I am a fan of Beibut Shumenov!

The reason I like him, more than his style or anything else, is his willingness to take chances and fight top guys this early in his career.

Too often, guys with a much better amateur pedigree than Shumenov spend the first 2 or 3 years of their career fighting scrubs who have no chance of testing them, let alone beating them.

Shumenov's style of taking on tough challenges almost from the day he turned pro, has won my admiration.

I'd love to see him beat Erdei - a guy who's approach to fighting the best is the polar opposite of his. That would be poetic justice.

 

Erdei-Shumenov would be pretty legit

 

Diaconu too.

lol Cleverly no, Sillakh and Despaigne are.

Yeah his footwork was much better, he kept pulling straight back vs Campillo. Alot more lateral movement and he didn't telegraph his punches as much. I was quite impressed with how much he improved in such a short period of time. Alot of potential.

 

I'm still a fan...I was really frustrated after the Campillo robbery and still feel for Campillo, but Shumenov's still doing alot right that's worth cheering for. The smartest move he could make was to hire Goosen so he could finally put all his energy into training; I'd wondered before on here if he wasn't pulling himself too thin between promoting himself, fighting out of two camps halfway around the world, and fighting the competition he did so early, and I think that was the case.

Yesterday was the first time Shumenov could put 100% into training, and he looked measurably better to me. I think he made the move that had to be made to take his career to the next level, along with wanting to stick to Vegas. I wish guys like Pavlik would take note of that.

 

who is his trainer and manager? does anyone know??

 

His trainer is Kevin Barry and I think his brother is his manager. Don't quote me on the manager part though.

 

He's nothing. Will lose once he steps up the comp.

 

What are you talking about? The competition is more than "stepped up". His opposition is unheard of at eleven fights, not too mention impressively beating Uzelkov is at the top of the list.

 

Shumenov impressed me the other night.

 

Thats the first time I've seen Shumenov and I thought he looked good in there. His competition for a fighter with 11 fights has been excellent. The 175 pound division needs depth and he helps give that. I'd like to see more of Shumenov in the future.

 

I like that Shumenov is not afraid to take risks. He did not lose his composure after the KD in the very first round. He started working even harder. Though, he lost the rematch fight with Campillo. I did not watch their first fight but he clearly lost the second. I hope he stays busy.

 

I wouldn't say no to Shumenov-Diaconu or Shumenov-Andrade on the undercard of Bute-Brinkley.
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