Sultan Ibragimov

Name: Sultan Ibragimov
Birth Name: Султан-Ахмед Магомедсалихович Ибрагимов
Hometown: Rostov-na-Donu, Russia
Birthplace: Tlyarata, Russia
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 188cm
Reach: 193cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainer: Luis Lagerman (2002 - ) Panama Lewis ( - 2006), Jeff Mayweather (2007 - 2008)
• Manager: Boris Grinberg (2002 - 2008)

Amateur Highlights

• Heavyweight Silver Medalist at the 2000 European Championship in Tampere, Finland. Results were:
  • Defeated Primislav Dimovski (Macedonia) PTS (8-3)
  • Defeated Alexander Yatsenko (Ukraine) AB-3
  • Defeated Andreas Gustavsson (Sweden) PTS (10-3)
  • Lost to Jackson Chanet (France) DQ 4
• Heavyweight Silver Medalist for Russia at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Results were:
  • Defeated Pauga Laulau (Samoa) RSCO-4
  • Defeated Jackson Chanet (France) PTS (18-13)
  • Defeated Vladimir Chanturia PTS (19-14)
  • Lost to Felix Savon (Cuba) PTS (13-21)
• Heavyweight Silver Medalist at the 2001 World Championship in Belfast (Northern Ireland). Results were:
  • Defeated Stephen Reynolds (Ireland) RSC-2
  • Defeated Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) PTS (15-12)
  • Lost to Odlanier Solis (Cuba) PTS (13-23)

Professional Career

• Defeated Shannon Briggs by a twelve-round unanimous decision to win the WBO Heavyweight Championship on June 2, 2007.
• Defeated Evander Holyfield by a twelve-round unanimous decision to successfully defend the WBO Heavyweight Championship on October 13, 2007.
• Lost the WBO Heavyweight Championship to IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko by a twelve-round unanimous decision in a unification fight on February 23, 2008.

Professional record

Championship record

• 2 opponents (0 by KO) beaten in world championship bouts.

Notes

• Him and Timur Ibragimov were promoted in America as cousins, however they are not related.
• Has second least professional career losses among former world heavyweight champions. His only loss was to Wladimir Klitschko.
• One of only six southpaw heavyweight champions in history. The others are Michael Moorer, Corrie Sanders, Chris Byrd, Ruslan Chagaev and Charles Martin

Preceded by: Shannon Briggs

WBO Heavyweight Champion 2007 Jun 2 – 2008 Feb 23

Succeeded by: Wladimir Klitschko