Shohjahon Ergashev (born 12 December 1991) is an Uzbek

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Background

Ergashev was born in

Fergana Fergana ( uz, Fargʻona/Фарғона, ), or Ferghana, is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 420 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km west of Andijan, and less than 20 km fr ...

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. He was representing the National Team of Uzbekistan; his coach saw excellent results and talent in him and decided to check into professional boxing.

Career

Ergashev fought 9 professional fights, all of which ended before stoppage time, in Russia and then signed up for Salita promotions and subsequently moved to the US. In the US he had 2 successful fights against Marquis Hawthorne and Sonny Fredrickson where, he won both fights via technical

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. On April 28, 2018, Ergashev is expected to fight Zhimin Wang from China for vacant

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(WBC) International belt. Ergashev won the bout via unanimous decision. Occupies in Floyd Mayweather's "Mayweather promotion".

Professional boxing record

References

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Shohjahon Ergashev @ Salita Promotions
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