by Lem Satterfield

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Former Kazakhstan Olympian Beibut Shumenov dethroned southpaw, WBA light heavyweight (175 pounds) champion, Gabriel Campillo, of Spain, by split-decision on Friday night, earning a crown in only his 10th professional fight at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

The victory improved Shumenov (pictured right) to 9-1, with six knockouts against the 31-year-old Campillo (19-3, six KOs), to whom Shumenov lost a 12-round majority decision in August’s battle of 6-foot-2 boxers before Shumenov’s partisan fans at
the Sport Complex in Astana, Kazakhstan.

 

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