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• Shumenov Suing Goossen

  So far the news articles have been pretty spare on the details, but apparently Beibut Shumenov is suing his manager Dan Goossen for “breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and deceptive trade practices.” I did read somewhere that Goossen won’t comment because he doesn’t think they’ve done anything wrong and he hasn’t seen […]

  3/21/11 • (Comments Off on Shumenov Suing Goossen)

• Joppy Replaces Braehmer, Gets KO

  After withdrew from the 8 Jan match up against Shumenov, Goossen wasted no time finding a replacement: American, Joppy, 40 years old, 39-6 and widely considered to be past his prime. If fans before were questioning how a 27 year-old like Shumenov gets to be champion so fast, then just as many were wondering how […]

  1/09/11 • (Comments Off on Joppy Replaces Braehmer, Gets KO)

• Shumenov Comments

  Shumenov comments on Braehmer’s withdrawl in a video put out by his promoter, Goossen Tutour Promotions. Quick fun fact: Dan Goossen was also Mr. T’s manager. How cool is that?

  1/06/11 • (1)

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  Juergen Braehmer Withdraws from Unification Bout with Shumenov

  The pick for the best fight of 2011 might well have been Beibut Shumenov-Juergen Braehmer. Scheduled for the 8th of January, the victor would have walked away unifying the WBA and WBO light heavyweight titles. It would have been particularly momentous for Kazakhstan’s own Shumenov, 27 years old, who would have set a record unifying […]

  1/06/11 • (1)

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  Controversial and Ambitious

  A couple of articles came out recently about Beibut Shumenov, Kazakhstan’s boxing champion. In an interview with Fight Hype, Gabriel Campillo says he was robbed of victory over Shumenov in the title fight in Las Vegas and wants a rematch. Both the Spanish boxer and the interviewer seem to agree that Campillo clearly won the […]

  8/31/10 • (Comments Off on Controversial and Ambitious)

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  Shumenov Holds Title

  Another great moment for Kazakh sports. Beibut Shumenov beat challenger Viacheslav Uzelkov to defend his light-heavyweight title for the first time so far. Shumenov (9-1) beat Uzelkov (22-1) by points: 118-108 on two of the scorecards and 117-109 on the other. The first round belonged to Uzelkov and he managed to drop Shumenov but the […]

  7/29/10 • (Comments Off on Shumenov Holds Title)

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  Shumenov is the Champion my friends

  As the WBA denies Campillo’s request for a rematch, Beibut Shumenov has become the light heavyweight champion of the world! But what a long strange controversial trip it was.

  4/02/10 • (4)

• Another Great Boxer

  Just pointing you to a great article, Maskayev Eyes Vitali Klitschko Rematch. It’s a really great biography of a champion boxer from Zhambul, making a comeback at the age of 46! He’s had a fascinating life and the article is a good read with videos of his matches interspersed, including this one of his match […]

  11/26/09 • (Comments Off on Another Great Boxer)

• Boxing Scandal To Be Decided in Rematch

  Beibut Shumenov, an undefeated boxer from Kazakhstan, is widely viewed as a future world champion. At 26 years old, he was undefeated–8 fights and 6 wins by knockout–although he made the decision to turn professional only in 2007. He is also one of the few CIS boxers who was smart enough to found his own […]

  10/10/09 • (1)

• And Then There Was One

  While Kazakhstan has taken some more medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics since I last blogged, the boxing team upon which many hopes were pinned isn’t performing according to expectations. Of course neither is the US boxing team which went home with one lousy bronze so maybe it’s just a bad moon over China. The […]

  8/23/08 • (Comments Off on And Then There Was One)

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