Ruslan Shamilevich Chagaev (Tatar: Руслан Шамил улы Чагаев/Ruslan Şamil ulı Çağayev; Uzbek: Ruslan Shamil'evich Chagaev; Russian: Руслан Шамилович Чагаев); born 19 October 1978) is a retired Uzbek professional boxer of Tatarian descent who competed from 2001 to 2016. He held the WBA heavyweight title twice, from 2007 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2016, and was the first Asian boxer to win a world heavyweight title by any of the four major sanctioning bodies. As of July 2020, BoxRec ranks Chagaev as the 4th greatest southpaw heavyweight of all time, as well as the 11th greatest Asian fighter of all time, pound-for-pound.
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19 October 1978 (age 46) Andijan, Uzbekistan
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Zodiac | Libra |
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