Juli 7 i Astana, Kasakhstan
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ASTANA, Kasakhstan (Mai 10, 2018)) – To-divisjon World Boxing Association (WBA) Verdensmester Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, mot 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, tvinge ham til å gi fra seg WBA Cruiservekt verden tittel.
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. Etter denne kampen, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”
I bare hans 10. pro kamp, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, når han decisioned Gabriel Campillo i Las Vegas.
Shumenov ble bare to-delingen verdensmesteren fra Kasakhstan i sin siste kamp, da han stoppet Junior Wright i 10th runde av deres mai 21, 2016 tittelen kampen, fange WBA Cruiservekt VM.
I løpet av 34-åringen Shumenov sin profesjonelle karriere, Han har beseiret fire verdensmestere – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy og Montell Griffin) – så vel som sju VM-tittel utfordrere: 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. Det kommer til å bli en god kamp. I’m coming to Kazakhstan to win!”
Other fighters to be in action include four undefeated Kazakh prospects in separate bouts: mellomvekt Aidos Yerbossynuly (7-0, 6 KOs), super weltervekt Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 KOs) og mellomvekt 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 kamper og jagerfly er gjenstand for endring.
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