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Ruslan Chagaev
(the "White Tyson")

BORN   October 19 1978; Andizhan, Uzbekistan
HEIGHT.. 6-1
WEIGHT 206-236 lbs
MANAGER Klaus-Peter Kohl
TRAINER Michael Timm

Chagaev is a natural left-hander with an aggressive style that has earned him the nickname the "White Tyson"; A good, two-handed hitter, he has twice won the Amateur World Heavyweight Championship; Ruslan has a strong left hand to go with a solid chin and brings a busy attack to the body

During his career, he was won the WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World, the WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship and the WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship

Chagaev has defeated such men as Nickolay Valuev, John Ruiz, Michel Sprott, Vladimir Virchis, Rob Calloway, Mark Krence, Sherman Williams and Asmir Vojnovic

 
1997
Aug 21 Donnie Penelton            Aurora, Il                         KO  1
Sep  3 Brian Jones                Rosemont, Il                       KO  2

2001
Sep 21 Everett "Big Foot" Martin  Tashkent, Uzbekistan               TK  4

2002
Apr 14 Val Smith                  Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  1
May 11 Chris Isaac                Biloxi, Ms                          W  8
Oct  5 Rob Calloway               Detroit, Mi                        TD  3

2003
May 22 Zakeem Graham              Yonkers, NY                        TK  3
Nov 18 Daniel Frank               Hamburg, Germany                   KO  2

2004
Feb 17 Sedreck Fields             Lübeck, Germany                     W  6
Mar 30 Alexei Varakin             Aachen, Germany                    KO  2
May 18 Wade Lewis                 Lübeck, Germany                    TK  1
Jun 22 Sedreck Fields             Telfs, Austria                     KO  2
Jul 31 Garing Lane                Stuttgart, Germany                 KO  5
Oct 26 Willie Williams            Rostock, Germany                   KO  3
Nov 16 Asmir Vojnovic             Cuxhaven, Germany                  TK  4
Dec 14 Tommy Connelly             Sölden, Austria                    TK  2

2005
Mar 26 Sherman Williams           Riesa, Germany                      W  8
Sep 28 Jucimar Francisco Hipolito Hamburg, Germany                   TK  1
Oct 22 Mark Krence                Halle, Germany                     KO  5

2006
Jan  7 Rob Calloway               Münich, Germany                    KO  2
Mar 11 Vladimir Virchis           Hamburg, Germany                    W 12
          -WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship
Jul 15 Michael Sprott             Hamburg, Germany                   TK  8
          -WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship
Nov 18 John Ruiz                  Düsseldorf, Germany                 W 12


2007
Apr 14 Nickolay Valuev            Stuttgart, Germany                  W 12   
          -WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World

2008
Jan 13 Matt Skelton               Dusselforf, Germany                 W 12
          -WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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