las Vegas.

 

 

Shumenov blev den eneste to-division verdensmester fra Kasakhstan i sin sidste kamp, da han stoppede Junior Wright i 10^th runde af deres maj 21, 2016 titel kamp, opfange WBA cruiservægt VM.

 

 

 

I løbet af 34-årige Shumenov professionelle karriere, han har besejret fire verdensmestre – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy og Montell Griffin) – såvel som syv verdens titel udfordrere: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, Danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores og Wright.

 

 

 

The 30-year-old Altunkaya (30-1, 17 KOS), fighting out of Germany by way of his native Turkey, stoppet Mathias Reinhardt in the opening round on the Vitali Klitschko versus Shannon Briggs World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Tyskland.

 

 

 

I 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. “Han er en stor fighter, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. It’s going to be a good fight. I’m coming to Kazakhstan to win!”

 

 

 

Other fighters to be in action include four undefeated Kazakh prospects in separate bouts: mellemvægt Aidos Yerbossynuly (7-0, 6 KOS), super weltervægt Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 KOS) og mellemvægt 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. Alle kampe og krigere kan ændres.

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