Jūlijs 7 Astanā, Kazahstāna
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ASTANA, Kazahstāna (Maijs 10, 2018)) – Divu sadalījums Pasaules Boksa asociācija (WBA) Pasaules čempions Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, pret 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, Astanā, Kazahstāna.
Shumenov (17-2, 11 Kos), a 2004 Kazahstāna olimpietis, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, piespiežot viņu atteikties no viņa WBA cruiserweight pasaules titulu.
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. Pēc šīs cīņas, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”
Tikai viņa 10 pro cīņu, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, kad viņš decisioned Gabriel Campillo Las Vegas.
Shumenov kļuva tikai divu sadalījumu pasaules čempionu no Kazahstānas viņa pēdējā cīņa, kad viņš apstājās Junior Wright jo 10th kārta viņu maijs 21, 2016 virsraksts cīņa, notveršanā WBA Cruiserweight pasaules čempionātā.
34 gadus vecais Shumenov profesionālās karjeras laikā, viņš sakāva četrus pasaules čempioni – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy un Montell Griffin) – kā arī septiņi pasaules čempiona titulu: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, Danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores un Wright.
The 30-year-old Altunkaya (30-1, 17 Kos), fighting out of Germany by way of his native Turkey, apstājās Mathias Reinhardt in the opening round on the Vitali Klitschko pret Shannon Briggs Pasaules Boksa padome (WBC) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Vācija.
Uz 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. “Viņš ir lielisks cīnītājs, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. Tas būs labs cīņa. 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), super papildsvars Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 Kos) un middleweight Ibragim Iskandarov (2-0, 2 Kos), and pro-debuting Mirzhan Rahimzhanov, who was Shumenov’s teammate on the 2004 Kazakhstan Olympic Boxing Team.
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