Hōngongoi 7 i roto i te Astana, Katatānga

ASTANA, Katatānga (Kia 10, 2018)) – E rua-wehenga World Mekemeke Association (WBA) World Champion Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, ki 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, i roto i te Astana, Katatānga.

 

 

 

Shumenov (17-2, 11 Koó), te 2004 Kazakhstan Häkinakina, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, akina ia ki te tangohia tona taitara WBA Cruiserweight ao.

 

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

 

 

 

The July 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. I muri i tenei whawhai, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”

 

 

I roto i tona whawhai pro 10 anake, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, ka decisioned ia Gabriel Campillo i roto i te Las Vegas.

 

 

ka Shumenov te toa ao e rua-wehenga anake i katatānga i tona whawhai whakamutunga, ka mutu ia Junior Wright i roto i te 10^th tawhio o ratou Mei 21, 2016 whawhai taitara, hopu i te WBA Cruiserweight World Championship.

 

 

 

I roto i te mahi ngaio a te Shumenov-tau 34-tau, kua patua e ia wha toa ao – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy a Montell Griffin) – me te whitu ao challengers taitara: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, Danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores a Wright.

 

 

 

The 30-year-old Altunkaya (30-1, 17 Koó), fighting out of Germany by way of his native Turkey, mutu Mathias Reinhardt in the opening round on the Vitali Klitschko versus Shannon Briggs Kaunihera mekemeke World (WBC) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Germany.

 

 

 

I roto i te 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. “Ko ia he toa nui, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. Te haere ki te waiho i te whawhai pai. I’m coming to Kazakhstan to win!”

 

 

 

Other fighters to be in action include four undefeated Kazakh prospects in separate bouts: whitu Aidos Yerbossynuly (7-0, 6 Koó), Welterweight super Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 Koó) me te whitu Ibragim Iskandarov (2-0, 2 Koó), 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. He whawhai me whawhai katoa raro ki te huringa.

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