Southpaw Arslan commenced his Specialist occupation in 1997 and won his first 13 fights with aggressive brawling ahead of dropping again to again conclusions to Collice Mutizwa and Rüdiger May. His biggest results within the early phase of his occupation was a attract towards unbeaten Russian Vadim Tokarev in 2003 but he dropped his subsequent fight to Czech Lubos Suda. In 2005 he defeat area hero Alexander Petkovic and his job picked up momentum. His big breakthrough was solely unanticipated,although, as he managed to don't just dominate but will also KO unbeaten Russian fringe contender Grigory Drozd. For that he bought a title shot in July 2007 and captured the interim WBA cruiserweight title which has a split selection earn over One more Russian in Valery Brudov. Later on that yr he bested forty three-calendar year-outdated Virgil Hill for the WBA title. He defeat contender Darnell Wilson on three May possibly 2008 in Germany by unanimous determination. He misplaced his title towards Panamanian Guillermo Jones in Hamburg, on 27 September 2008, at some point right before his birthday. Once the loss to Jones, Arslan took an prolonged depart from boxing and returned almost two yrs later on to face unheralded Steve Hérélius to the interim title. Arslan was in front but at the end of the 11th spherical he was not able to continue thanks to a syncope. Arslan not too long ago fought Yoan Pablo Hernandez for an opportunity to take Hernandez's cruiserweight belt, but shed in a tightly contested match[one] with scores of: one hundred fifteen–113, 116–113, and 113–one hundred fifteen.

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