Beibut Shumenov

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Beibut Shumenov
File:Beibut Shumenov vs. Gabriel Campillo (1).jpg
Shumenov (left) vs. Gabriel Campillo, 2010
Statistics
Rated at Light heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Reach 188 cm (74 in)
Nationality Kazakh
Born (1983-08-19) 19 August 1983 (age 40)
Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 18
Wins 16
Wins by KO 10
Losses 2

Beibut Shumenov (born 19 August 1983) is a Kazakh professional boxer.[1] He is the current WBA interim cruiserweight champion, and a former WBA (Super) and IBA light heavyweight champion.

Early life

Shumenov’s mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a chief accountant. Both worked long hours and Shumenov was left with two aunts to look after him. Shumenov nearly died as a baby, after severe complications from consuming spoiled milk while in the care of his aunts. Even though he eventually recovered, the lingering effects of his health scare stuck with him throughout childhood.[2]

Shumenov developed a love for combat sports while watching Bruce Lee films and began practicing numerous strains of martial arts as he matured.[3]

As a young man Shumenov earned a law degree and clerked for a judge at the same time he was honing his skills as a fighter.[4]

Amateur career

Shumenov represented Kazakhstan in the 2004 Summer Olympics. His results were:

  • Defeated Aleksy Kuziemski (Poland) 34-22
  • Lost to Ihsan Yildirim Tarhan (Turkey) 19-27

He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he defeated PR of China's Lei Yuping.

Professional career

Shumenov moved to the United States and based himself in Las Vegas where he turned professional in March 2007. In his debut in North Carolina, Shumenov defeated Walter Edwards with a knockout in the first round.[1] He followed this up with another two knockout wins within 4 months.

In March 2008, Shumenov returned to Kazakhstan to fight American Donnell Wiggins for the vacant WBC Asian and interim PABA light heavyweight titles. Shumenov quickly dispatched the experienced Wiggins with a second round knockout and the next month beat former US national Golden Gloves champion Lavell Finger in the first round to add the vacant WBO Asia Pacific title to his WBC Asian and interim PABA titles.

Shumenov's most high profile fight came in August 2008 when he faced former world champion Montell Griffin in Chimkent, Kazakhstan to defend his regional WBC and WBO titles. Shumenov was taken to the scorecards for the first time in his career but won the fight clearly winning every round on all three judges cards.[1]

Shumenov was targeting a fight with then WBO World Champion Zsolt Erdei.[5]

World Title

File:Beibut Shumenov vs. Gabriel Campillo (2).jpg
Shumenov fighting against Gabriel Campillo in 2010 rematch

On 15 August 2009 and only 8 professional bouts on his record Shumenov received a shot at the WBA belt when he took on the Spaniard Gabriel Campillo. The fight took place in Shumenov's home country of Kazakhstan and resulted in the first loss of his career when Campillo was declared the winner by majority decision. A rematch took place on 9 January 2010, with the result being reversed this time and Shumenov declared the winner by what was considered an extremely controversial split decision.[6] With this victory Shumenov became the quickest man ever to win a world title in the light heavyweight division, beating the record of 15 fights set by Jeff Harding in 1989.[7]

Shumenov made the first defense of his title on 23 July 2010 when he won a unanimous decision against the previously undefeated Viacheslav Uzelkov. Shumenov then arranged to have a unification fight with the then WBO champion Jürgen Brähmer, the fight was scheduled to take place in Kazakhstan 8 January 2011. However just days before the fight was due to take place Brähmer left Kazakhstan and returned to Germany, citing illness as his reason for dropping out of the fight.[8] In his place former middleweight world champion William Joppy stepped in at short notice, and was knocked out by Shumenov in the 6th round.

He successfully defended his title in Las Vegas on 29 July 2011 against former Contender star Danny Santiago[9] and again on June 2, 2012 in Las Vegas against Enrique Ornelas.[10]

Shumenov was promoted to WBA Super champion [11] and retained the WBA Super and IBA Light Heavyweight titles against Tomáš Kovács, a boxer from the Slovak Republic, on December 14, 2013.[12]

Shumenov fought Bernard Hopkins in a unification bout on April 19, 2014, losing his WBA (Super) and IBA Light Heavyweight titles.

Shumenov defeated B. J. Flores by a unanimous decision for interim WBA Cruiserweight title at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on 25 July 2015 in a Premier Boxing Champions bout broadcast live on NBCSN.[13] Flores pressed the action throughout the fight, serving as the aggressor much of the night. Shumenov began ramping up his offense in Round 8, throwing combinations and taking advantage of a tiring Flores. With 10 seconds left to go in the fight, Flores landed a punishing right that sent Shumenov careening into the ropes. Flores didn’t have enough time, though, to take advantage of the opportunity to inflict more damage on a suddenly vulnerable Shumenov, resulting in a unanimous decision victory for Shumenov.[14]

Professional boxing record

16 Wins (10 knockouts, 6 decisions), 2 Losses, 0 Draws[15]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
N/A N/A Poland Krzysztof Włodarczyk N/A - (12) 2016 United States Defending interim WBA Cruiserweight title.
Win 16-2 United States B. J. Flores UD 12 2015-07-25 United States Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada Won interim WBA Cruiserweight title.
Win 15-2 United States Bobby Thomas, Jr. RTD 5 (8), 3:00 2014-12-13 United States MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss 14-2 United States Bernard Hopkins SD 12 2014-04-19 United States D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C. Lost WBA (Super) Light Heavyweight titles.
For IBF Light Heavyweight title.
Win 14-1 Slovakia Tomáš Kovács TKO 3 (12), 2:55 2013-12-14 United States Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas Retained WBA (Super) and IBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win 13-1 Mexico Enrique Ornelas UD 12 2012-06-02 United States Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Retained WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win 12-1 United States Danny Santiago TKO 9 (12), 0:46 2011-07-29 United States South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa, Las Vegas, Nevada Retained WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win 11-1 United States William Joppy KO 6 (12), 0:15 2011-01-08 Kazakhstan Sport Palace, Shymkent Retained WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win 10-1 Ukraine Viacheslav Uzelkov UD 12 2010-07-23 United States Tachi Palace, Lemoore, California Retained WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win 9-1 Spain Gabriel Campillo SD 12 2010-01-29 United States Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Retained IBA Light Heavyweight title.
Won WBA Light Heavyweight title.
Loss 8-1 Spain Gabriel Campillo MD 12 2009-08-15 Kazakhstan Sport Complex “Daulet”, Astana For WBA Light Heavyweight title.
Win 8-0 United States Byron Mitchell TKO 4 (12), 2:58 2009-05-09 Kazakhstan Stadium Khadjimukan, Shymkent Won vacant IBA Light Heavyweight title.
Retained WBC Asian Boxing Council, WBO Asia Pacific & Interim PABA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win 7-0 Colombia Epifanio Mendoza UD 10 2008-12-13 United States Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, Washington
Win 6-0 United States Montell Griffin UD 12 2008-08-02 Kazakhstan Stadium Khadjimukan, Shymkent Retained WBC Asian Boxing Council & WBO Asia Pacific Light Heavyweight titles.
Win 5-0 United States Lavell Finger KO 1 (12), 1:05 2008-04-22 Kazakhstan Arman, Shymkent Retained WBC Asian, Interim PABA Light Heavyweight titles.
Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific Light Heavyweight title.
Win 4-0 United States Donnell Wiggins KO 2 (12), 2:11 2008-04-10 Kazakhstan Arman, Shymkent Won vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council & Interim PABA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win 3-0 United States Shannon Miller TKO 4 (6), 1:43 2008-03-21 United States Omni New Daisy Theater, Memphis, Tennessee
Win 2-0 United States Cedric Howard KO 1 (4), 2:23 2008-02-22 United States Xtreme Indoor Karting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Win 1-0 United States Walter Edwards TKO 1 (4), 2:58 2007-11-17 United States Wilson Gymnasium, Wilson, North Carolina Professional debut.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/news/sickly-boy-world-champion-beibut-shumenov-eluded-death-live-his-dreams
  3. ↑ http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/beibut-shumenov
  4. ↑ http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/beibut-shumenov
  5. ↑ http://www.fightnews.com/?p=9596
  6. ↑ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jan/29/beibut-shumenov-earns-controversial-split-decision/
  7. ↑ http://www.boxingscene.com/beibut-shumenov-eyes-zsolt-erdei-year-end-clash--39835
  8. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5987771
  9. ↑ http://www.boxingscene.com/beibut-shumenov-stops-danny-santiago-nine--42108
  10. ↑ http://www.boxingscene.com/beibut-shumenov-shuts-out-enrique-ornelas-las-vegas--53567
  11. ↑ http://www.secondsout.com/news/main-news/shumenov-promoted-to-super-champion
  12. ↑ http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/9845995/beibut-shumenov-defend-title-tamas-kovacs
  13. ↑ http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/13320445/beibut-shumenov-defeats-bj-flores-capture-vacant-interim-cruiserweight-title
  14. ↑ http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/news/beibut-shumenov-relies-speed-and-elusiveness-earn-unanimous-decision-victory-over-bj-flores
  15. ↑ Professional boxing record for Beibut Shumenov from BoxRec

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Achievements
Vacant
Title last held by
Reggie Johnson		 IBA Light Heavyweight Champion
May 9, 2009 – April 19, 2014
Vacant after loss to Hopkins		 Vacant
Preceded by WBA Light Heavyweight Champion
January 29, 2010 – October 8, 2013
Promoted		 Vacant
Title next held by
Jürgen Brähmer
Vacant
Title last held by
Antonio Tarver		 WBA Light Heavyweight Champion
Super Title
October 8, 2013 – April 19, 2014		 Succeeded by
Bernard Hopkins
Vacant
Title last held by
Youri Kayembre Kalenga		 WBA Cruiserweight Champion
Interim Title
July 25, 2015 – present		 Incumbent
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