Julij 7 v Astani, Kazahstan
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Astana, Kazahstan (Maj 10, 2018)) – Two-delitev Svetovni boksarski združenje (WBA) Svetovni prvak Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, proti 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, v Astani, Kazahstan.
Shumenov (17-2, 11 Kos), a 2004 Kazahstan Olympian, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, ga prisili, da prepusti svoje WBA cruiserweight naslov svetovnega prvaka.
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. Po tem boju, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”
Samo v svojem 10. pro boj, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, ko je decisioned Gabriel Campillo v Las Vegasu.
Shumenov postal edini dve divizijo svetovnega prvaka iz Kazahstana v svojem zadnjem boju, ko se je ustavil Junior Wright v 10th krog svojih maja 21, 2016 Naslov boj, zajemanje WBA Cruiserweight svetovno prvenstvo.
Med 34-year-old Shumenov v poklicni karieri, ga je premagala štiri svetovne prvake – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy in Montell Griffin) – kakor tudi sedem svetovnih naslov izzivalci: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, Danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores in Wright.
The 30-year-old Altunkaya (30-1, 17 Kos), fighting out of Germany by way of his native Turkey, ustavila Mathias Reinhardt in the opening round on the Vitali Klitschko versus Shannon Briggs Svetovni boksarski svet (WBC) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Nemčija.
V 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. “On je velik borec, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. To bo dober boj. I’m coming to Kazakhstan to win!”
Other fighters to be in action include four undefeated Kazakh prospects in separate bouts: srednji Aidos Yerbossynuly (7-0, 6 Kos), super welterweight Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 Kos) in srednji 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. Vse bitke in borci so predmet sprememb.
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