, ▁and ▁much ▁like ▁the ▁fight ▁against ▁Fil ho , ▁S ulo ev ▁was ▁un success ful ▁in ▁avoid ing ▁the ▁submission ▁once ▁the ▁fight ▁reached ▁the ▁canvas . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁He ▁was ▁charged ▁as ▁being ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁two ▁assass in ations ▁and ▁a ▁third ▁attempt ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁driver ▁was ▁killed . ▁The ▁alleg ed ▁targets ▁of ▁the ▁attempts ▁were ▁powerful ▁Russian ▁political ▁figures . ▁However , ▁S ulo ev ▁was ▁never ▁conv icted ▁of ▁such ▁things ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁serious ▁problems ▁with ▁the ▁state ' s ▁case ▁against ▁him . ▁One ▁k iller ▁test ified ▁that ▁S ulo ev ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁get ▁away ▁driver . ▁But ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁match ▁e y ew it ness ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁driver ▁( this ▁in ▁the ▁failed ▁assass ination ). ▁Even ▁more , ▁his ▁neighbor ▁test ified ▁to ▁meeting ▁him ▁on ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁the ▁attempt ▁at ▁his ▁house ▁at ▁ 9 : 0 5 ▁am . ▁The ▁attempt ▁occurred ▁at ▁about ▁ 9 am ▁hundreds ▁of ▁kilom eters ▁away . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁five ▁other ▁defend ants ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁were ▁Serge i ▁Z ir in ov , ▁a ▁K ras n od ar ▁legisl ative ▁assembly man ▁and ▁member ▁of ▁president ▁Vladimir ▁Put in ' s ▁" Un ified ▁Russia " ▁Party . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁death ▁his ▁trial ▁had ▁been ▁susp ended ▁and ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁released ▁on ▁b ail ▁following ▁his ▁stage ▁four ▁st om ach ▁cancer ▁diagn oses . ▁ ▁Championships