Chagaev-Ibragimov booked for Moscow on Oct. 13

12/07/2007

Chagaev-Ibragimov booked for Moscow on Oct. 13

Press Release: On Saturday, October 13, 2007 Sultan Ibragimov and Ruslan Chagaev will achieve their dream of unifying the (WBO and WBA) heavyweight crowns, and they will do it in front of an expected crowd of over 14,000 at the Khodynka Arena in Moscow, Russia. “We are very excited about promoting this historic event in this state-of-the-art facility and we look forward to Sultan’s homecoming on October 13th”, said Leon Margules, Executive Director of Seminole Warriors Boxing (Ibragimov's promoter). Ibragimov-Chagaev, a twelve round WBO-WBA heavyweight unification bout, is presented by Nafta Moskva, and will be promoted by Seminole Warriors Boxing, Golden Boy Promotions, Golden Grain Promotions and Sampson Lewkowicz, in association with Universum Box Promotions. Broadcast plans for the bout will be announced once they are secured. Dagestan’s Ibragimov (21-0-1, 17 KOs), the WBO champion and 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist for Russia, will be fighting at home for the first time since March 2004.  Uzbekistan’s Chagaev (23-0-1, 17 KOs), the WBA champion, fights mostly in Germany and will be making his debut in Russia on October 13th.