Zaurbek Baysangurov
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Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and the current interim WBO Light Middleweight Champion.
Amateur
Chechen junior middleweight Baysangurov is a two-times world amateur junior championship bronze medalist (U17 World Championships in 2001 and World Junior Championships 2002 in Cuba) and Russian amateur junior Champion.Pro
He turned pro for German promoter Sauerland in 2004 at age 18. Hard hitting veteran Marco Antonio RubioMarco Antonio Rubio
Marco Antonio Rubio is a Mexican middleweight professional boxer. Currently resides in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico across from Del Rio, Texas.-Fight for Middleweight Title:...
, 34-4-1 (30) put him on the deck in 2006 but was soundly outpointed. Baysangurov won the European championship in July 2007 with a very close decision over a little-known Frenchman.
In December 2008 he lost via an upset 5th round KO to former The Contender
The Contender 2
The Contender 2 is a reality television show based on the sport of boxing, but with an element of the competitor's lives and relationships with each other within the show's living quarters, based in Pasadena, California. Filmed in January and February 2006, the show began airing on July 18, 2006...
star Cornelius Bundrage
Cornelius Bundrage
Cornelius Bundrage, , is a professional boxer and current IBF Junior Middleweight Champion. He is a former UBA Light Middleweight champion and was member of the ESPN reality show, The Contender.-Pro career:...
.