By Geoff Poundes It seems that the oft-delayed heavyweight “championship” fight between Alexander Povetkin, the WBA’s pretend champion (Wladimir Klitschko’s the “real” champ) and former WBC and IBF titleist Hasim Rahman is finally inked for 29th September. Rahman, 50-7, 41 KO’s, is entering his forties and his been dining out for far too long on a freak knockout of Lennox … [Read more...]
Huck v Afolabi; Dimitrenko v Pulev; and Robert Steiglitz Feature in Germany, Saturday Night
By Geoff Poundes The Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany plays host Saturday night to an intriguing bill headlined by the WBO cruiserweight rematch between Marco “Captain” Huck and Britain’s Ola Afolabi. The chief support features two European heavyweight prospects, Alexander Dimitrenko and Kubrat Pulev, who’ll be contesting the vacant EBU title. Huck, 34-2, 25 KO’s is … [Read more...]
Alexander Povetkin vs. Marco Huck: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Kelsey McCarson Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16 KOs) will face Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KOs) on Saturday, February 25th in Stuttgart, Germany. The fight will be televised live in the U.S. exclusively by EPIX. As with past boxing shows carried by EPIX, it will also stream live on EPIXHD.com. Boxing fans can sign up for the stream, which has yet to be anything but problematic, … [Read more...]
Povetkin; Chisora Should Be Next In Line For The Klitschkos
Boxing can ill afford the kind of injustice meted out to Englishman Dereck Chisora in Helsinki on Saturday night. Chisora, who has laboured at times under the perception that he is something of a clown, had for once whipped himself into some kind of shape for his tilt at much-fancied Robert Hellenius for the EBU’s vacant heavyweight crown. In his previous big fight, … [Read more...]
Rumored Holyfield vs. Povetkin bout makes a lot of sense
Say what you want about former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, but you can't say that he's a quitter. In an age when fight fans clamor for fighters to stand their ground and fight back against long odds, Holyfield does just that and more. And he does it against Father Time. As Alexander Povetkin rallied his way to a razor thin victory over Ruslan Chagaev last … [Read more...]