Ruslan Chagaev WBA World heavyweight champion and Mohammad Abdullaev former Olympic Gold Medallist , dual signed legendary Johnny Tocco's boxing gym tee shirt.

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Ruslan Chagaev born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbekistan)current holder of the WBA heavyweight title. As an amateur boxer, he has won the Asian and World Championships in the heavyweight (81-91 kg.) category. Chagaev is an Honoured Sportsman of the Republic of Uzbekistan and nicknamed "White Tyson."

Chagaev, a two-time world amateur champion, defeated legendary Cuban boxer Félix Savón to capture the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships but was then stripped of his crown for having two professional fights prior to the championships. Chagaev was reinstated as an amateur the following year when the fights were declared exhibitions. In summary, Chagaev won 82 of his 85 amateur fights.

Although he fought twice in 1997, Chagaev did not start fighting regularly until 2001. The only flaw on his record came on an October 5, 2002 bout against Rob Calloway in Detroit, Michigan. At the end of third round, the fight was stopped due to Calloway having a wound caused by head-butt. Michigan boxing rule mandated that the fight be called a Technical Draw (TD) since the bout ended by an accidental foul. Usually four rounds are needed to go to the score cards for decision.
Chagaev slowly but steadily climbed up the heavyweight ranks, first avenging the no-contest with a brutal second round knockout of Calloway, then beating Klitschko-like Ukrainian prospect Vladimir Virchis in a close and intense punchfest, and slowly took apart prominent British boxer Michael Sprott, who upset Virchis a year earlier.
In November 18, 2006, he fought the former WBA champion John Ruiz, and prevailed in a close contest. He took a split decision with scores of 117-111 and 116-112 for Chagaev, and 115-114 for Ruiz. Chagaev became the mandatory challenger for a shot at Nicolay Valuev, the WBA heavyweight champion at the time. Chagaev defeated Valuev on April 14, 2007 by a majority decision (117-111, 115-113 and 114-114) to win the title. Uzbekistani gamers who were inspired by the victory thus created a flash game called "Zabei Valueva" (Russian for 'Beat Valuev').

On June 26, 2007, it was announced that Ruslan Chagaev would partake in a heavyweight unification bout with WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov. The fight was due to take place in Moscow on October 13, 2007 and would have been the first heavyweight unification bout since 1999, however, Chagaev had to drop out of the fight after contracting hepatitis B. At that point, it was not clear whether he would have been able to compete at all, with WBA considering a championship tournament for Chagaev's crown. After Ibragimov defended his crown against Evander Holyfield, however, it was announced that Chagaev was able to recover.
Chagaev defended his WBA heavyweight title against Matt Skelton on January 19, 2008 by unanimous decision.



Mahammadkodir Abdullayev (born November 15, 1973) Uzbekistani who won a Light Welterweight Gold Medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics defeating Miguel Cotto, who he would later fight as a professional. He won the world title at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas.

Also known as Mohammad Abdullaev, Abdullaev turned pro in 2001 and has had limited success. Although he won his first 11 bouts, including a victory over former IBF Lightweight Title holder Philip Holiday, he was KO'd in 2003 by journeyman Emmanuel Clottey, although he was winning the fight at the time, and it appeared that he was counted out only because he didn't understand the referee's count (which was in English). He has since lost to Miguel Cotto and Andreas Kotelnik