Júlí 7 í Astana, Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan (Maí 10, 2018)) – Tveggja deild Veröld Boxing Association (WBA) heimsmeistari Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, gegn 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, í Astana, Kazakhstan.

 

 

 

Shumenov (17-2, 11 Kos), a 2004 Kasakstan Olympian, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, neyða hann til að afsala WBA cruiserweight heiminum titil sinn.

 

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. Eftir þessari baráttu, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”

 

 

Í aðeins sínu 10. pro baráttunni, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, þegar hann decisioned Gabriel Campillo í Las Vegas.

 

 

Shumenov varð aðeins tveir-deild heimsmeistari frá Kasakstan í síðustu baráttu sinni, þegar hann hætti Junior Wright í því 10^th umferð maí þeirra 21, 2016 titill berjast, handtaka WBA Cruiserweight World Championship.

 

 

 

Á starfsferli á 34 ára gamla Shumenov er, Hann hefur sigraði fjóra heimsmeistaratitil – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy og Montell Griffin) – sem og sjö heimsmeistaratitilinn áskorun: 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, hætt Mathias Reinhardt in the opening round on the Vitali Klitschko móti Shannon Briggs Heimur Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Þýskaland.

 

 

 

Í 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. “Hann er frábær bardagamaður, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. Það er að fara til vera a góður bardagi. 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), frábær welterweight Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 Kos) og 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. Öll berst og bardagamenn eru háð breytingum.

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