Wulan Tuolehazi

Wulan Tuolehazi (; born 5 March 1993 ) is a Chinese professional boxer who challenged for the WBO flyweight title in 2019.

Early life Wulan born on 5 March 1993 into an ethnic Kazakh family of herdsmen in Xibert village, Emin County, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. At one point his parents owned 200 sheep and 20 cattle.

Professional career With little connections on the professional scene, Wulan began his career with inexperienced management and poor matchmaking. After fighting at light flyweight during his amateur career, Wulan made his professional debut on 28 November 2015 at super bantamweight, losing by unanimous decision (UD) after eight rounds against 19-year-old Jian Wang in Suzhou. The bout was rated three out of five stars by AlltheBestFights.com as one of the top fights of the year, and Wulan entered the top 10 of the WBC rankings in February 2019.

On 30 March 2019 Wulan faced Japanese prospect Ryota Yamauchi in Shanghai for the vacant WBA International flyweight title. He dropped Yamauchi with a right uppercut in the third round en route to a UD victory (117–109, 117–109 and 115–112), although he was also knocked down in the fight. The bout was given three out of five stars by AlltheBestFights.com. He retained his belt two months later on 26 May against Ardin Diale, and again on 17 October with a fifth-round stoppage of Satoshi Tanaka for his eighth consecutive victory. On New Year's Eve 2019, he unsuccessfully challenged Kosei Tanaka in Tokyo for the WBO flyweight title. The world champion hit Wulan with a devastating three-piece combo of uppercuts late in the third round that kept him on the mat for about two minutes. Wulan rebounded from his unsuccessful title challenge with a sixth-round technical knockout victory over Jomar Fajardo in Bangkok on 8 March 2020.

Professional boxing record

Personal life Hailing from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, he does not speak fluent Mandarin and currently lives in Emin County.