Júl 7 v Astane, Kazachstan

Astana, Kazachstan (Máj 10, 2018)) – Dve divízie World Boxing Association (WBA) Svetový šampión Shumenov Beibu announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, proti 30-1 Hizni Altunkaya for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight World title, v Astane, Kazachstan.

 

 

 

Shumenov (17-2, 11 KO), a 2004 Kazachstan Olympian, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, nútiť ho vzdať sa jeho WBA Cruiserweight svetový titul.

 

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. Po tomto boji, I want Interim cruiserweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian.”

 

 

Iba v jeho 10. profesionálnej boja, Shumenov established the fewest-fights record for a light heavyweight world champion, keď decisioned Gabriel Campillo v Las Vegas.

 

 

Shumenov stal iba raz za dva divízny majster sveta z Kazachstanu vo svojom poslednom boji, keď sa zastavil Junior Wright v 10^th kolo ich mája 21, 2016 boj o majstrovský titul, zachytiť majstrovstvá WBA Cruiserweight World.

 

 

 

Počas 34-ročný Shumenov svojej profesionálnej kariéry, on porazil štyri majstri sveta – Campillo, Byron Mitchell, William Joppy a Montell Griffin) – rovnako ako sedem svetových titulov vyzývateľa: Epifanio Mendoza, Vlacheslav Uzelkov, danny Santiago,Enrique Ornelas, Tamas Kovacs, BJ Flores a Wright.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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. “Je to veľký bojovník, but I will give him my best. We have optimum time to be fully prepared for the fight. Bude to byť dobrý boj. 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), Super Welterweight Bobirzhan Mominov(6-0, 5 KO) a 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. Všetky boje a bojovníci sa môžu zmeniť.

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