Juli 7 in Astana, Kasachstan

ASTANA, Kasachstan (Mai 10, 2018)) – Zweiteilung World Boxing Association (WBA) Weltmeister Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, gegen 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, in Astana, Kasachstan.

 

 

 

Shumenov (17-2, 11 KOs), ein 2004 Kasachstan Olympian, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, zwingt ihn, seinen WBA im Cruisergewicht WM-Titel zu verzichten.

 

Shumenov vs. Altunkaya is a presentation of Shumenov’s company, KZ Event Productions, Inc.

 

 

 

der Juli 7^th gala event will be part of the 20^th 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 20^thanniversary celebration of Astana as my country’s capital. Nach diesem Kampf, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”

 

 

In nur seinen 10. Profi-Kampf, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, wenn er zur Entscheidung Gabriel Campillo in Las Vegas.

 

 

Shumenov wurde den einzigen Zwei-Teilung Weltmeister aus Kasachstan in seinem letzten Kampf, als er gestoppt Junior Wright in der 10^th Runde ihres Mai 21, 2016 Titelkampf, die WBA-Weltmeisterschaft im Cruiser Erfassung.

 

 

 

Während der 34-jährige berufliche Laufbahn des Shumenov, er hat vier Weltmeister besiegt – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy und Montell Griffin) – sowie sieben WM-Titel Herausforderer: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, Danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores und Wright.

 

 

 

The 30-year-old Altunkaya (30-1, 17 KOs), fighting out of Germany by way of his native Turkey, gestoppt Mathias Reinhardt in the opening round on the Vitali Klitschko gegen Shannon Briggs World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Deutschland.

 

 

 

In 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. “Er ist ein großer Kämpfer, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. Es wird ein guter Kampf werden. I’m coming to Kazakhstan to win!”

 

 

 

Other fighters to be in action include four undefeated Kazakh prospects in separate bouts: Mittelgewicht Aidos Yerbossynuly (7-0, 6 KOs), Superweltergewicht Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 KOs) und Mittelgewicht Ibragim Iskandarov (2-0, 2 KOs), und pro-debütierende Mirzhan Rahimzhanov, who was Shumenov’s teammate on the 2004 Kazakhstan Olympic Boxing Team.

 

 

 

Opponents and other fights will soon be announced. Alle Kämpfe und Kämpfer sind Änderungen vorbehalten.

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