Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ruslan Chagaev (Tatar: Руслан Шамил улы Чагаев; Russian: Руслан Шамилович Чагаев) born 19 October 1978) is an Uzbekistani professional boxer. He is the current WBA (Regular) heavyweight champion, having previously held the full version of the title in 2007, following a majority decision victory over Nikolai Valuev; this made him the first and to date only Asian in the history of boxing to hold a major heavyweight title. He was made \"champion in recess\" after sustaining an injury and was forced to relinquish the title after failing to face Valuev in a scheduled rematch. In June 2009, Chagaev suffered his first career defeat to then-reigning IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Chagaev won the WBA title for a second time – the organisation's \"regular\" title – in July 2014 by defeating Fres Oquendo.As an amateur, fighting in the super heavyweight division, Chagaev won gold medals at the Asian and World Championships."@en }
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- Ruslan_Chagaev abstract "Ruslan Chagaev (Tatar: Руслан Шамил улы Чагаев; Russian: Руслан Шамилович Чагаев) born 19 October 1978) is an Uzbekistani professional boxer. He is the current WBA (Regular) heavyweight champion, having previously held the full version of the title in 2007, following a majority decision victory over Nikolai Valuev; this made him the first and to date only Asian in the history of boxing to hold a major heavyweight title. He was made \"champion in recess\" after sustaining an injury and was forced to relinquish the title after failing to face Valuev in a scheduled rematch. In June 2009, Chagaev suffered his first career defeat to then-reigning IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Chagaev won the WBA title for a second time – the organisation's \"regular\" title – in July 2014 by defeating Fres Oquendo.As an amateur, fighting in the super heavyweight division, Chagaev won gold medals at the Asian and World Championships.".