{"id":13514,"date":"2011-07-28T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=13514"},"modified":"2011-07-28T09:29:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T13:29:46","slug":"boxing-news-beibut-shumenov-don-chargin-team-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=13514","title":{"rendered":"Boxing News: Beibut Shumenov & Don Chargin Team Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Team KZ<\/strong><\/p>\n

World Boxing Association (\u201cWBA\u201d) and International Boxing Association (\u201cIBA\u201d) light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov and Hall of Fame promoter Don Chargin have joined forces to promote Friday night\u2019s \u201cFire & Fury\u201d championship boxing card South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n

The 12-round main event features Shumenov defending both belts against challenger Danny \u201cThe Bronx Bomber\u201d Santiago (31-4-1, 19 KOs), who was featured on the third season of The Contender reality television series, live on TeleFutura\u2019s \u201cS\u00f3lo Boxeo Tecate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFire & Fury\u201d is promoted by KZ Event Productions (Shumenov and his brother, Chingis, own and operate the Las Vegas-based KZ Event Productions) in association with Golden Boy Promotions, Don Chargin Productions, Guilty Boxing and South Point Hotel Casino and is sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and AT&T. Doors open at 5:30 PM PT, the first bout at 6:00 PM PT and the TeleFutura broadcast begins at 11:30 PM ET \/ PT (10:30 PM CT).<\/p>\n

Tickets, starting at $25, are available for purchase at South Point\u2019s box office, online at www.SouthPointEventsCenter.com\/tickets.php, or by calling 1.702.797.8055.<\/p>\n

Fans at home can also be part of the action by participating in Cintur\u00f3n Tecate and voting for the fighter in the main event who displays the most character in the ring by sending a text message to 55333. Voting will be open through the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n

2004 Kazakhstan Olympian Shumenov (11-1, 7 KOs), who lives and fights out of Las Vegas, set a light heavyweight record for capturing a world title in the fewest career fights, 10, when (Jan. 10, 2010) he won a 12-round decision against Gabriel Campillo in Las Vegas. He has successfully defended his belts versus No. 1 mandatory challenger and previously undefeated Viacheslav Uzelkov (UDEC12), and three-time world champion William Joppy (KO6).<\/p>\n

In only 11 pro fights, Beibut has defeated four world champions (Campillo, Joppy, Byron Mitchell and Montell Griffin), as well as two world title challengers (Uzelkov and Epifanio Mendoza). Because being a promoter and fighter can potentially distract from training, Beibut is teaming with living legend Chargin, who is 56 years older than the 27-year-old Shumenov.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon is an honest, trustworthy person who just happens to be a Hall of Fame promoter,\u201d Shumenov said. \u201cHe has years of invaluable experience and an abundance of boxing knowledge. He really knows the ins and outs of the boxing business, in addition to having a keen eye for talented boxers, as well as knowing how to make interesting, competitive and entertaining match-ups. On top of all that, Don is an honorable man who works very hard. I\u2019ve already learned a lot from working with him but more importantly, I feel privileged to call him my friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a good team of people around me and now, thanks to Don\u2019s involvement, I\u2019m stress free. I know Don really has my back. I haven\u2019t had to be part of any games that could be distractions, so I\u2019ve been able to stay 100-percent focused on my training.\u201d<\/p>\n

Working with Shumenov has given Chargin a boost. \u201cBeibut is one of the most intriguing people I\u2019ve ever met,\u201d Don remarked. \u201cTo accomplish what he has in only 12 fights and winning a world title is almost unheard of. I talk to him all of the time about doing a major title defense, something special, in Kazakhstan. It\u2019s something I really want to do and I know the people over there want to, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dedication I\u2019ve seen from him has given me new life. I really enjoy being around him. When his fighting days are over, I won\u2019t be surprised if he\u2019s as good a promoter as he is a fighter, or even better. One reason I came onboard was to take some of the things off his shoulders. He has a great team and we try and keep him out of the promotional part when he\u2019s getting ready to fight. It\u2019s hard to do because he cares so much about his fighters and promotional company.\u201d<\/p>\n

An exciting co-feature pits popular Las Vegas super featherweight \u201cLightning\u201d Lonnie Smith (13-2-2, 9 KOs) versus Eduardo \u201c Lalo\u201d Arcos (16-4-1, 13 KOs), is also scheduled to air on TeleFutura\u2019s \u201cS\u00f3lo Boxeo Tecate\u201d broadcast.<\/p>\n

Two other champion KZ Event Productions fighters, unbeatens WBA FEDALATIN Welterweight Champion Ravshan Hudaynazarov and WBA International Light Heavyweight titlist Gayrat Ahmedov, will also be in action.<\/p>\n

WBA # 9 rated Hudaynazarov (14-0, 12 KOs) defends his title against former USNBC titlist Hector \u201cThe Hurricane\u201d Munoz (19-5-1, 12 KOs) in a 10-round belt, while WBA #2 Ahmedov (16-0-1, 12 KOs) takes on veteran Billy Bailey (11-11, 4 KOs) in an eight-round match.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas fan favorite Ramon Montano (17-9-2, 2 KOs) faces lightweight Juan Suazo (7-4-3, 5 KOs) in a six-round match. Also on the card is Freddie Roach-trained, unbeaten super featherweight prospect Joel Diaz (4-0, 3 KOs) against Esteban \u201cJunglehead\u201d Nichol (3-1, 3 KOs), as well as undefeated Russian cruiserweight Medzhid Bektemirov (5-0, 5 KOs) versus Chad Davis (3-8), in four-round bouts. All fights and fighters are subject to change.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Team KZ World Boxing Association (\u201cWBA\u201d) and International Boxing Association (\u201cIBA\u201d) light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov and Hall of Fame promoter Don Chargin have joined forces to promote Friday night\u2019s \u201cFire & Fury\u201d championship boxing card South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 12-round main event features Shumenov defending both belts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1418,105,1287],"class_list":["post-13514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-beibut-shumenov","tag-boxing","tag-don-chargin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13514"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}