His promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing confirmed via his son Nathan Lewkowicz the development would mean the end of Abdusalamov's boxing career, in a situation very similar to the retired boxer Z Gorres who later recovered.
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Sergeev won a bronze in the 2005 Super-heavyweight Russian senior national championships losing 29:14 to Vladislav Vasilev and won a bronze again in 2006 losing to Magomed Abdusalamov in the semi final by 49:44.