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Sultan Ibragimov
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Sultan Ahmed Magomedsaliovich Ibragimov(; born March 8, 1975, in Tlyarata, Dagestan, Russian SSR, USSR), is a former WBO heavyweight boxing champion of Avar Dagestani Muslim descent.
000 Silver medal as a heavyweight in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Results:
2000 Silver medal as a heavyweight at the European Championship in Tampere, Finland.
Results:
2001 Bronze medal at the World Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Results:
uly 28 2007, Sultan's record became 19-0-1 when he fought to a draw with Ray Austin in a grueling 12 round IBF heavyweight title eliminator.
Despite the draw against Ray Austin, Ibragimov received a title shot from another sanctioning organization, the WBO.
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Sultan Ahmed Magomedsaliovich Ibragimov(; born March 8, 1975, in Tlyarata, Dagestan, Russian SSR, USSR), is a former WBO heavyweight boxing champion of Avar Dagestani Muslim descent.
Amateur career
2000 Silver medal as a heavyweight in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Results:
2000 Silver medal as a heavyweight at the European Championship in Tampere, Finland.
Results:
- Defeated Primislav Dimovski (FYROM) PTS
- Defeated Alexander Yatsenko (Ukraine) AB-3
- Defeated Andreas Gustavsson (Sweden)
- Lost to Jackson Chanet (France) DSQ
2001 Bronze medal at the World Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Results:
Professional career
On July 28 2007, Sultan's record became 19-0-1 when he fought to a draw with Ray Austin in a grueling 12 round IBF heavyweight title eliminator.
Despite the draw against Ray Austin, Ibragimov received a title shot from another sanctioning organization, the WBO. He was scheduled to challenge Shannon Briggs for the WBO heavyweight title on March 10, 2007, but because Briggs became ill with pneumonia, Ibragimov instead faced Javier Mora at Madison Square Garden in New York on that date. Ibragimov knocked out Mora 46 seconds into the first round. This win broke the record for the quickest knockout in a main event bout in Madison Square Garden, which was previously held by Lee Savold who defeated Buddy Walker in 1948.
Ibragimov, improved his record to 21-0-1, after beating Shannon Briggs by unanimous decision and capturing the WBO heavyweight title in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 2, 2007.
On October 13, 2007, Sultan Ibragimov won his first title defense against Evander Holyfield by unanimous decision for the WBO heavyweight title at Khodynka Arena in Moscow, Russia. Ibragimov scored a knockdown on Holyfield in the 10th round.
Ibragimov fought Wladimir Klitschko on February 23, 2008 at Madison Square Garden. This fight was a unification bout laying the two fighters' IBF, IBO, and WBO titles on the line. This was the only title unification since 1999 when Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield fought. He was defeated by Wladimir Klitschko by way of a unanimous decision.
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