Sport & Note

Ruslan CHAGAEV

Male

"White Tyson"
(aka Ruslan Chagayev)
(Руслан Чагаев)
Heavyweight, Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Base: Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Hamburg, Germany
Born: 19 October 1978, Andizhan, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union
Height: 6ft, mt 1,83
"southpaw"
Weight: 206-210-226-223-236-234-230 lbs

as an amateur:
1995 Tashkent Asian Champs heavyweight gold medal
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games heavyweight
Lpt Luan Krasniqi (Ger) 12-4
1996 La Habana World Jr Chmps heavyweight bronze medal
Wstpd3 Marat Toumasian (Arm), Semis: Lpt Yurkis Sterlin (Cuba) 14-11
1997 Usti (Cze) Grand Prix Tournament heavyweight gold medal
1997 Napoli Torneo Italia heavyweight gold medal
1997 Budapest (October 18-26) World Senior Championships
heavyweight (201 lbs - 91 kg) gold medal
Wpt5 Sergei Dytchkov (Blr) 15-7, Wpt5 Giacobbe Fragomeni (Ita) 18-4
Wpt5 Mike Hanke (Ger) 12-7, Final: Wpt5 Felix Savon (Cuba) 14-4
Stripped of his gold medal after it emerged he had previously
boxed as a professional
1998 Bangkok, Thailand, Asian Games gold medallist 91
Wpts Rohollah Hosseini (Irn) 17-2
Final: Wstpd 1 Muzaffar Igbal Mirza (Pak)
1999 Houston World Sr Champs heavyweight
Wpt Garth DaSilva (NZ) 9-3, Wstpd3 David Turner (Aus)
Quarters: Lpts Felix Savon (Cuba) 9-1
1999 France, International Boxing Cup and French Open: Wpts Felix Savon
1999 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Asian Championships heavyweight gold medallist
Wstpd 1 Ma Jingwei (Chn), Wpts Rohollah Hosseini (Irn) 13-5
Final WPts Talgat Dossanov (Kzk) 14-0
2000 Sydney Olympic Games heavyweight
Wpt Alexander Yatsenko (Ukr) 115-2, Lpt Vladimir Tchantouria (Geo) 18-13
2001 Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11th World Sr Champs gold medallist +91
Wstpd3 Rustam Rygebayev (Kaz), Wstpd2 Csaba Kurtucz (Hun)
Wstpd3 Vitali Boot (Ger), Final: Wstpd2 (rtd) Oleksei Mazikin (Ukr)

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1996
Atlanta, Georgia, Olympic Games preliminariess, 91 Kg
- July 21	Luan Krasniqi	Atlanta, Georgia	LPTS 12:4
1997
Budapest, Hungary, World Championships gold medal, +91 kg
+ Oct. 20	Sergey Dychkov	Budapest, Hungary	WPTS 15:7
+ Oct. 22	Giacobbe Fragomeni	Budapest, Hungary	WPTS 18:4
+ Oct. 23	Maik Hanke	Budapest, Hungary	WPTS 12:7
+ Oct. 25	Felix Savon	Budapest, Hungary	WPTS 14:4
On February 8, 1998 the AIBA stripped the gold medal of Chagaev for having 2 professional bouts before the tournament
1998 No results recorded
1999
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Strandja Memorial gold medal, 91 Kg
+ Feb. 21	Felix Savon	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	WPTS 7:2
Houston, Texas, World Championships quarter-finals, 91 Kg
+ Aug. 20	Garth da Silva	Houston, Texas	WPTS 9;3
+ Aug. 23	David Turner	Houston, Texas	WRSC 3
- Aug. 24	Felix Savon	Houston, Texas	LPTS 9:1
2000
Istanbul, Turkey, Ahmet Comert Memorial gold medal, 91 kg
+ Apr. 18	Odlanier Solis	Istanbul, Turkey	WPTS 4 (4:3)
Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games quarter-finals, 91 Kg
+ Sept. 21	Olexandr Yatsenko	Sydney, Australia	WPTS 4 (15:2)
- Sept. 26	Vladimir Chanturia	Sydney, Australia	LPTS 4 (18:12)
2001
Belfast, Northern Ireland, World Championship gold medal, +91 Kg
+ June 5	Rustam Rygebayev	Belfast, Northern Ireland	WRSCO 3
+ June 7	Csaba Kurtucz	Belfast, Northern Ireland	WRSCO 2
+ June 8	Vitali Boot	Belfast, Northern Ireland	WRSCO 3
+ June 10	Alex Mazikin	Belfast, Northern Ireland	WRSCO 2

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1997
+ Aug. 21	Donnie Penelton	Aurora, Ilinois	KO 1
+ Sept. 3	Brian Jones	Rosemont, Ilinois	KO 2
1998-2000 Inactive
2001
Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games quarter-finals, 91 Kg
+ Sept. 21	Everett Martin	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	TKO 4
2002
+ Apr. 14	Val Smith	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 1
+ May 11	Chris Isaac	Biloxi, Mississippi	W 8
= Oct. 5	Rob Calloway	Detroit, Michigan	TDrew 3
2003
+ May 22	Zakeem Graham	Yonkers, New York	TKO 3
+ Nov. 18	Daniel Frank	Hamburg, Germany	KO 2
2004
+ Feb. 17	Sedreck Fields	Lübeck, Germany	W 6
+ Mar. 30	Alexey Varakin	Aachen, Germany	KO 2
+ May 18	Wade Lewis	Lübeck, Germany	TKO 1
+ June 22	Sedreck Fields	Telfs, Austria	KO 2
+ July 31	Garing Lane	Stuttgart, Germany	KO 5
+ Oct. 26	Willie Williams	Rostock, Germany	KO 3
+ Nov. 16	Asmir Vojnovic	Cuxhaven, Germany	TKO 4
+ Dec. 14	Tommy Connelly	Sölden, Austria	TKO 2
2005
+ Mar. 26	Sherman Williams	Riesa, Germany	W 8
+ Sept. 28	Jucimar Francisco Hipolito	Hamburg, Germany	TKO 1
+ Oct. 22	Mark Krence	Halle, Germany	KO 5
2006
+ Jan. 7	Rob Calloway	München, Germany	KO 2
+ Mar. 11	Vladimir Virchis	Hamburg, Germany	W 12
(Won WBO Inter-Cont’l and vacant WBA Inter-Cont’l Heavyweight Titles)
+ July 15	Michael Sprott	Hamburg, Germany	TKO 6
(Retained WBO Inter-Cont’l & WBA Int’l Heavyweight Titles)
+ Nov. 18	John Ruiz	Düsseldorf, Germany	W 12
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
2007
+ Apr. 14	Nikolai Valuev	Stuttgart, Germany	W 12
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title)
2008
+ Jan. 19	Matt Skelton	Düsseldorf, Germany	W 12
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
2009
+ Feb. 7	Carl Davis Drumond	Rostock, Germany	TW 6
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
- June 20	Wladimir Klitschko	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	TKO by 10
(For IBF, WBO and IBO Heavyweight Titles)
2010
+ May 22	Kali Meehan	Rostock, Germany	W 12 UD
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
+ Nov. 19	Travis Walker	Hamburg, Germany	W 8
2011
- Aug. 27	Alexander Povetkin	Erfurt, Germany	L 12 UD
(For vacant WBA Heavyweight Title)
2012
+ Jan. 28	Kertson Manswell	Rotherbaum, Germany	W 8
+ Apr. 21	Billy Zumbrun	Schwerin, Germany	KO 3
+ Sept. 1	Werner Kreiskott	Oberhausen, Germany	TKO 7
2013
+ Mar. 22	Mike Sheppard	Berlin, Germany	KO 1
+ Oct. 5	Jovo Pudar	Moscow, Russia	W 12 UD
(Won PABA Heavyweight Title)
2014
+ July 6	Fres Oquendo	Grozny, Russia	W 12 MD
(Regained vacant WBA Heavyweight Title)
2015
+ July 11	Francesco Pianeta	Magdeburg, Germany	KO 1 (2:57)
(Retained WBA World Heavyweight Title)

Summary

Total bouts: 37, Won: 34 (21 inside the limit), Lost: 2 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0