Guides and 16 world boxing champions from Russia
Ruslan Provodnikov became another world professional boxing champion in a long list russian boxers.
In connection with the latest addition to the regiment of Russian champions represented by Ruslana Provodnikova we recall all the Russian professional boxers who have ever owned champion titles in the main versions.
Yuri Arbachakov. Flyweight Champion wBC versions 1992-1997.
In the late 80s, Yuri Arbachakov (23-1-0, 16 KO) was the star of amateur boxing in the lightest weight, the champion of the USSR, Europe and the world. Just then in " new Russia»The first shoots began to appear professional boxing, and Yuri was one of the first Russian (then Soviet) boxers to become professionals. Unfortunately, pro boxing was still a novelty in Russia, so he had to emigrate to Japan. His career began in 1990 after signing a contract with the Japanese club Kioei Boxing. In a little more than two years, from February 1990 to April 1992, the Russian fought 12 successful fights, and only one of them covered the entire distance, and he completed the rest by knockout or technical knockout. His rivals at that time were mainly local fighters from Japan or Southeast Asia. In June 1996, Arbachakov met with the Thai Muangchai Kittikeyem (20-1-0), reigning champion WBC and widely recognized as the best flyweight fighter. In the eighth round of a tense fight, Yuri achieved a convincing victory by knockout. Thus, Arbachakov became the new WBC champion and, at the same time, the first Russian in general - the champion among professionals. Arbachakov held the conquered title for five years, until November 1997, when he lost it to the Thais Chatchay Sasakul (30-1-0), after which he decided to retire.
... IBF Welterweight Champion 1995-1997 and 2001-2005, WBC 1998-2004, WBA 2001-2004.
Konstantin "Kostya" Tszyu (31-2-0, 25 KO) is undoubtedly the most titled of the domestic pros and one of the most recognizable Russian athletes abroad. It is hard to disagree with this: he is a 4-time world champion (WBC, WBA and IBF - twice), and from 2001 to 2004 - the absolute champion. Kostya was remembered by boxing fans and experts for his uncompromising fighting qualities and terrible blows, especially for his weight. Konstantin began his development as a professional in 1992 in Australia. Three years later, in January 1995, in a fight against Puerto Rican Jake Rodriguez (26-2-2), Tszyu won his first IBF title, effectively achieving a technical knockout at the end of the sixth round. However, in 1997, the Russian lost this title, unexpectedly losing by technical knockout to American Vince Philips (35-3-0). Tszyu quickly rehabilitated himself, knocking out Cuban Diosbelis Hurtado (28-1-0) in 1998, and Mexican Miguel Angel Gonzalez (43-1-1) in 1999, as a result of which he became first interim and then full-fledged WBC champion ... In February 2001, Kostya fought a unification fight with WBA champion Sharmba Mitchell (47-2-0). The fight turned out to be difficult for both fighters, but after the seventh three minutes, the American refused to continue it due to a knee injury, and his title automatically passed to the Russian. Kostya's most famous fight was held in November of the same 2001 against the American star Zaba Judah (27-0-0), who then held the IBF title. Judah started the fight very actively and confidently led on points due to the best technique and speed of strikes. Suddenly, 10 seconds before the end of the second round, Kostya delivered two clear right punches in a row exactly to the opponent's chin, after which he collapsed to the canvas. The American was able to get up, but immediately fell again, and the judge recorded a technical knockout. After this fight, Tszyu regained the IBF title and became the undisputed champion; in addition, he was awarded the vacant title of the champion by version magazine The Ring. For another four years, no one could throw Tszyu off Olympus. Only in 2005, after a memorable defeat to Briton Ricky Hatton (38-0-0), Konstantin ended his career.
Akhmed Kotiev. WBO 1998-2000 Welterweight Champion.
Akhmed Kotiev (27-2-0, 15 KO) fought his first professional fight in Moscow in 1991, but his talent was really revealed only after he moved to Germany permanently in 1993. Having won 20 victories in 21 consecutive fights (one fight was declared invalid), by 1998 Ahmed took the first line in the WBO rankings and was able to meet with the "reigning" champion. It was American Leonard Townsend (29-0-0). At the end of 12 rounds, the victory was unanimously awarded to the Russian with an impressive point difference: 116-109, 119-106, 117-110. As the reigning champion, Kotiev managed to defend his belt in four fights, but in 2000, in a rematch with Puerto Rican Daniel Santos (21-2-1), he unexpectedly lost by knockout in the fifth round. This fight was the last for our middleweight in the professional ring.
... WBA Heavyweight Champion 2005-2007 and 2008-2009.
(50-2-0, 34 KO) is perhaps the most colorful of the Russian boxers. Thanks to its amazing anthropometric data (height 213 cm, arm span 216 cm, maximum combat weight 146 kg), as well as severe appearance he received many nicknames, including "Russian Giant" and "The Beast from the East". His professional debut took place in 1993, but until 2005 he did not appear in a single title fight in the main versions. In December 2005, Nikolai faced the Mexican American John Ruiz (41-5-1) as a contender and won the WBA championship belt by defeating him on points by split decision. Alas, his championship did not last long - in April 2007, Valuev lost a split decision to Uzbek Ruslan Chagaev (22-0-1). The Russian managed to regain the title once again - and again in a battle against Ruiz in August 2008. But, unfortunately, it did not take long to win the championship again - in November 2009, Valuev lost on points to Briton David Haye (22-1-0) and never returned to the professional ring.
... IBF Junior Middleweight Champion 2005-2006.
The Russian (40-5-2, 26 KO) approached his fight for the IBF title with only one defeat and one draw behind him. After defeating American Keith Holmes (39-3-0) in the eliminator on points, in July 2005, Roman faced the champion - Kassim Ouma (21-1-1) from Uganda, and won by unanimous decision after 12 rounds. Alas, the Russian failed to defend the title, and in the next fight he lost to the experienced American fighter Corey Spinks (34-3-0) also on points. After being defeated by Daniel Gil in 2010, Karmazin was diagnosed with internal bleeding in the brain. A year later, Karmazin decided to try his luck in another qualifying match against Osumanu Adam from Ghana, but also lost early (TKO 9), after which he retired.
... 2006-2008 WBC Heavyweight Champion.
Oleg Maskaev's championship (38-7-0, 28 KO) was short but bright. From 1993 to 2006, Big O's career was not something extraordinary. He was a strong middle peasant and did not claim serious titles. However, in 2006, having won the WBC eliminator, Maskaev won the right to fight the reigning American champion Hasim Rakhman (41-5-2). It is noteworthy that the fighters had already met earlier in 1999 in a regular rating fight, and then Oleg won by knockout in the 8th round. But now, already in the rank of champion, the American looked like a favorite. However, contrary to expectations, the fight turned out to be equal. This continued until the last 12th round, at the beginning of which the Russian carried out an excellent deuce to the opponent's head and knocked him over the ropes. After the fight resumed, the champion had already clearly lost his orientation and almost immediately found himself knocked down again. Experienced Rahman only had to reach the end of the round, and then one could count on winning on points, but Oleg managed to put the squeeze on his opponent, and the judge was forced to intervene, counting the knockout. As a result, Maskaev won and won his first championship belt. It is regrettable, but Maskaev was able to defend the title only once and in the next fight gave it to Nigerian Samuel Peter (29-1-0). Nevertheless, 44-year-old Maskaev has no plans to quit boxing yet, and his next fight will take place in November.
Dmitry Kirillov. Champion in the second flyweight champion according to the IBF 2007-2008.
Another Russian Dmitry Kirillov (31-4-1, 10 KO) spent less than a year in champions. The first time he went to the championship fight in May 2006 against Nicaraguan Luis Alberto Perez (23-1-0), but could not achieve victory. But the next chance presented in October 2007, Dmitry realized, defeating the American Jose Navarro (26-2-0) by unanimous decision. Soon, in August 2008, as part of his title defense, Kirillov met with Armenian Vic Darchinyan (29-1-1) and suffered a resounding defeat by knockout in the fifth round. Having lost his belt with such difficulty, the Russian did not lose heart and partially rehabilitated himself, having won two consecutive victories in rating battles. Time will tell whether he will be able to build on his success.
... Heavyweight champion according to the WBO 2007-2008.
Another short-term Russian champion was Sultan-Akhmed Ibragimov (22-1-1, 17 KO). His track record is interesting in that Sultan came to his first championship fight for the main version without a single defeat, with one draw and with 85% of knockouts. His rival was the most experienced 35-year-old American Shannon Briggs (48-4-1). The fight took place in June 2007 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Briggs' weight in this fight was 123.83 kg, which is 23.5 kg more than Ibragimov's. At the same time, our athlete successfully used his speed advantage and regularly applied precise strikes for a larger rival. The judges appreciated the work of the Sultan and gave him the victory by unanimous decision. But the newly-born champion was not destined to enjoy the fruits of his victory for a long time. Just 8 months later, in February 2008, the belt passed to the famous Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko (49-3-0). Shortly after this defeat, Ibragimov officially confirmed the rumors of his retirement.
Denis Inkin. Champion in the second middleweight according to the WBO 2008-2009.
The most a short time (a little bit more three months) among the Russians, Denis Inkin held the champion title (34-1-0, 24 KO). In September 2008, Denis won the vacant WBO title, confidently outboxing Colombian Fulgencio Zuniga (21-2-1). And already in January 2009, Inkin lost to Hungarian Karol Balzai (19-0-0) at that time by unanimous decision. After that, Inkin left boxing.
... Middleweight champion according to WBO 2010-2012.
Few in the boxing world outside of Russia knew Dmitry Pirog (20-0-0, 15 KO) until 2010. By this time, he had been a professional for five years, had 16 fights without a single draw or defeat, and also won four intermediate WBO and WBC belts. As of June 2010, Dmitry occupied the second line of the WBO middleweight rankings and, since the champion title was vacant at that time, he had to fight with the number one in the same rating - the unbeaten American Daniel Jacobs (20-0-0). The rivals were approximately equal in class during the first rounds, and it was difficult to imagine how the fight would end if it came to scoring. And all the more shocking was the sudden knockout of the American, which followed in the first minute of the fifth round after the most accurate cross performed by Pie. After this victory, the Russian defended his title three times and was preparing to play his fourth defense in 2012 against Gennady Golovkin (27-0-0) from Kazakhstan, but was forced to abandon the fight due to a back injury. As a result, the WBO decided to deprive the Russian of his title. At the moment, Dmitry's health problems have not been fully resolved, and his return to the professional ring is in question.
Zaurbek Baysangurov. Champion in the first middleweight according to the WBO 2011-2013.
Like many of our compatriots, Zaurbek Baysangurov (28-1-0, 20 KO) started professional career in Germany under the auspices of the Sauerland promotion company. From 2004 to 2010, Zaurbek won 25 victories in 26 fights, rising to the fourth line of the WBO ranking by June 2010. Having knocked out the fifth number of the same rating from the Brazilian Mike Miranda (34-3-0) in the first round, Baysangurov received the title of interim WBO champion. And soon in October of the same year, after the reigning champion Ukrainian Sergey Dzinziruk (37-1-0) was stripped of the title for a long refusal to defend, the Russian became a full-fledged champion. In 2012, Zaurbek defended his title twice, but in June of this year, the WBO deprived him of his belt, because due to an injury he did not enter the ring for a long time. There were no official statements about the future plans of the ex-champion.
... WBA Heavyweight Champion 2011-2013.
If you need to choose the most popular Russian boxer lately, then, of course, he will be (26-1-0, 18 KO). Two-time European champion, world champion and Olympic Games in amateurs, russian heavyweight in 2005 he became a professional. Interestingly, during his career, Alexander never sought to win intermediate titles, but only conducted rating fights, counting on the main belts. For the first time such an opportunity presented itself in August 2011. Then Povetkin met with the number 2 of the world ranking Uzbek Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1) and contested the vacant WBA regular champion title, which was vacated after Vladimir Klitschko became the super champion. The duel with Chagaev took place in a stubborn competitive struggle, with variable success of rivals. None of them could finish the fight ahead of schedule. According to the results of 12 rounds, the Russian won the victory by unanimous decision of the judges and thus won his first championship belt. To date, Alexander has completed four successful title defenses. In his last fight, he met with Wladimir Klitschko (60-3-0) and, as you know, lost, having lost his title. Now Povetkin and his updated team are thinking about possible career options.
... 2011-present WBA First Heavyweight Champion
Kruzerwaite (25-1-0, 19 KO) is a close friend of Alexander Povetkin. From 2001 to 2009, Denis won several intermediate belts in the light heavyweight and first heavyweight division. And in 2010, having won the eliminator for the WBA title, he entered the fight with the reigning champion Marco Huck (30-1-0), but could not achieve victory, losing on points. In November 2011, the Russian met with American veteran James Toney (73-6-3) and, having gained the upper hand over him by unanimous decision, won the title of “interim” champion according to the same WBA version. The current champion was then Panamanian Guillermo Jones (38-3-2, 30 KO), and it was with him that the Russian boxer was supposed to meet in the next fight. Contrary to expectations, this fight did not take place then due to Guillermo's injury, as a result of which Lebedev became not a temporary, but a full-fledged champion. In May 2013, the Russian again met with the persistent Panamanian. The fight became a real sensation, because then, 41-year-old Jones not only was not inferior in endurance, but, it seemed, did not even notice the hail of blows that the Russian champion rained down on him. Moreover, Guillermo's punches were also strong and accurate, and already in the first round, a noticeable hematoma formed over Denis's right eye, which, over the course of the fight, acquired appalling proportions. In the 11th round, after another missed blow, Denis knelt down and could not get up until the end of the referee's score. The judge stopped the fight and credited Lebedev with an early defeat by TKO. So Denis lost his title. However, just the other day, the news came that the second doping test of the Panamanian gave a positive result. On this basis, the result last fight was canceled, and the championship belt was returned to Denis.
Khabib Allahverdiev. 2012-present WBA Light Welterweight Champion
One of the latest acquisitions in the "piggy bank" of Russian world champions is Khabib Allahverdiev (19-0-0, 9 KO). Until Khabib can boast of being rich track record or meetings with eminent rivals. In 2010 and 2012, he won an interim - Asian - WBC title and an IBO title. His most important fight to date was in November 2012 for the vacant WBA regular title against ranked No. 1 Dominican Joan Guzman (33-0-1). In the battle, both opponents showed an equal will to win, but in the eighth round Guzman injured his knee as a result of an unintentional action by the Russian and was unable to continue the fight. According to the rules, in this case, the decision remained with the judges, and they gave the victory to Allahverdiyev by a split decision with a minimum advantage in points. In July of this year, Allakhverdiev held the first successful defense.
Sergey Kovalev. Champion in the floor heavyweight according to WBO 2013-present
The undefeated Sergei Kovalev (22-0-1, 20 KO) is famous for his extremely strong blows and, accordingly, a very high percentage of knockouts - more than 90%. He made his debut and fought most of the battles in the United States. As a result of a series of victories in rating battles, by August 2013, Sergei rose to the second line of the WBO rating and set his sights on a fight with the champion - unbeaten Briton Nathan Cleverly (26-0-0). The champion started the meeting with the first number, however, after a few minutes he felt the power of Kovalev's blows and slowed down, focusing more on defense. In general, the first two rounds passed on equal terms, and then Sergei revealed his full potential: at the end of the third segment, the Briton twice found himself on the floor, and at the beginning of the fourth it became clear that he was no longer able to provide further resistance, and the judge stopped the fight. The Russian won by technical knockout and took the champion belt. Sergei's first defense is scheduled for November this year. Ismail Sillah will become Sergey's rival.
Evgeny Gradovich. 2013-present IBF Featherweight Champion
Evgeny Gradovich (17-0-0, 8 KO) is the youngest reigning Russian champion, only 27 years old. In the first fifteen fights, Evgeny did not meet with really serious opposition. And in the sixteenth fight in March 2013, his rival was the rather successful Australian Billy Deeb (35-1-0), the reigning IBF champion. For Billy, who had not lost by that time for five years, it was just another voluntary defense of the title, and he did not consider the Russian, who at that time was only 11 in the ranking, as a serious contender. Despite this, the Russian managed to achieve a victory on points by a split decision. In July of this year, Eugene defended his title, and a rematch with the uncompromising Billy Deeb is scheduled for November.
... WBO Light Welterweight Champion 2013-present.
The Russian (23-2-0, 16 KO) has recently been training and fighting in the USA under the guidance of the famous coach Freddie Roach. For almost seven years spent in the professional ring, Provodnikov showed good results: only two defeats with a large percentage of victories by knockout. At the same time, it must be admitted that, until recently, of the serious rivals, the Russian met only with the American Timothy Bradley (29-0-0) in an attempt to take away the WBO welterweight title from him, but lost on points. However, Ruslan looked excellent in this fight and fought with the reigning champion on equal terms, as evidenced by the minimum difference in the judges' cards: 115-112 and twice 114-113. It is clear that after such an unfortunate defeat Ruslan was eager to rehabilitate himself as soon as possible and win the champion title. For this, he had to go back one weight class and face the interim WBO light welterweight champion American Mike Alvarado (34-1-0). This fight took place on Saturday 19 October. In a bright open confrontation, Siberian Rocky achieved a convincing victory by TKO after the champion's corner did not release him for 11 rounds of the fight.
For the first time in 12 years, an absolute world champion appeared in boxing. Who is he
The undefeated American Terence Crawford in less than 10 minutes beats Julius Indongo and collects four belts from the leading boxing organizations in the light welterweight (up to 63.5 kg) weight category.
What is an undisputed champion
In November 2001, Kostya Tszyu defeated Zaba Judah and became the undisputed world light welterweight champion, winning the three most prestigious belts (WBA, WBC and IBF). In 2017, at a press conference before the fight with Julius Indongo, Terence Crawford recalled this, emphasizing that it is really important for him to surpass the achievements of the Russian and become the first person in this weight and only the third in history who will manage to collect four belts at once.
At the time of Tszyu, it was not necessary to win four titles to be considered the absolute world champion, three were enough. The WBA, IBF and WBC have recognized the WBO as their equal organization since 2004. Since then, only Bernard Hopkins managed to collect all the belts, in September 2004. In July 2005, Hopkins will lose to Jermain Taylor, the titles will pass to him, but in the next fight Taylor will come out with only three belts, having lost the IBF strap for unsportsmanlike reasons.
Crawford became the third person in the 21st century who managed to become the undisputed world champion in the format of four belts. Most recently, Vladimir Klitschko and Sergey Kovalev were close to this, each had three belts, but they never got the opportunity to collect four major titles in boxing. Now three belts are owned by Andre Ward and Gennady Golovkin.
Who is Terence Crawford
Six days before the most important fight of his life, Terence Crawford filmed a video in which he parodied Conor McGregor's open training before the fight with Floyd Mayweather. Popular entertainment for modern boxers.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXwTPDMF9ms/At the end of last year, Terence Crawford was sentenced to 52 days in prison for pogroming a car service. Crawford decided he could pick up his car without paying the owner. And these were not the biggest problems in a boxer's life. On September 4, 2008, Terence went to play dice in his neighborhood, finished the game, sat in the car, someone didn't like it, and Crawford was shot in the head with a pistol. The bullet passed on a tangent, Terence himself came to the hospital. Two months later, he won his fifth pro fight. In general, in 2008, Crawford planned to be at the Beijing Olympics, but could not qualify for the Games. After 9 years, he will face the winner of that Olympics Felix Diaz and beat him in ten rounds.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BX3o1PhlF44/His story is the story of a humble guy from the province. Crawford was born in Omaha and quickly became interested in boxing. Almost all men in his family boxed. Unfortunately, no one taught Crawford to speak brightly, and even when his stats were around 19-0, Crawford's main income came from working as sparring partner Timothy Bradley (ex-WBO champion). 2013 will be the turning point. Crawford will start winning fights, the significance of which can be explained by one line: three undefeated opponents (Viktor Postol, Andrey Klimov and Yuriorkis Gamboa) were beaten, an away victory and a champion title (Ricky Burns was knocked out in Scotland), beaten Olympic champion Diaz and John Molina, who just defeated Ruslan Provodnikov.
On May 21, Terence Crawford beat Felix Diaz and turned out to be a boxer with a record of 31 wins, 0 losses, and he lacked two titles to become an absolute champion: WBC and IBF, they were from Julius Indongo.
How did the fight for four championship belts turn out?
Crawford remained not very interesting to the public. On May 20, 2017, Floyd Mayweather was only interested in Conor McGregor, and a little earlier, 50 thousand paid broadcasts were sold for the fight between Crawford and Victor Postol (for comparison, 500 thousand broadcasts sold is considered the average figure for a UFC tournament). The boxer's Instagram has 150 thousand subscribers. Terence was desperate for a truly meaningful achievement.
On August 19, 2017, Russian Eduard Troyanovsky could have entered the ring at the Pinnacle Bank Arena, but on December 3, 2016, Troyanovsky decided to defend the belts in a fight with Julius Indongo from Namibia. Before his first amateur fight, Indongo trained without gloves, but as soon as they appeared, people became upset. Arena "Megasport", for example, was upset at full strength, when already in the first minute Indongo knocked out Troyanovsky, took the Russian belts and left in a certain direction.
Indongo did nothing of the kind in the battle with Crawford. If Julius resembled Leicester in boxing, then this August morning was the second season with the dismissal of Kdaudio Ranieri. Crawford saw all the blows and knew what Julius would do before the Namibian knew it.
When there was a minute and a half left until the end of the third round, Julius Indongo suddenly grabbed his stomach, his lungs stopped working, and instead of an opponent, spectators and the blue flooring of the ring began to spin in front of his eyes. He will review the replay and understand - Crawford's fist, tightly wrapped in a dark blue glove, swooped down on his liver from an ambush.
So Terence Crawford had four of the most important championship belts, and now it remains to understand who needs them most.
Text: Vadim Tikhomirov, Bogdan Domansky
He is rightfully considered the best analyst of opening options. Kramnik is practically a legend. The chess player who was able to defeat Garry Kasparov and take the title of champion from him, the chess player who received many awards, the absolute world chess champion, and the man whose name is entered in the Guinness Book of Records. All this and much more can be said about Vladimir Kramnik.
The beginning of a chess career.
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik was born on June 25, 1975. Already at the age of 5, young Volodya began to play chess. After the family of the future international grandmaster moved to Moscow, Vladimir entered Mikhail's chess school, and already in 1991, at the age of only 16, he became the world champion among chess players under 18 years of age.
The second step is the Olympic team.
Almost immediately after that, in 1992, Kramnik was able to become a member of the Olympic team, and won the Olympics in Manila. Then Vladimir managed to show a unique result - 8.5 out of a possible 9. After this Olympiad, Kramnik's results improved every year, and already in 1994 Kramnik beat Veliky Kasparov for the first time.
But this victory was not the last. Indeed, in 2000 Kasparov, being the reigning world champion, offered the 25-year-old chess player a rematch.
Kramnik - Kasparov 2000.
Indeed, the proposal to play a revenge match, which went down in history and will be remembered for a long time by everyone connected with chess, came from the current 13th world champion - Garry Kasparov. Kramnik agreed to play. According to the terms of the agreement, it was supposed to be a match for the title of the world champion in the classic version. And this match became fatal for Kasparov. The world champion could not win a single out of 16 games.
Why were the absolute world champions transferred in boxing - that is, those who held titles in all major versions? And is their return possible?
Alexander BELENKY
THE LAST FROM MOGICAN
It is quite possible that the last absolute world champion was ... the Klitschko brothers, who at the same time held titles WBA, IBF, WBO (Vladimir) and WBC (Vitaly). And this has its own logic. Such a task is no longer possible for one boxer.
It became almost impossible at the moment when WBO ceased to be a small fish swimming around three whales, WBA, WBC and IBF , and she herself became a whale. It was somehow possible to take possession of three titles, and then somehow retain them. Among the few who succeeded was our Kostya Tszyu, who in 2001-2003 held titles in three old versions in the category up to 63.5 kg.
In 1999-2000, Lennox Lewis held all the heavyweight titles for several months. Bernard Hopkins managed to sit with three crowns on one head for the longest time, somehow balancing them: he was the champion in three versions in the category up to 72.6 kg in 2001-2005. Then Jermain Taylor inherited them from him. But the hat was clearly not for this Senka, or rather, all three hats, and they soon flew in different directions.
If we talk briefly about the problems that the champion faced according to different versions, the main one was that different organizations put forward different, often mutually exclusive, requirements to him. The mega champion had to choose whose official challenger he would fight earlier, and it happened that after he made this choice, without a fight, he lost the title according to one of the versions.
In other words, the very structure of modern boxing did not contribute to the emergence of absolute champions in any way. Well, when the versions became not three, but four, the "absolutes" were completely translated. It's like having a wife and two mistresses is still possible, but a wife and three are no longer possible. Not so much sexually as materially. All claims cannot be satisfied. And with two, too, is not easy, if you figure it out.
That is why both Tszyu and Lewis, like many before and after them, lost some titles without fighting in the "paper wars" simply because of a conflict of interest.
THE LAST MOGIAN
However, there is currently one champion who can theoretically win all four titles. This, of course, is Vladimir Klitschko. However, I think that he will not be allowed to do this. And not at all out of pity for the klitschkophobic fraternity, which from this may suffice a collective heart attack. There are more "interested persons" here. But here you have to start from afar.
In the late 90s, as I once wrote, Americans considered the world heavyweight title their national property, like the Statue of Liberty. That is why, for the most part, they did not want the fight of the then world champion by versions WBA and IBF Evander Holyfield with title holder WBC briton Lennox Lewis. The chances were too great that the "Statue of Liberty" would go overseas. And so it ultimately happened.
Later, all heavyweight titles happily settled away from America, where they were until the recent past. But then Vitali Klitschko left his title WBC for the sake of politics, and he was vacant. The most logical would be if his brother Vladimir marched out to fight for him, but the leaders WBC even fewer women love logic behind the wheel. Therefore, in a duel for their vacant title, Haitian-born Canadian Bermain Stevern and American Chris Arreola met in a duel, and this was not prevented even by the fact that just a year ago these two had already met and Stevern won an absolutely convincing victory then. We met again. Stevern won by knockout in the 6th round and became the world champion by version WBC.
Chicken is not a bird, Canada is not a foreign country. Boxing has existed for too long in America without heavy weight, now heavy weight is back there. And not at all in order to leave there. Steven's promoter is Don King. The same one. Recently, it has become somehow customary to write him off, since he is already over eighty, and he really lost his former positions. However, this old horse not only did not spoil the furrows, but plowed a new one. To the envy of everyone.
American Deontay Wilder has long been considered the Crown Prince in heavyweight, but he is still damp, and he knows it himself. Therefore, dad does not climb into the scorching heat. The role of Father Don and took Steven, who has now won the title WBC , and the official contender for the crown seems to be (in professional boxing, nothing happens for sure) now Wilder, whose promotional rights belong to the firm of Oscar De La Hoya Golden Boy Promotions.
How to drink to give, under the contract for the fight Stevern-Wilder, if the latter wins, Don King will receive, say, 50 percent rights to a few more fights. What will he do then? Great question. Perhaps he will bring his ward to Klitschko, since the Klitschko-Wilder fight is many times more interesting to the American public than the Klitschko-Stevern fight. Or maybe he will find it more profitable for himself to keep the heavyweight title in America.
Someone else's head - darkness, and only the head of Don King - darkness, darkness. In any case, it will not remain in flight. One way or another, but before the middle of 2015, the fight between Klitschko and Wilder or Klitschko and Stevern cannot take place. And what will happen later, I would say, the chances are less than fifty percent.
AFTER MOGIKAN
So, there are no boxers with four titles now. Possessing three, in addition to Wladimir Klitschko, too. There are those whose championship pants are supported by two championship belts instead of one. Maybe some of them have a chance to "absolve"?
To be honest, I doubt it, but let's sort it out in order. Let's go from more heavy weights to the lungs.
Here, for example, is the great fireproof closet of professional boxing 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins, who currently holds the title of super champion by version WBA and version champion IBF in the category up to 79.4 kg. Can he become the undisputed champion?
With all the immeasurable respect for him and despite the fact that he has been doing the impossible for many years, no. Title WBC in its weight is owned by Adonis Stevenson, and the title WBO - Sergey Kovalev. Allowing for a miracle, I can assume that he will overcome one of this pair, but two is already too much even for such a magician. In addition, like any self-respecting wizard, Hopkins knows very well what miracles he should not undertake. I don't think he'll take on these either. Perhaps his fiftieth birthday, as well as his sixtieth and centenary, he will meet in the rank of champion, but not absolute.
Karl Froch is the version world champion WBA and IBF in the category up to 76.2 kg. No, even though I am a longtime Froch fan, I think that becoming the undisputed champion is too tough for him. First, the title WBA he already has second-rate, as a super champion WBA is the American Andre Ward, who easily beat Froch. Secondly, Froch seems to be on his way from the fair, and no one can guarantee him a victory in the rematch with George Groves, which he will have on May 31, although for some reason it seems to me that he will do it after all.
Floyd Mayweather, who holds the Super Champion titles WBA and WBC champion in the category up to 69.9 kg and title WBC in the category up to 66.7 kg, possibly still best boxer in all scales, although after his recent fight with Marcos Rene Maidana, this is a big question. However, the title holder IBF in weight up to 69.9 kg Carlos Molina, and world champion according to WBO Demetrius Andrade is clearly too tough for him, despite the fact that, strictly speaking, this is not the weight of Mayweather. But Mayweather came to this world and to this boxing not for titles, but for money, and money will make him fight much more eminent rivals in weight up to 66.7 kg. There are Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan, Sean Porter, and Juan Manuel Marquez. So Mayweather will not have time for "absolutism" in the near future, but it seems that it will not be enough for a particularly long time.
An interesting situation has developed now in the category up to 63.5 kg. Super Champion title WBA and WBC champion owned by Danny Garcia. The starting situation for becoming the sovereign king of his weight is very good. But there is such an obstacle as the title holder WBO Ruslan Provodnikov. And Lucas Martin Matthisse, whom Garcia barely defeated, is eager for revenge. The fight with the latter is more interesting from a financial point of view. There are also other attractive commercial offers. Adrienne Browner, for example. So I don't think Garcia will put titles at the forefront.
Superchampion by version WBA and version champion WBO in the 55.3 kg category, fugitive Cuban Guillermo Rigondo can beat anyone. But "he can do it, but who can give it to him." Rigondeau's chess style is so unpopular in America that people don't really want to see him on television with all his belts. No, TV channels do not need such an absolute champion, which means that he will not be, since the desires of television are the only and immutable law.
The Russian pilot of sports aircraft and aerobatic gliders, one of the most titled pilots in the world, Mikhail Mamistov, has embarked on the final stage of preparation for the 29th FAI World Aerobatic Championships (WCH), which will be held from 9 to 17 September 2017 in South Africa ( SOUTH AFRICA). Mikhail Mamistov became one of four athletes who, as part of the Russian national team, will take part in the world aerobatic championship in sports aircraft of the highest category of complexity - Unlimited.
Pilots flying in the Unlimited class experience G-forces during the flight that exceed the limits of human capabilities - from a downward positive overload of 10g (units), in which blood flows from the head to the legs, to an upward negative -10g. Athletes participating in aerobatics competitions experience higher loads than Formula 1 racers or astronauts when launching a launch vehicle. For comparison, riders on bends experience lateral g-forces of 4g, and under heavy braking - about 5g. At the start of the spacecraft, the overloads are in the range from 1g to 7g.
“Flying on aerobatics, over time you get used to the fact that you are either pressed into the chair by a weight up to ten times your own weight, or the belts are barely holding back from the force trying to pull you out of the chair,” Mikhail Mamistov said. the body gets used to them much longer than to positive ones. With positive overloads, the blood drains from the head, and most importantly - not to lose consciousness. We have learned to deal with this - at the right moments we strain the abs, someone additionally puts on a belt on the belt. But with negative overloads are more and more difficult - blood rushes to the head with tremendous force and can damage the vessels of the brain and the vestibular apparatus.To prevent this from happening, there is only one way - gradually, step by step, in training to increase negative overloads, "accustoming" the body to their effects and training the blood vessels and the vestibular apparatus. By the way, unlike jet pilots who fly in special pr from overload suits, we fly in normal overalls. "
According to the experienced pilot, one of the main difficulties of this sport is not only to withstand high overloads, but also to be able to perform the most difficult aerobatics and maintain maximum concentration under their influence. At the same time, there is not a single one in sports planes. automatic device - all control is performed only by the legs and arms of the pilot, who, experiencing incredible jumps in overload and sharp changes in speed from 0 to 360 km / h, "draws" the most complex geometric shapes in the air in the air in three planes simultaneously: lateral, horizontal and vertical.
Earlier, the most eminent active Russian pilot of sports aircraft, supporting the InfoWatch group of companies, completed a cycle of training sessions at airfields, the conditions of which are close to those of the championship venue. The Russian national aerobatics team at the 2017 World Cup Unlimited included:
- honored Master of Sports of Russia, two-time Absolute World Champion, five-time Absolute European Champion Mikhail Mamistov;
- honored Master of Sports of Russia, multiple medalist of the World and European Championships, multiple Absolute Champion of Russia, Absolute World Champion 2017 in aerobatics on Yak-52 aircraft Oleg Shpolyansky;
- honored Master of Sports of Russia, multiple winner of the World and European Championships Alexander Krotov;
- master of Sports of Russia, silver medalist of the 2016 European Championship in team competitions, Vladimir Gavrilenko;
- team coach - Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of Russia, Absolute World and European Champion main coach the Russian national airplane sports team Viktor Smolin;
- translator - Honored Master of Sports of Russia, Absolute World Champion, twice Absolute European Champion Elena Klimovich;
- mechanic - candidate for master of sports Andrey Polikarpov.
Recall that the InfoWatch group of companies sponsors the sports pilot Mikhail Mamistov, providing training for the pilot to participate in the Russian national team at the World Championship. InfoWatch team wishes russian athletes clear skies and confident aerobatics at the world championship in South Africa! Go Russia!!!
Aerobatics competitions are the most spectacular and popular type of airplane sport associated with the performance of aerobatics complexes by sports pilots.
In system international competitions the following division into difficulty levels is accepted: Primary, Sportsman, Intermediate, Advanced, Unlimited (the highest category of difficulty). The first World Aerobatics Championship was held in 1960 in Bratislava (Czechoslovakia) and was held every two years. The World and European Championships are held in Advanced and Unlimited classes.
Mikhail Mamistov is the only five-time absolute European champion in the history of aerobatics competitions and one of three two-time absolute world champions (P. Irmus, S. Rakhmanin, M. Mamistov) - the owners of the highest aerobatic award - the Aresti Cup; two-time absolute world champion and absolute European champion in aerobatics in gliders, two-time absolute champion of the World Air Games (1997 - on aerobatic gliders, 2001 - on sports aircraft), 10-time absolute champion of Russia. Winner of 46 gold, 32 silver and 15 bronze medals at the World Championships, Europe, World Air Games in aerobatics on airplanes and gliders.
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