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Chagaev defends title

RUSLAN Chagaev of Uzbekistan defended his WBA heavyweight belt with a first-round technical knockout of Francesco Pianeta in Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday. The Hamburg-based Chagaev improved to 34-2-1 (21 KOs) with his first defense of the belt he won for the second time by beating American Fres Oquendo for the vacant title in Grozny, Russia, on July 6 last year. Pianeta drops to 31-2-1 (17 KOs). Both fighters previously lost to Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko, Chagaev in June 2009 and Pianeta in May 2013.




 

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