TIMUR IBRAGIMOV
updated February 20, 2007
At the age of 31, Timur is a six-year pro. A heavyweight prospect, he stayed active in the
ring with five fights in 2005 and eight fights in 2004, and has made good progress. He is
stepping up in class of opposition, however, against Calvin Brock.
An accomplished amateur in Europe, Timur was a five-time national amateur champion in his native Uzbekistan, an Asian amateur champion, and represented Uzbekistan in the 1996 Olympics.
Big and strong at six-foot three and around 225 pounds, he has good skills and movement.
Timur is the younger cousin of fellow undefeated heavyweight prospect Sultan Ibragimov.
Timur said, "Sultan has aggressive style, he comes in, wants to get his opponent. I'm more
like boxer, more like Muhammad Ali. I box, move, then punch.
"I know Calvin Brock, he's not bad. I tell you one thing, I go for this fight, best shape I
ever had. I not hope, I'm sure I win this fight. You will see, everybody will see.
"I don't want to talk too much. I just want to go to ring and show. That's it. Everybody
here likes talk. If you talk too much, then you look bad. You can be like man and show what
you have. Then people going to talk to you, not you talk. The people talk.
"We training in Punch Fitness gym in Hillsboro, a little bit north. I spar with different
guys for different opponent. Right now, I spar with Sherman Williams, 'Tank,' and Garing
Lane. I spar with Mike Tyson like, one month before he fight in Louisville."
When I was young, in my city, a small city, everybody at that time respected Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali. Everybody wanted to be like this, and these very famous persons in my country.
Timur said, "I born in Urgench, Uzbekistan. I have four sisters, no brothers. My father worked in construction. My family lives in Tashkent now.
"When I was young, in my city, a small city, everybody at that time respected Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali. Everybody wanted to be like this, and these very famous persons in my country. Each guy want to be like boxer or wrestler. I go first to wrestling gym, and over there coach told me, 'No, you too tall. It's no good for wrestling.' Then I go to boxing. I was 14, 15. First it was like hobby. Then, in 1991, I won Soviet Union junior championships. At that time, it was all Soviet Union. Now, it's no Soviet Union. After I won, four or five months, the Soviet Union collapsed.
"I don't know for sure how much amateur fights. Maybe 180, 200, but I have big amateur experience. I was five-time national champion in Uzbekistan, and one-time Asian champion. It was all cruiserweight. Over there in amateur, no pounds. I was 81 kilograms (178 pounds).
"I'm married. I have two daughters, the old one is 10 years old, Kamilla. The other one is six years old, Nozima. I speak very good Russian and my own language, Uzbek. And I speak little bit English, sometimes good, sometimes bad. So, I speak two and half languages."
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