Knockout blow: Kazakh boxing stunner Firuza Sharipova compelled to name time on ring profession resulting from funding woes

Kazakh former two-weight ladies’s world boxing champion Firuza Sharipova – also referred to as her nation’s ‘sexiest athlete’ – has give up the game on the age of 25, citing monetary causes.

Sharipova captured mutiple ladies’s world titles throughout her 11-fight profession, however on Friday posted an emotional retirement message to social media followers through which she lamented “unfulfilled monetary guarantees” which have compelled her to name time on her ring tenure.

“Expensive pals! I’ve determined to finish my sports activities profession. I wish to thank my coaches, my supervisor, my group for his or her wonderful work! Collectively we set a number of data for Kazakhstan,” Sharipova wrote to her 48,000 Instagram followers.   

“Nobody besides us in Kazakhstan has achieved such nice leads to skilled boxing in such a brief time frame,” she added.

Sharipova turned her nation’s first ever feminine skilled boxer after turning 21, occurring to win the ladies’s IBA light-weight title in addition to the IBO super-featherweight belt and WBC silver title on the similar weight. 

Earlier this yr, she instructed RT Sport of her continued hopes to unify the titles with a combat in opposition to Finnish WBC super-featherweight champ Eva Wahlstrom.

The pair had been resulting from meet in November of final yr earlier than an harm to the Kazakh star compelled the cancelation of the bout.

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Sharipova went on to defeat Russia’s Anastasia Trisheva through TKO in April, and was resulting from face one other Russian, Yulia Kutsenko, in a June rematch on the World Boxing Discussion board in Ekaterinburg, though the combat was canceled, reportedly resulting from monetary points. 

Sharipova added in her retirement message:“Sadly, we stopped only one step from the principle title in skilled boxing. We had been able to combat for the title of WBC World Champion for Kazakhstan again in 2018, however we couldn’t do that just for monetary causes.

“We had been promised many instances the funds for the combat for the WBC world title, however the cash was by no means allotted.

“For nearly two years I’ve saved in form as a way to win this title at any time. I am uninterested in ready.

“Sustaining a excessive stage of athletic kind, essential for giant victories, requires an enormous expenditure of power, nerves, and cash.

“Sadly, I don’t see any prospects for remodeling these efforts into outcomes. There have been many encouraging guarantees throughout this time, however all of them remained guarantees. Life goes on, and I am not able to spend it on futile expectations.

“I wish to say an enormous thanks to all my followers and all who’ve supported me all these years. Forgive me for not having the ability to deliver you pleasure with the conquest of the principle title. I attempted my greatest, however not every thing on this world is determined by me,” Sharipova closed out the heartfelt message by writing.

Whereas Sharipova is asking time on her ring profession, she will be able to proceed to leverage the recognition and advertising energy she has acquired via her boxing success.

She was previously topped Kazakhstan’s ‘sexiest athlete’, whereas this yr betting markets even opened on her calling out a number of well-known names similar to Russian President Vladimir Putin and UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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