Ruslan Chagaev ,Uzbekistan ( 20-0-1-17 KO )
Ruslan Chagaev (born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbekistan) is a boxer, currently holding the WBA heavyweight title. As an amateur fighter, he has won the Asian and World Championships in the heavyweight (81-91 kg) category.
Chagaev originally won the gold medal at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships after beating boxing legend Félix Savón in the final, but when it was discovered that Chagaev had been boxing professionally, he lost the title and was suspended for a year. In 1998 he returned to win gold in the 1998 Asian Games and another world title in the superheavyweight category in the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast. Chagaev is an Honored Sportsman of the Republic of Uzbekistan and nicknamed "White Tyson."
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