Ruslan Chagaev

Ruslan Chagaev is an Uzbekistani former heavyweight boxer, born in 1978, who fought professionally from 2001 to 2016. In 2007 he beat the unbeaten Nikolai Valuev to win the World Boxing Association heavyweight title, becoming the first Asian boxer to hold a heavyweight world title from any of the four major sanctioning bodies. He lost his first professional fight to Wladimir Klitschko in 2009, later won the WBA Regular title from Fres Oquendo in 2014, and retired in 2016 because of eye injuries. As an amateur he won heavyweight gold at the 2001 World Championships and super heavyweight gold at the 1999 Asian Championships.