ABOUT RUSLAN CHAGAEV
WBA Heavyweight Champion who won the Asian and World Championships as an amateur.
He turned professional in 2001, at which point he steadily rose up the heavyweight ranks.
He became the first Asian in history to hold a major heavyweight title.
His parents are Shamil Chagaev and Zamira Chagaeva.
He lost his IBF, WBO, and IBO Heavyweight Titles to Wladimir Klitschko on June 20, 2009.