By Peter Silkov News of David Haye's return to the ring this summer will have the boxing fan in two states of mind. The Bermondsey man splits opinion, between those who like his glitzy, arrogant persona and those who find his methods of self-publicity, boorish in the extreme. In many ways, Haye is an example of all that is wrong with modern boxing. After ten years as a … [Read more...]
Povetkin Smashes Rahman in Two Rounds, Pulev Stops Ustinov
Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany-- It was hard to tell if Alexander Povetkin (25-0, 17 KOs) was that good, Hasim Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KOs) was that bad, or if it was a combination of both, but the defending WBA "regular" heavyweight champ had no trouble walking through the 40-year-old former world titlist en route to his third defense of the WBA's paper title. Russia's … [Read more...]
Heavy Times – Things are getting more interesting in the land of the giants.
by Ben Randall Vitali Klitschko (44 – 2, 40 KO) continues his dance of words with David Haye (26-2, 24 KO) after the Londoner reclaimed his position as Britain's most credible Heavyweight threat with a 5-round drubbing of Dereck Chisora (15-3, 9 KO). Dr Ironfist has a bout scheduled against undefeated German, Manual Charr (21 - 0, 11 KO ) later this year and it will be … [Read more...]
Huck and Afolabi Share The Honours in Germany; Stieglitz And Pulev Prevail
By Geoff Poundes Marco Huck successfully defended his WBO cruiserweight title tonight when he boxed a majority draw with Britain’s Ola Afolabi at the Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany. After 12 rounds, two of the judges turned in scores of 114-114, with the third giving it to Huck by 115-113. For once, a decision in Germany made sense, probably because the three judges were … [Read more...]
Abraham, Stieglitz, Pulev Victorious in German Action
Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany-- Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KOs) made the fifth defense of his WBO super middleweight title via one-sided unanimous decision over fellow German, Henry Weber (15-1-1, 3 KOs) by scores of 119-109, 118-110, 116-112. Stieglitz is scheduled to defend his title in April against former three-time world titlist, Mikkel … [Read more...]