What Boxer Is One Of Six Southpaws To Become Heavyweight Champion and Is Ranked The #7 Russian Fighter Of All Time?

December 5, 2020 herculesking Boxing 75

Sultan Ibragimav!

Sultan-Ahmed Magomedsalihovich Ibragimov (Russian: Султан-Ахмед Магомедсалихович Ибрагимов; born 8 March 1975)[1] is a retired Russian professional boxer of Dagestani descent who competed from 2002 to 2008, and held the WBO world heavyweight title from 2007 to 2008.[2] As an amateur he won silver medals at the 2000 Olympics and 2000 European Championships, and bronze at the 2001 World Championships, all in the heavyweight division.

Ibragimov is one of six southpaws to become world heavyweight champion: the others being Michael Moorer, Corrie Sanders, Chris Byrd, Ruslan Chagaev, and Charles Martin. He remains one of only five former world heavyweight champions, alongside Gene Tunney, Rocky Marciano, Riddick Bowe and Nicolai Valuev to have never suffered a stoppage defeat. As of November 2020, BoxRec ranks Ibragimov as the 7th greatest Russian fighter of all time, pound-for-pound.[3]

Ibragimov took up boxing at the age of 17, when he came to Rostov-on-Don and joined a local college, training under a tutelage of Anatoly Chernyayev. Soon after he was spotted by the AIBA Vice President and Russia’s top boxing official Ramazan Abacharayev, his compatriot from Dagestan, who became his trainer and mentor for a long time.

Ibragimov had over 130 fights as an amateur, competing in heavyweight, claiming 135 victories, and having at least 6 known losses (no stoppages.)

After turning professional, Ibragimov reached agreements to be managed by Boris Grinberg. He was also supported by the Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov.[4] Ibragimov made his professional boxing debut on 25 May 2002, defeating Tracy Williams by first-round knockout.[5] He won his first four fights by KO/TKO in the first round each. Two weeks after his fourth bout, Ibragimov defeated Lincoln Luke by second-round TKO in what would be his last fight in 2002.[5] In his sixth bout, Ibragimov, with a perfect record of 5 bouts, 5 wins, 5 KOs, faced Chad Butler, who had a 4–0–0 record with 4 KOs coming into the fight. Ibragimov knocked Butler down three times but could not finish him, ultimately winning the fight by unanimous decision (UD) with scores 59–52 (twice) and 58–53.[5] Ibragimov later described the fight as the toughest and the most interesting of his career: “[Coming into the fight] I had five bouts and [scored] five knockouts, he had four fights and [scored] four knockouts. He was being knocked down but kept moving forward. If he hadn’t ended up in prison, he would’ve accomplished a lot because of his assertivity.”[6]

 During the fight, a legendary boxing trainer Angelo Dundee was spotted in Ibragimov’s corner. In the post-fight interview, Dundee confirmed his return to professional boxing and that it was Ibragimov who convinced him to come out of retirement: “Yes, it was this Russian guy whom I took to the fight today that made me return to this business. His talent, human charm and the ability to see and understand boxing, combined with the character of a real fighter, give me confidence that we are dealing with the future world champion!”[4]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ibragimov

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