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

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1996
Atlanta, Georgia, Olympic Games preliminariess, 91 Kg
- July 21Luan KrasniqiAtlanta, Georgia LPTS 12:4
1997
Budapest, Hungary, World Championships gold medal, +91 kg
+ Oct. 20Sergey DychkovBudapest, Hungary WPTS 15:7
+ Oct. 22Giacobbe FragomeniBudapest, Hungary WPTS 18:4
+ Oct. 23Maik HankeBudapest, Hungary WPTS 12:7
+ Oct. 25Felix SavonBudapest, 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. 21Felix SavonPlovdiv, Bulgaria WPTS 7:2
Houston, Texas, World Championships quarter-finals, 91 Kg
+ Aug. 20Garth da SilvaHouston, Texas WPTS 9;3
+ Aug. 23David TurnerHouston, Texas WRSC 3
- Aug. 24Felix SavonHouston, Texas LPTS 9:1
2000
Istanbul, Turkey, Ahmet Comert Memorial gold medal, 91 kg
+ Apr. 18Odlanier SolisIstanbul, Turkey WPTS 4 (4:3)
Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games quarter-finals, 91 Kg
+ Sept. 21Olexandr YatsenkoSydney, Australia WPTS 4 (15:2)
- Sept. 26Vladimir ChanturiaSydney, Australia LPTS 4 (18:12)
2001
Belfast, Northern Ireland, World Championship gold medal, +91 Kg
+ June 5Rustam RygebayevBelfast, Northern Ireland WRSCO 3
+ June 7Csaba KurtuczBelfast, Northern Ireland WRSCO 2
+ June 8Vitali BootBelfast, Northern Ireland WRSCO 3
+ June 10Alex MazikinBelfast, Northern Ireland WRSCO 2

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1997
+ Aug. 21Donnie Penelton Aurora, IlinoisKO 1
+ Sept. 3Brian Jones Rosemont, IlinoisKO 2
1998-2000
Inactive
2001
Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games quarter-finals, 91 Kg
+ Sept. 21Everett Martin Tashkent, UzbekistanTKO 4
2002
+ Apr. 14Val Smith Las Vegas, NevadaTKO 1
+ May 11Chris Isaac Biloxi, MississippiW 8
= Oct. 5Rob Calloway Detroit, MichiganTDrew 3
2003
+ May 22Zakeem Graham Yonkers, New YorkTKO 3
+ Nov. 18Daniel Frank Hamburg, GermanyKO 2
2004
+ Feb. 17Sedreck Fields Lübeck, GermanyW 6
+ Mar. 30Alexey Varakin Aachen, GermanyKO 2
+ May 18Wade Lewis Lübeck, GermanyTKO 1
+ June 22Sedreck Fields Telfs, AustriaKO 2
+ July 31Garing Lane Stuttgart, GermanyKO 5
+ Oct. 26Willie Williams Rostock, GermanyKO 3
+ Nov. 16Asmir Vojnovic Cuxhaven, GermanyTKO 4
+ Dec. 14Tommy Connelly Sölden, AustriaTKO 2
2005
+ Mar. 26Sherman Williams Riesa, GermanyW 8
+ Sept. 28Jucimar Francisco Hipolito Hamburg, GermanyTKO 1
+ Oct. 22Mark Krence Halle, GermanyKO 5
2006
+ Jan. 7Rob Calloway München, GermanyKO 2
+ Mar. 11 Vladimir Virchis Hamburg, GermanyW 12
(Won WBO Inter-Cont’l and vacant WBA Inter-Cont’l Heavyweight Titles)
+ July 15Michael Sprott Hamburg, GermanyTKO 6
(Retained WBO Inter-Cont’l & WBA Int’l Heavyweight Titles)
+ Nov. 18John Ruiz Düsseldorf, GermanyW 12
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
2007
+ Apr. 14Nikolai Valuev Stuttgart, GermanyW 12
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title)
2008
+ Jan. 19Matt Skelton Düsseldorf, GermanyW 12
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
2009
+ Feb. 7Carl Davis Drumond Rostock, GermanyTW 6
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
- June 20Wladimir Klitschko Gelsenkirchen, GermanyTKO by 10
(For IBF, WBO and IBO Heavyweight Titles)
2010
+ May 22 Kali MeehanRostock, GermanyW 12 UD
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
+ Nov. 19 Travis WalkerHamburg, GermanyW 8
2011
- Aug. 27 Alexander PovetkinErfurt, GermanyL 12 UD
(For vacant WBA Heavyweight Title)
2012
+ Jan. 28 Kertson ManswellRotherbaum, GermanyW 8
+ Apr. 21 Billy ZumbrunSchwerin, GermanyKO 3
+ Sept. 1 Werner KreiskottOberhausen, GermanyTKO 7
2013
+ Mar. 22 Mike SheppardBerlin, GermanyKO 1
+ Oct. 5 Jovo PudarMoscow, RussiaW 12 UD
(Won PABA Heavyweight Title)
2014
+ July 6 Fres OquendoGrozny, RussiaW 12 MD
(Regained vacant WBA Heavyweight Title)
2015
+ July 11 Francesco PianetaMagdeburg, GermanyKO 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