Two-division world champion Beibut Shumenov comeback fight for Vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title

July 7 mu Astana, Kazakhstan

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (Mulole 10, 2018)) – Ziwiri magawano World nkhonya Association (WBA) World Champion Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, motsutsa 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, mu Astana, Kazakhstan.

 

 

 

Shumenov (17-2, 11 Ko), ndi 2004 Kazakhstan Olimpiki, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, kum'kakamiza kusiya WBA cruiserweight wake dziko mutu.

 

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. Pambuyo nkhondoyi, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.

 

 

Mu yekha ovomereza wake 10. nkhondo, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, pamene decisioned Gabriel Campillo ku Las Vegas.

 

 

Shumenov anakhala awiri okha-Chigawo dziko ngwazi ku Kazakhstan pa nkhondo yake yomaliza, pamene iye anaima Junior Wright mu 10TH wozungulira May awo 21, 2016 udindo nkhondo, yolanda WBA Cruiserweight Championship World.

 

 

 

Mu ntchito ya Shumenov wa 34 wazaka akatswiri, Iye wagonjetsa anayi akatswiri dziko – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy ndipo Montell Griffin) – komanso asanu dziko challengers mutu: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, Danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores ndipo Wright.

 

 

 

The 30-year-old Altunkaya (30-1, 17 Ko), fighting out of Germany by way of his native Turkey, anasiya Mathias Reinhardt in the opening round on the Vitali Klitschko molimbana ndi Shannon Briggs World Council Maseŵera a nkhonya (WBC) Heavyweight World Championship card in 2010 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Germany.

 

 

 

Mu 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. “Iye ndi wamkulu kwambiri polengeza, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. Izo ndi nkhondo yabwino. I’m coming to Kazakhstan to win!”

 

 

 

Other fighters to be in action include four undefeated Kazakh prospects in separate bouts: middleweight Aidos Yerbossynuly (7-0, 6 Ko), wapamwamba welterweight Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 Ko) ndipo middleweight Ibragim Iskandarov (2-0, 2 Ko), 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. Onse ndewu ndi ozimitsa timavutika kusintha.

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