Ruslan Chagayev

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Ruslan Chagayev
Heavyweight boxing world champion
boxer
Ruslan Chagayev
Data
Birth Name Ruslan Schamilowitsch Tschagajew
Fight name White Tyson
Weight class Heavyweight
nationality UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbek
birthday October 19, 1978
place of birth Andijon
style Legal display
size 1.80 m
Range 1.88 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 38
Victories 34
Knockout victories 21st
Defeats 3
draw 1
Profile in the BoxRec database
Ruslan Chagayev defeats Nikolai Valuev
Ruslan Chagayev (center) and his trainer Michael Timm (right) face Rob Calloway (left) in the ring (January 7, 2006).

Ruslan Schamilowitsch Tschagajew ( Russian Руслан Шамилович Чагаев ; English transcription: Ruslan Chagaev ; Tatar Ruslan Şamil ulı Çağayev ; born October 19, 1978 in Andijon , Uzbek SSR , Soviet Union ) . Boxer is a former Tatar of Uzbek origin. He was two-time WBA heavyweight champion.

Amateur career

Chagayev's first international success was the 1995 heavyweight victory at the Asian Championships in Tashkent . At the Junior World Championships in Havana in 1996 , he won bronze. In the same year he took part in the Olympic Games in Atlanta for Uzbekistan , but failed in the first fight due to a point defeat at the later bronze medalist Luan Krasniqi .

In October 1997 he became amateur heavyweight world champion in Budapest, defeating Félix Savón on points (14: 4) in the final . This title was stripped from him a little later, however, as he had previously contested two professional fights in the USA. In order to keep his amateur status, these fights were declared to be exhibition fights. Nevertheless, Chagayev received a one-year ban from the world amateur boxing association AIBA .

After this suspension he won the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok . In February 1999 he met Savón again in the final of an amateur tournament in Plovdiv , Bulgaria and won on points (7: 2), but lost to him a little later in August 1999 at the amateur world championship in Houston in the quarter-finals 1: 9. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 , Chagayev was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Georgian bronze medalist Vladimir Chanturia .

In June 2001 he was in Belfast , Northern Ireland amateur world champion in super heavyweight; he defeated the Ukrainian Olexij Masikin prematurely in the final . For this success he received $ 100,000 from President Karimov of Uzbekistan .

Professional career

After his "first" professional debut in 1997, Ruslan Chagayev finally turned professional in 2001, initially in the USA. After he had fallen out with his US promoter, he was in 2003 in Germany by Klaus-Peter Kohl for his universe - boxing stable contracted. In his twentieth professional fight he won the WBO and WBA Intercontinental titles by a controversial point victory over the undefeated Wolodymyr Wirtschis and then defended them by knockout against Michael Sprott .

In November 2006, he defeated the American John Ruiz on points in an elimination match for the position of the WBA mandatory challenger . On April 14, 2007 he finally won the world champion belt according to the WBA version by winning points over the 33 cm taller Nikolai Walujew .

Chagayev was to box on October 13, 2007 in Moscow in an unification fight against the then reigning Russian WBO world champion Sultan Ibragimov . The fight was called off by Chagayev, the reason given was a stomach disease. As a result, there were contradicting statements in the media: According to the September 2007 edition of BoxSport, he suffered from hepatitis , while at the same time it was reported on his promoter's website that the boxer had survived an "acute inflammation" and was in the process of being back in training. Chagayev successfully defended his title on January 19, 2008 with an unspectacular victory over the 40-year-old Briton Matt Skelton .

Chagayev was initially supposed to fight a rematch against Nikolai Valujew in Oberhausen on May 31, but the fight was postponed to July 5, 2008 because the Uzbek was infected with a virus. Chagayev's problems with his left eye as a result of retinal detachment were also reported in 2001. But Chagayev also had to cancel the duel against Valujew in Halle / Westphalia planned for July 2008 because of a ruptured Achilles tendon during preparation. Since he had to cancel this compulsory defense for the second time, the official WBA title was revoked and the status of the so-called "Champion in recess" (world champion waiting) was awarded. This meant that by June 26, 2009 at the latest, he had the right to challenge the then reigning WBA world champion directly.

In the first fight after this illness, Chagayev competed on February 7, 2009 in the Rostock city hall against the undefeated Costa Rican Carl Davis Drumond . In the third round he suffered a head collision with a severely bleeding laceration over his left eye. Because of this, the fight was stopped after the sixth round, the score sheets were evaluated according to the rules and Chagayev declared the winner of a so-called technical decision.

During Chagayev's injury break, Nikolai Valuyev had won the WBA title again, so Chagayev would face the Russian in his next fight to determine the sole WBA world champion. However, the third attempt at a rematch, which was scheduled for May 30, 2009 in the Finnish capital Helsinki , also failed because the Finnish boxing association refused to allow him to fight for health reasons. Chagayev carries the hepatitis B antigen from a previous hepatitis B illness . The virus concentration in his blood values, which according to some German doctors is not infectious, however, was classified by the Finnish association as sufficient for the existence of a risk of infection.

Since a few days later the Briton David Haye canceled his world championship fight against Wladimir Klitschko planned for June 20, 2009 due to a training injury, Universum Box-Promotion and Klitschko management agreed on a fight in the Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena , the stadium of the football Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 . With the WBA not classifying the fight as a world championship, Chagayev entered the ring as a challenger to Klitschko's IBF and WBO titles. In the fight against the Ukrainian, however, he was largely without a chance and fell in the second round for the first time in his professional career. After the ninth round, he or his trainer Michael Timm gave up the fight after many heavy hits.

After the defeat, the WBA Chagayev recognized the title of "waiting world champion". In the association's ranking list, he was initially ranked first, but moved back to third position after the following lengthy inactivity. The WBA finally ordered an elimination match between Chagayev and the Australian Kali Meehan , who was second at the time, to determine a mandatory challenger for the WBA World Championship. In September 2009 Chagayev moved from Timm's training group to Magomed Schaburow , with whom he prepared for the fight on May 22, 2010 in the Rostock town hall. There he defeated the 40-year-old Meehan, who had not been in the ring for 21 months before this encounter, over twelve rounds on points and thus once again acquired the right to box for the WBA belt.

Chagayev lost on August 27, 2011 in Erfurt against Alexander Powetkin the fight for the vacant WBA championship unanimously on points (112-116, 113-117, 113-117).

Chagayev played his first fight after losing to Powetkin on January 28, 2012 at the Elysee Hotel in Hamburg against Kertson Manswell. Chagayev won on points. He decided the next three fights by knockout, the fourth ended with a point win.

On July 6, 2014 he won the title of regular world champion of the WBA again in Grozny by winning points over the American Fres Oquendo. After a one-year break, he met the German-Italian Francesco Pianeta on July 11, 2015 in the GETEC Arena in Magdeburg . He won this fight by knockout in the first round. Eight months later he met the Australian Lucas Browne in Kolisey in Grozny . He lost this fight through TKO in the 10th round, but Browne found the doping agent Clenbuterol in the A-sample, so that the fight was not subsequently scored.

Due to a lack of payment at the boxing association WBA (according to other information because of his refusal to take part in a compulsory defense against Oquendo, who was accused of doping), Chagayev lost his world title again on July 26, 2016. A short time later, Ruslan Chagayev ended his career due to persistent health problems with his eyes.

List of professional fights

34 wins (21 knockout wins), 3 defeats (2 knockout defeats), 1 draw
year Day place opponent Result for Chagayev
1997 August 21 United StatesUnited States Hollywood Casino 400 , Aurora, USA United StatesUnited States Donnie Penelton Victory / KO 1st round
September 3 United StatesUnited States Ramada Inn, Rosemont, USA United StatesUnited States Brian Jones Victory / KO 2nd round
2001 21st September UzbekistanUzbekistan Sports Palace Yunusabad, Tashkent, Uzbekistan United StatesUnited States Everett Martin Victory / TKO 4th round
2002 April 14th United StatesUnited States Hard Rock Hotel and Casino , Las Vegas, USA United StatesUnited States Val Smith Victory / KO 1st round
May 11th United StatesUnited States Grand Casino, Biloxi (Mississippi), USA United StatesUnited States Chris Isaac Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
5th October United StatesUnited States Cobo-Hall , Detroit (Michigan), USA United StatesUnited States Rob Calloway Draw / Abort 3rd round
2003 May 22 United StatesUnited States Yonkers Raceway, New York City, USA United StatesUnited States Zakeem Graham Victory / TKO 3rd round
November 18 GermanyGermany Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany BrazilBrazil Daniel Frank Victory / KO 2nd round
2004 February 17th GermanyGermany Hansehalle , Lübeck, Germany United StatesUnited States Sedreck Fields Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds
March 30 GermanyGermany Saaltheater Geulen, Aachen, Germany RussiaRussia Alexei Varakin Victory / KO 2nd round
May 18 GermanyGermany Hansehalle , Lübeck, Germany United StatesUnited States Wade Lewis Victory / TKO 1st round
June 22 AustriaAustria Sports center, Telfs, Austria United StatesUnited States Sedreck Fields Victory / KO 2nd round
July 31 GermanyGermany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle , Stuttgart, Germany United StatesUnited States Garing Lane Victory / KO 5th round
October 26th GermanyGermany Scandlines Arena, Rostock, Germany United StatesUnited States Willie Williams Victory / KO 3rd round
November 16 GermanyGermany Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Germany CroatiaCroatia Asmir Vojnović Victory / TKO 4th round
December 14th AustriaAustria Freizeit Arena, Sölden (Ötztal), Austria United StatesUnited States Tommy Connelly Victory / TKO 2nd round
2005 26th of March GermanyGermany Erdgasarena , Riesa, Germany BahamasBahamas Sherman Williams Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
September 28th GermanyGermany Color Line Arena , Hamburg, Germany BrazilBrazil Jucimar Francisco Hipolito Victory / TKO 1st round
October 22nd GermanyGermany Brandberge Arena, Halle (Saale), Germany United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mark Krence Victory / KO 5th round
2006 January 7th GermanyGermany Zenith , Munich, Germany United StatesUnited States Rob Calloway Victory / KO 2nd round
March 11 GermanyGermany Color Line Arena , Hamburg, Germany UkraineUkraine Volodymyr Wirtschis Point victory (majority decision) / 12 rounds
15th of July GermanyGermany Color Line Arena , Hamburg, Germany United KingdomUnited Kingdom Michael Sprott Victory / TKO 8th round
November 18 GermanyGermany Burg-Wächter Castello , Düsseldorf, Germany United StatesUnited States John Ruiz Points win (split decision) / 12 rounds
2007 April 14th GermanyGermany Porsche-Arena , Stuttgart, Germany RussiaRussia Nikolai Valujew
WBA World Championship
Point victory (majority decision) / 12 rounds
2008 January 19th GermanyGermany Burg-Wächter Castello , Düsseldorf, Germany United KingdomUnited Kingdom Matt Skelton
WBA title defense
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2009 February 7th GermanyGermany Rostock City Hall , Rostock, Germany Costa RicaCosta RicaCarl Davis Drumond
WBA title defense
Points victory (unanimously) / 6th round canceled
20th June GermanyGermany Veltins-Arena , Gelsenkirchen, Germany UkraineUkraine Wladimir Klitschko
IBF / WBO / IBO World Championship
Defeat / abandonment 9th round
2010 May 22 GermanyGermany Rostock City Hall , Rostock, Germany AustraliaAustralia Kali Meehan Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
November 19th GermanyGermany Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany United StatesUnited States Travis Walker Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
2011 August 27 GermanyGermany Messe Erfurt , Erfurt, Germany RussiaRussia Alexander Powetkin
vacant WBA world championship
Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds
2012 January 28th GermanyGermany Grand Elysee, Hamburg, Germany Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Kertson Manswell Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
April 21 GermanyGermany Sports and congress hall , Schwerin, Germany United StatesUnited States Billy Zumbrun Victory / TKO 3rd round
September 1 GermanyGermany Koenig-Pilsener-Arena , Oberhausen, Germany GermanyGermany Werner Kreiskott Victory / TKO 7th round
2013 March 22 GermanyGermany Universal Hall, Berlin, Germany United StatesUnited States Mike Sheppard Victory / KO 1st round
5th October RussiaRussia Olimpijski Hall, Moscow, Russia RussiaRussia Jovo Pudar Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2014 July 6th RussiaRussia Akhmat Arena , Grozny, Russia United StatesUnited States Fres Oquendo
vacant WBA world championship
Point victory (majority decision) / 12 rounds
2015 July 11th GermanyGermany GETEC-Arena , Magdeburg, Germany ItalyItaly Francesco Pianeta
WBA title defense
Victory / KO 1st round
2016 5. March RussiaRussia Sport-Choll "Kolisej", Grozny, Russia AustraliaAustralia Lucas Browne
WBA title defense
Loss / TKO 10th round
Source: Ruslan Chagayev in the BoxRec databaseTemplate: BoxRec ID / Maintenance / Wikidata name different from local name

Others

Chagayev lives in Hamburg with his wife Viktoria . He is the father of two sons, Artur (born 2004) and Alan (born 2008).

Individual evidence

  1. Chagaev new WBA world champion after defeating Oquendo. In: sport-90.de. July 6, 2014, accessed January 20, 2015 .
  2. Boxing professional Lucas Browne doped in title fight against Ruslan Tschagajew. In: kurier.at. Retrieved May 8, 2016 .
  3. ESPN.cu.uk Ruslan Chagaev stripped heavyweight title , accessed August 30, 2016
  4. Ruslan Chagaev ends his career. In: gnp1.de. July 29, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016 .
  5. СМИ: Руслан Чагаев решил завершить карьеру из-за проблем с глазами. In: allboxing.ru. Retrieved August 30, 2016 (Russian).
  6. Boxing: Ruslan Chagaev stops: Chagaev ends his career. In: spox.com. July 27, 2016, accessed August 30, 2016 .

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predecessor Office successor
Nikolai Valuev Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBA )
April 14, 2007 - May 2009
vacant
Nikolai Valuev
Alexander Powetkin
vacant
Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBA )
July 6, 2014 - July 26, 2016
vacant
Manuel Charr