News - Timur Ibragimov

Trainer Panama Lewis and undefeated heavyweight prospect Timur Ibragimov take a break during their workout at the IBA Gym in Las Vegas. Ibragimov faces undefeated prospect Calvin Brock on Saturday in the Roman Amphitheater at Caesars Palace. Lewis, who is banned from ringside in the United States due to a 1983 incident involving glove tampering, can attend the Brock-Ibragimov fight but he cannot be in the corner of Ibragimov read more ...

Why do you think so many of the Eastern Bloc fighters are making an impact on heavyweight boxing? Ibragimov: It is very good for us. Before, I was sure that the best heavyweights came from America. Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, George Foreman, and now the latter champions are coming from the former Soviet Union. I don’t know what has happened, but we show everybody that we can fight too read more ...

There's a new player in the middleweight division and his name is Edison Miranda. The Colombian Miranda stopped longtime contender Howard Eastman in the seventh round in Hollywood, Florida to become the IBF mandatory contender to Arthur Abraham. Now 26-0, Miranda started slowly but showed his vaunted power when consecutive right hands bucked Eastman in the fifth. The experienced Eastman held on and survived the round and returned read more ...

Heavyweight Sultan Ibragimov scored an eleventh round stoppage of slickster Zuri Lawerence Friday night at the Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. Ibragimov was in control all the way, dropping Lawrence in round four, twice in round nine and again in round eleven. The bout was stopped :32 into round eleven. With the win, Ibragimov moved to (16-0, 13 KOs)... read more ...