Juli 7 ing Astana, Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan (May 10, 2018)) – Two-divisi World Boxing Association (WBA) juara World Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, marang 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, ing Astana, Kazakhstan.

 

 

 

Shumenov (17-2, 11 KOs), a 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, mekso wong masrahake WBA Cruiserweight judhul donya kang.

 

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

 

 

 

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. Sawise perang iki, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”

 

 

Ing mung perang pro 10th kang, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, nalika decisioned Gabriel Peacock ing Las Vegas.

 

 

Shumenov dadi mung juara donya loro-divisi saka Kazakhstan ing pungkasan perang, nalika piyambakipun mandegake Junior Wright ing 10^th babak Mei sing 21, 2016 perang judhul, njupuk WBA Cruiserweight World Championship.

 

 

 

Sak Karir ing Shumenov 34-taun-lawas kang, sampun kalah papat juara donya – Peacock, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy lan Montell Griffin) – uga pitu challengers judhul donya: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, Danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores lan Wright.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Ing 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 (PhuKet) Cruiserweight World champion Krzysztof Glowacki (26-1).

 

 

 

“I’m thankful for the chance to fight Beibut Shumenov,” Altunkaya said. “Dheweke iku sing fighter gedhe, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. Iku arep dadi perang apik. I’m coming to Kazakhstan to win!”

 

 

 

Other fighters to be in action include four undefeated Kazakh prospects in separate bouts: Men Aidos Yerbossynuly (7-0, 6 KOs), super flyweight Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 KOs) lan Men 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. Kabeh gelut lan pejuang sing tundhuk kanggo owah-owahan.

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