MTK Kazakhstan to hold event on December 18th - Kamshybek Kunkabayev to star
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Earlier today the great folks at Vesti.kz announced a host of details regarding a December 18th show from MTK Kazakhstan, which will be held in Almaty and feature a staggering 22 bouts!
In one of the main bouts from the show Kamshybek Kunkabayev (1-0, 1) [Камшыбек Кункабаев], a 2-time World Amateur Championship silver medal winner, will fight in his second professional bout. He will be up against tough Ukrainian Serhiy Radchenko (7-6, 2), who has gone the distance with some very good competition, including Krzysztof Glowacki - who he dropped, Michal Cieslak, Ruslan Fayfer, Aleksei Ergorov and Artur Szpilka, who he ran very close this past March. For a second professional bout this is a real test for the unbeaten Kazakh, who is fighting as a professional boxer to merely stay busy whilst awaiting the Tokyo Olympics.
Another notable name on the show will be unbeaten 24 year old prospect Sultan Zaurbek (9-0, 7) [Султан Заурбек], who will take on Ukrainian Vladyslav Melnyk (12-2, 7) in an interesting looking 8 rounder. Despite not having a title on the line here this is one of the most interestingly and well matches bouts on the card and looks to be a decent step up in class for Zaurbek, who is a clear talented but is yet to be given the tests to really know how good he actually is.
In an interesting all-Kazakh bout Nurbol Sultanbay (3-0, 1) [Нурбол Султанбай] will battle Miras Ertanov (2-0, 1) [Мирас Ертанов] in a minor title unification bout. Interestingly these two men both made their debuts earlier this year and have been fast tracked to title bouts, even if they are only for minor belts. Sultanbay will be looking to make his first defense of the WBO Asian Pacific Youth Light Middleweight title whilst Ertanov will be looking to defense his WBC Asian Boxing Council for the first time.
We'll also get a very similar match up between Torgynbek Amirov (2-0) [Торгынбек Амиров] and Alimzhan Tursunov (4-0, 3) [Алимжаном Турсуновым], who will also be battling for two minor titles in another unification bout. Amirov enters as the WBO Asia Pacific Youth Super Featherweight champion whilst Tursunov is the WBC Asian Boxing Council Silver champion, both men are looking to make their first defenses and become a double champion.
One other bout that is really interesting will see 20 year old Kazakh hopeful Talgat Shayken (2-0, 1) [Талгат Шайкен] take on 34 year old veteran Maxim Churbanov (8-7-1-1). The promising Shayken turned professional with a decent amount of buzz, and despite not shining in his debut, he looked a lot more polished in his second bout and this should be a good test against a 34 year old who has been mixing in good company in Europe, even if he has lost his last 4.
In one of the main bouts from the show Kamshybek Kunkabayev (1-0, 1) [Камшыбек Кункабаев], a 2-time World Amateur Championship silver medal winner, will fight in his second professional bout. He will be up against tough Ukrainian Serhiy Radchenko (7-6, 2), who has gone the distance with some very good competition, including Krzysztof Glowacki - who he dropped, Michal Cieslak, Ruslan Fayfer, Aleksei Ergorov and Artur Szpilka, who he ran very close this past March. For a second professional bout this is a real test for the unbeaten Kazakh, who is fighting as a professional boxer to merely stay busy whilst awaiting the Tokyo Olympics.
Another notable name on the show will be unbeaten 24 year old prospect Sultan Zaurbek (9-0, 7) [Султан Заурбек], who will take on Ukrainian Vladyslav Melnyk (12-2, 7) in an interesting looking 8 rounder. Despite not having a title on the line here this is one of the most interestingly and well matches bouts on the card and looks to be a decent step up in class for Zaurbek, who is a clear talented but is yet to be given the tests to really know how good he actually is.
In an interesting all-Kazakh bout Nurbol Sultanbay (3-0, 1) [Нурбол Султанбай] will battle Miras Ertanov (2-0, 1) [Мирас Ертанов] in a minor title unification bout. Interestingly these two men both made their debuts earlier this year and have been fast tracked to title bouts, even if they are only for minor belts. Sultanbay will be looking to make his first defense of the WBO Asian Pacific Youth Light Middleweight title whilst Ertanov will be looking to defense his WBC Asian Boxing Council for the first time.
We'll also get a very similar match up between Torgynbek Amirov (2-0) [Торгынбек Амиров] and Alimzhan Tursunov (4-0, 3) [Алимжаном Турсуновым], who will also be battling for two minor titles in another unification bout. Amirov enters as the WBO Asia Pacific Youth Super Featherweight champion whilst Tursunov is the WBC Asian Boxing Council Silver champion, both men are looking to make their first defenses and become a double champion.
One other bout that is really interesting will see 20 year old Kazakh hopeful Talgat Shayken (2-0, 1) [Талгат Шайкен] take on 34 year old veteran Maxim Churbanov (8-7-1-1). The promising Shayken turned professional with a decent amount of buzz, and despite not shining in his debut, he looked a lot more polished in his second bout and this should be a good test against a 34 year old who has been mixing in good company in Europe, even if he has lost his last 4.