UzLand.Info
December 5

Three European fighters who had been training regularly in Las Vegas with Kenny Adams have cut their ties with the city and the trainer. Included in the group is former Olympic gold medalist Mohamed Abdullaev of Uzbekistan, a junior welterweight with considerable promise despite a loss earlier this year.

"It didn't work out," Adams said of his relationship with Abdullaev, heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev, junior middleweight Kuvanych Toygonbayev and their handlers. "There were too many things that weren't right about the situation."

Abdullaev, who won a fight last month in Germany to raise his record to 12-1 and who once headlined a card in Las Vegas, has signed with the TV giant Universum and will compete exclusively in Europe, at least for a while.

"Abdullaev is a tough cookie and he could be a world champion if he stays at 140," Adams said. "But if he goes up to 147, he's not strong enough."

Chagaev is 7-0-1 and Toygonbayev is 21-1-1.

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