Chagaev's New Trainer Sees a Bright Future Ahead
By Andrey Krikunov
Ruslan Chagaev’s new trainer Magomed Schaburow assures that he sees a bright future for the WBA heavyweight ex-champion who has already mentally recovered from his recent failures in the ring.
“It was Ruslan’s decision to change his trainer, he’s been thinking about that for a while, - told Schaburow in an AllBoxing.Ru interview. – He turned to me after he had carefully considered everything, and I agreed to work with him. Universum also doesn’t mind it. I hope that I’ll be able to repay Chagaev for his trust in me. We’ve been working at the same gym for many years and I think that his choice wasn’t accidental. He’s been watching me and knows that my methods differ from the ways of other trainers. My advantage is my youth. Ruslan even noted that we had started working on September, 1, the first school day, and thus we would start over with a clean slate”.
Like Timm Schaburow works for the Universum, such boxers as Denis Inkin, Susi Kentikian, Gennady Golovkin, Vitali Tajbert, Igor Michalkin are under his charge. But the work with Chagaev is definitely a step forward for him.
“I’ve never imagined that I’ll work with a heavyweight of such quality so soon, - admitted the trainer. – I look at Chagaev’s future with optimism, and here at Universum we treat every boxer as a potential world champion. Ruslan already has been a real champion and the fact that he lost his last bout isn’t something fatal and uncorrectable. He still is pretty young for the heavyweight division and because he lost one battle doesn’t mean he lost the war for the world title. Besides, Ruslan has already mentally recovered after his last fight, he looks into the future more positively and wants to become a world champion again”.
