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Professional boxers are allowed to compete in the Olympics primarily due to a rule change implemented in 2016. Find out here which pros are participating at the 2024 Paris Games.

There were wins for the likes of Kamshybek Kunkabayev, Ray Seitzhanov, Talgat Shayken and more as a big card which took place in Kazakhstan on Friday.

Kamshybek Kunkabayev returned to the pros with a win, though failing to produce a knockout victory for the first time. The 2020 Olympic Bronze medalist earned a technical decision over Steven Ward. The ESPN+ main event was stopped in the seventh round, when a cut along Ward's forehead was deemed too severe to allow the bout to continue. It was a one-sided affair to that point, with the fight stopped at 1:05 of round seven. It was unclear whether the cut was caused by a Kunkabayev left hand or an elbow, leaving the referee to rule it as an accidental foul. Kunkabayev won by announced scores of 70-60 on all three scorecards.

Hard-hitting Kazakh super featherweight Sultan Zaurbek (12-0, 8 KOs) retained his WBO European 130lb belt for the first time by stopping badly overmatched British opponent Ryan Wheeler in six rounds. The fight was a co-main event of the show, promoted by the MTK Global in Almaty, Kazakhstan's former capital.

Kamshybek Kunkabayev and Hovhannes Bachkov have looked back on their big success at the Tokyo Olympics – where they both came away with bronze medals.

Kazakhstan’s two-time AIBA World Boxing Championships silver medallist Kamshybek Kunkabayev is appointed as an Ambassador of the upcoming AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships which takes place in Kielce, Poland on April 10-24.

Kamshybek Kunkabayev picked up his first belt in only his third professional fight as Server Emurlaev retired on his stool at the end of the sixth of their cruiserweight ten-rounder on the MTK Global show in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Kamshybek Kunkabayev believes his return to the ring on Saturday’s #MTKFightNight can be the starting point for huge fights with some of the best cruiserweights in the world.

Belfast star Steven Ward will take on undefeated Kazakh phenom Kamshybek Kunkabayev for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific cruiserweight title as part of the huge MTK Fight Night in Kazakhstan on Saturday 27 February.

Some of Kazakhstan’s best prospects produced fantastic performances as they competed on an #MTK Fight Night event taking place in Almaty on Friday. In the main event, highly-rated Kamshybek Kunkabayev (2-0, 2 KOs) produced another superb performance in just his second professional fight, as he earned a stoppage victory over Serhiy Radchenko