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Total Fights | 38 |
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Wins | 34 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 21 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 18 years and six months, Ruslan Chagaev fought 38 times with 34 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.
Chagaev retired from professional boxing with a record of 34-3-1, which included three heavyweight world-title wins and three successful title defense fights. He had a 55.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 21 of his total 38 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Chagaev lost twice via knockout, both of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 10th round TKO defeat to Lucas Browne on March 5, 2016. Chagaev lost the heavyweight WBA (Regular) title to Browne in this fight.
Some of Chagaev's best fights and notable victories include wins over Francesco Pianeta, Nikolai Valuev, Michael Sprott, Volodymyr Virchis, Matt Skelton, Carl Davis Drumond, and John Ruiz.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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38 | Mar 5, 2016 | 37 | Lucas Browne | Loss * | TKO10 |
37 | Jul 11, 2015 | 36 | Francesco Pianeta | Win * | TKO1 |
36 | Jul 6, 2014 | 35 | Fres Oquendo | Win * | MD |
35 | Oct 5, 2013 | 34 | Jovo Pudar | Win | UD |
34 | Mar 22, 2013 | 34 | Mike Sheppard | Win | KO1 |
33 | Sep 1, 2012 | 33 | Werner Kreiskott | Win | TKO7 |
32 | Apr 21, 2012 | 33 | Billy Zumbrun | Win | TKO3 |
31 | Jan 28, 2012 | 33 | Kertson Manswell | Win | UD |
30 | Aug 27, 2011 | 32 | Alexander Povetkin | Loss * | UD |
29 | Nov 19, 2010 | 32 | Travis Walker | Win | UD |
28 | May 22, 2010 | 31 | Kali Meehan | Win | UD |
27 | Jun 20, 2009 | 30 | Wladimir Klitschko | Loss * | RTD9 |
26 | Feb 7, 2009 | 30 | Carl Davis Drumond | Win * | TD |
25 | Jan 19, 2008 | 29 | Matt Skelton | Win * | UD |
24 | Apr 14, 2007 | 28 | Nikolai Valuev | Win * | MD |
23 | Nov 18, 2006 | 28 | John Ruiz | Win | SD |
22 | Jul 15, 2006 | 27 | Michael Sprott | Win | TKO8 |
21 | Mar 11, 2006 | 27 | Volodymyr Virchis | Win * | MD |
20 | Jan 7, 2006 | 27 | Rob Calloway | Win | KO2 |
19 | Oct 22, 2005 | 27 | Mark Krence | Win | KO5 |
18 | Sep 28, 2005 | 26 | Jucimar Francisco Hipolito | Win | TKO1 |
17 | Mar 26, 2005 | 26 | Sherman Williams | Win | UD |
16 | Dec 14, 2004 | 26 | Tommy Connelly | Win | TKO2 |
15 | Nov 16, 2004 | 26 | Asmir Vojnovic | Win | TKO4 |
14 | Oct 26, 2004 | 26 | Willie Williams | Win | KO3 |
13 | Jul 31, 2004 | 25 | Garing Lane | Win | KO5 |
12 | Jun 22, 2004 | 25 | Sedreck Fields | Win | KO2 |
11 | May 18, 2004 | 25 | Wade Lewis | Win | TKO1 |
10 | Mar 30, 2004 | 25 | Alexey Varakin | Win | KO2 |
9 | Feb 17, 2004 | 25 | Sedreck Fields | Win | UD |
8 | Nov 8, 2003 | 25 | Daniel Frank | Win | KO2 |
7 | May 22, 2003 | 24 | Zakeem Graham | Win | TKO3 |
6 | Oct 5, 2002 | 23 | Rob Calloway | Draw | TD |
5 | May 11, 2002 | 23 | Chris Isaac | Win | UD |
4 | Jan 14, 2002 | 23 | Val Smith | Win | KO1 |
3 | Sep 21, 2001 | 22 | Everett Martin | Win | TKO4 |
2 | Sep 3, 1997 | 18 | Brian Jones | Win | KO2 |
1 | Aug 21, 1997 | 18 | Donnie Penelton | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Ruslan Chagaev (White Tyson) is a 45-year old retired Uzbekistani professional boxer. He was born in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union on October 19, 1978. He is a former heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1997 to 2016.
Chagaev made his professional boxing debut against Donnie Penelton at the age of 18 on August 21, 1997, defeating Penelton via 1st round KO. He went on to win 4 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 3 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 27 on March 11, 2006 after 20 professional fights, against Volodymyr Virchis for the heavyweight WBA title. He defeated Virchis via 12 round majority decision to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
Chagaev has won three world titles at heavyweight. For all the details about Chagaev's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Chagaev had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a heavyweight title defense bout against Australian boxer Lucas Browne on March 5, 2016. Chagaev lost the fight via 10th round TKO — and lost his WBA (Regular) title. It's been 8 years and 23 days since this fight.
Chagaev had a total of nine world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and three successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost three.
Ruslan Chagaev fought for heavyweight world titles in five fights and won three of these fights. In total, he won three heavyweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jul 6, 2014 | Fres Oquendo | Heavyweight | WBA (Regular)* | MD |
Apr 14, 2007 | Nikolai Valuev | Heavyweight | WBA | MD |
Mar 11, 2006 | Volodymyr Virchis | Heavyweight | WBA | MD |
Ruslan Chagaev had four heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jul 11, 2015 | Francesco Pianeta | Heavyweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Feb 7, 2009 | Carl Davis Drumond | Heavyweight | WBA | TD |
Jan 19, 2008 | Matt Skelton | Heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Ruslan Chagaev lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 5, 2016 | Lucas Browne | Heavyweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Chagaev fought a total of 38 times during his professional career, which includes 9 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
March 11, 2006: Chagaev wins his first world title by defeating Volodymyr Virchis via 12 round majority decision. He is now the WBA heavyweight world champion.
November 18, 2006: Ruslan Chagaev beats John Ruiz via 12th round split decision.
April 14, 2007: Chagaev wins the WBA heavyweight title from Nikolai Valuev, by beating Valuev via 12 round majority decision.
July 11, 2015: Chagaev successfully defends the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title against Francesco Pianeta, winning the fight via 1st round TKO.
Chagaev knocked out 21 of his 38 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 55.3%. Of his total 34 wins, 21 of them were via KO (61.8%).
Chagaev's first world-title win was the WBA belt at heavyweight. He defeated Volodymyr Virchis via 12 round majority decision to win the title.
Chagaev won three world titles at heavyweight.
Chagaev had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost one time.