Xullo 7 en Astana, Casaquistán
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Astana, Casaquistán (Maio 10, 2018)) – Dous división Asociación Mundial de Boxeo (WBA) Campión do mundo Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, contra 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, en Astana, Casaquistán.
Shumenov (17-2, 11 Kos), un 2004 Kazajistán Olympian, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, forzándoo a abandonar o seu título mundial WBA cruiserweight.
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. Despois desa loita, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”
En só a súa loita pro 10, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, cando decisioned Gabriel Campillo en Las Vegas.
Shumenov converteuse no único campión do mundo dúas división do Casaquistán na súa última loita, cando deixou Júnior Wright no 10th rolda de seu maio 21, 2016 loita polo título, capturando o Campionato Mundial Cruiserweight WBA.
Durante a carreira profesional de 34 anos de idade de Shumenov, el venceu catro campións mundiais – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy e Montell Griffin) – así como sete challengers título mundial: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, Danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores e Wright.
The 30-year-old Altunkaya (30-1, 17 Kos), fighting out of Germany by way of his native Turkey, parado Mathias Reinhardt in the opening round on the Vitali Klitschko contra Shannon Briggs Consello Mundial de Boxeo (WBC) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Alemaña.
En 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. “El é un gran loitador, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. Vai ser unha loita boa. I’m coming to Kazakhstan to win!”
Other fighters to be in action include four undefeated Kazakh prospects in separate bouts: medios Aidos Yerbossynuly (7-0, 6 Kos), welterweight super Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 Kos) e medios 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. Todas as loitas e os loitadores están suxeitos a modificación.
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