Július 7 Astana, Kazahsztán
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Astana, Kazahsztán (Május 10, 2018)) – Két osztály World Boxing Association (WBA) Világbajnok Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, ellen 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, Astana, Kazahsztán.
Shumenov (17-2, 11 KO), egy 2004 Kazahsztán olimpikon, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, arra kényszerítve őt, hogy lemond WBA cirkálósúlyú világbajnoki címét.
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. Miután ez a harc, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”
Az csak a 10. pro küzdelem, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, amikor decisioned Gabriel Campillo Las Vegas.
Shumenov lett a mindössze két-osztály világbajnok Kazahsztán az utolsó küzdelem, amikor megállt Junior Wright a 10th fordulójára május 21, 2016 Cím küzdelem, készítse el a WBA világbajnoki Cruiserweight.
A 34 éves Shumenov szakmai karrierje, ő legyőzte négy világbajnok – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy és Montell Griffin) – valamint a hét világbajnoki címet kihívók: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, Danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores és Wright.
The 30-year-old Altunkaya (30-1, 17 KO), fighting out of Germany by way of his native Turkey, megállt Mathias Reinhardt in the opening round on the Vitali Klitschko kontra Shannon Briggs Bokszvilágtanács (WBC) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Németország.
-ban 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. “Ő egy nagyszerű harcos, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. Ez lesz a jó harcot. I’m coming to Kazakhstan to win!”
Other fighters to be in action include four undefeated Kazakh prospects in separate bouts: középsúlyú Aidos Yerbossynuly (7-0, 6 KO), szuper váltósúlyú Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 KO) és középsúlyú Ibragim Iskandarov (2-0, 2 KO), és a debütálás Mirzhan Rahimzhanov, who was Shumenov’s teammate on the 2004 Kazakhstan Olympic Boxing Team.
Opponents and other fights will soon be announced. Verekedések és a harcosok változhatnak.
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