He was competing on a huge #MTKFightNight taking place at the Tynyshpayev Academy of Transport and Communications in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and broadcast live in the US on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank, and worldwide on IFL TV.
In just his third professional fight, Kunkabayev (3-0, 3 KOs) was in control throughout, forcing Emurlaev (23-2, 8 KOs) to retire at the end of the sixth round.
It is the latest big win for Kunkabayev, with his three opponents in his professional career so far having a combined record of 50-8, showing how quickly he wants to progress in the paid ranks.
Elsewhere on the card, Nurtas Azhbenov (11-0, 4 KOs) also won the first title of his career, beating Evgeny Smirnov (13-2-3, 3 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC Asian Continental lightweight title.
Talghat Shayken (4-0, 2 KOs) picked up a very impressive win, defeating Evgeny Pavko (18-4-1, 13 KOs) on points after eight rounds, while there was a huge fifth round knockout win for Abay Tolesh (7-1, 5 KOs) against Vasily Shytk (2-3, 2 KOs).
Here’s the full list of results from an action-packed event in Kazakhstan.
FULL RESULTS:
Vacant WBO Asia Pacific Cruiserweight Title
KAMSHYBEK KUNKABAYEV def. SERVER EMURLAEV
Vacant WBC Asian Continental Lightweight Title
NURTAS AZHBENOV def. EVGENY SMIRNOV via unanimous decision after 10 rounds (100-90, 99-91, 96-94)
TALGAT SHAYKEN def. EVGENY PAVKO via unanimous decision after 8 rounds (80-72, 80-72, 79-73)
ABAY TOLESH def. VASILY SHTYK via TKO after 1:56 of round 5
BAGDAT UAYDAYEV def. SAGYNDEK MOLDASHEV via unanimous decision after 6 rounds (60-54, 60-54, 60-54)
TORGYNBEK AMIROV def. AIDYN SIKHYMBAYEV via majority decision after 8 rounds (78-74, 79-73, 76-76)
NURZHAN MAKASHBAYEV def. NURBOL SULTANBAY via unanimous decision after 6 rounds (58-56, 59-55, 58-56)
RAKHAT SEITZHAN def. ZHANAT ZHAKSYLYK via TKO after 2:06 of round 3
NURDOS TOLEBAY def. ZHANDOS YEREZHEPOV via TKO after 2:54 of round 3
AIDOS MEDET def, BEKBOSSYN YERKINULY via unanimous decision after 6 rounds (60-54, 60-54, 60-54)
ZHANSAYA RAKHYMBERDI def. AIYM ZHUMABAY via majority decision after 6 rounds (60-54, 58-56, 57-57)
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