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| Name | Carl Davis CBE |
|---|---|
| Birth date | October 28, 1936 |
| Birth place | New York City, United States |
| Occupation | Conductor and composer |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Website | http://www.carl-davis.com/ |
| Spouse | Jean Boht (1970–present) |
Carl is a conductor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and regularly conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. He has written music for more than 100 television programs, but is best known for creating music to accompany silent films. Davis has assisted in the orchestration of the symphonic works of Paul McCartney.
He also collaborated with the BBC producer Jeremy Isaacs in providing the theme music for the history documentary series The World at War for Thames Television (1974) and Cold War (1998).
To date, Carl Davis conducted the modern rendition with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Singers intended for the BBC's theme song of the World Cup 2006 in Germany. It is adapted from George Handel's "See the Conquering Hero Comes."
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The Hollywood documentary series was followed by the documentaries Unknown Chaplin in 1982, (cf Buster Keaton) in 1987 and (cf Harold Lloyd) in 1989. In the 1980s and 1990s, Davis wrote and conducted the scores for numerous classic silent films released restored and released through Brownlow and Gill's "Thames Silents" series in the UK. By 1993, his reputation made him the number one choice for new scores to silent films. Many DVD releases, including Ben-Hur (1925), Safety Last (1923), Chaplin's City Lights (1931) (re-orchestrated by Davis based on Chaplin's original written score) and Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1924), use Davis's music and an entire re-scoring Clarence Browns Majestic Flesh and the Devil (1927) . In many of these recordings he is the conductor as well the composer. On several occasions he has performed these works live in the cinema, as well as in concert halls as the film is running.
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| Name | Ruslan Chagaev |
|---|---|
| Realname | Ruslan Chagaev |
| Nationality | Uzbekistan |
| Nickname | White Tyson |
| Height | |
| Weight | Heavyweight |
| Birth date | October 19, 1978 |
| Birth place | Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Style | Southpaw |
| Total | 29 |
| Wins | 27 |
| Ko | 17 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
Ruslan Chagaev (; ) born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is a former WBA heavyweight boxing champion. His ethnicity is Tatar. As an amateur boxer, he has won the Asian and World Championships in the heavyweight (81–91 kg.) category. Chagaev is an Honored Sportsman in Uzbekistan and is nicknamed "White Tyson."
Chagaev won the WBA title in 2007 with a split decision victory over Nikolai Valuev, but was made "champion in recess" after he sustained an injury. He relinquished the title after failing to have a rematch with Valuev. In his next fight, Chagaev lost by stoppage to IBF, WBO and IBO Champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Chagaev slowly but steadily climbed up the heavyweight ranks, first avenging the no-contest with a brutal second round knockout of Calloway, then beating undefeated Ukrainian prospect Vladimir Virchis in a close and intense punchfest, and slowly took apart prominent British boxer Michael Sprott.
On June 26, 2007, it was announced that Ruslan Chagaev would partake in a heavyweight unification bout with WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov. The fight was due to take place in Moscow on October 13, 2007 and would have been the first heavyweight unification bout since 1999; however, Chagaev had to drop out of the fight after contracting hepatitis B. At that point, it was not clear whether he would have been able to compete at all, with WBA considering a championship tournament for Chagaev's crown. After Ibragimov defended his crown against Evander Holyfield, however, it was announced that Chagaev was able to recover.
Chagaev defended his WBA heavyweight title against Matt Skelton on January 19, 2008 by unanimous decision.
His next mandatory defense was to be a rematch on July 5, 2008 with Nikolai Valuev, who defeated former WBO champion Sergei Liakhovich by unanimous decision to earn the right. However, the fight had to be cancelled after Chagaev suffered a complete tear of an Achilles tendon during his final sparring session in preparation for the defense, causing Chagaev's second postponement of the match. The WBA elected to make Chagaev "Champion In Recess" due to the injury that Chagaev sustained and necessary recovery time and mandated that top-contenders Valuev and John Ruiz meet for the vacated title. By beating Ruiz, Valuev also became champion on August 30, 2008.
Chagaev returned from injury on February 7, 2009 with a victory over the then-unbeaten Costa Rican, Carl Davis Drumond to retain his title. The bout was decided by a controversial technical decision after Chagaev sustained a cut from an unintentional clash of heads. Chagaev and Nikolai Valuev were supposed to fight no later than June 26, 2009 to determine who the WBA regarded as their champion. They were scheduled to fight on 30 May 2009 in Helsinki, Finland at the Hartwall Arena, but Chagaev failed a Finnish medical test, allegedly due to hepatitis. On July 24, 2009, when the WBA published their Official Ratings as of June 2009, Chagaev was no longer the "Champion In Recess" but the #1 challenger instead.
The WBA title that he shared with Nikolai Valuev was not at stake, as the WBA confirmed Valuev was to be the WBA Champion.
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| Name | Odlanier Solís Fonte |
|---|---|
| Realname | Odlanier Solís Fonte |
| Nickname | La Sombra |
| Weight | Heavyweight |
| Height | |
| Reach | |
| Nationality | |
| Birth date | April 05, 1980 |
| Birth place | Havana, Cuba |
| Style | Orthodox |
| Total | 17 |
| Wins | 17 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Ko | 12 |
In 1999 he won the Cuban championship beating Félix Savón. Until 2004 he defended his title five times consecutively.
In 2005 he switched from heavyweight to super heavyweight and lost in the finale to Michel López Núñez. In 2006 he won the title again for a seventh time.
He was part of the Cuban team that won the 2006 Boxing World Cup.
His record was 227 victories, 14 losses. He never lost at a major event (world championships, Olympics) and beat fellow Cuban Félix Savón in two of their three fights.
Solis should have been the Cuban representative to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, because he beat Felix Savon at the Olympic Trials. However, Savon was sent to the Olympics instead, and went on to win heavyweight gold. Because of this, many believe Solis should have won the 2000 Sydney Olympics gold medal.
In 2001 he beat Russian Olympic silver medalist of 2000 Sultan Ibragimov in the semifinals on points and in the final British David Haye by TKO. Haye gave Solis a standing eight count in the first round and was up by 7 points, but Solis came back strong and won the fight by stoppage in the third round.
In 2003 he won on points in the final against Russian archrival Alexander Alekseev who would win the next world championship. Also, Solis defeated Sultan Ibragimov once more (13-7) in four rounds in the XXXIII Chemistry Cup in Halle, Germany on March 10, 2002.
2003 in Winnipeg, Canada (Heavyweight)
In his most recent fight, he weighed 260 pounds.
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