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The long matriculation of 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist Alexander Povetkin came to a close last night as the Russian outboxed ex-WBA titlist Ruslan Chagaev to capture the vacant WBA heavyweight belt at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany. The bout started slowly as the combatants sized each other up with probing jabs …

There is heavyweight action on tap tonight at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany as highly regarded former Olympic Gold medallist Alexander Povetkin gets his first shot at a world title, meeting Ruslan Chagaev for the vacant WBA heavyweight crown. A pro since 1997, 32 year old southpaw Chagaev, 27-1-1 (17), will …

The vacant WBA super middle strap was up for grabs last night at Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine and Hungarian southpaw Karoly Balzsay emerged with the title after 12 difficult rounds against local man Stanyslav Kashtanov. Former WBO champ Balzsay used his edge in big fight experience to control the …

Due to an injury to his left shoulder and arm sustained yesterday afternoon during sparring, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero has been forced to withdraw from his Saturday, August 27 WBA Super Lightweight Title challenge against Marcos “El Chino” Maidana that was to be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark. …

Just a little over two weeks remain before the hottest fight of the summer when WBA Super Lightweight Champion Marcos “El Chino” Maidana and WBA and WBO Interim Lightweight Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero square off in a 12-round battle for Maidana’s title on August 27 at the HP Pavilion …

Live world championship boxing returns to Epix when undefeated 2004 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Alexander Povetkin and former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev square-off for the vacant WBA heavyweight title, Saturday, August 27th. Presented by Sauerland Event, the live broadcast will emanate from Erfurt, Germany.

WBA Super Middleweight Champion Andre Ward and WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch will embark on a three-city international press tour to formally announce the most important fight of their careers, The Super Six World Boxing Classic Final, a World Championship Unification, live on Showtime, Saturday, Oct. 29 at 10 …

Newly crowned NABA and NABF Middleweight Champion, Andy Lee (26-1, 19KOs) is confident of beating Brian Vera (19-5, 12KOs) in their rematch on October 1st at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Vera is the only boxer to have defeated the Kronk fighter in his 5 year professional career. …

On Saturday night, September 10th, undefeated Super Middleweight Joel Castillo will headline an big night of boxing that will be promoted by Rob Diaz’ Havoc Boxing Promotions that will take place at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn.

Last night at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV, Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko waged a thrilling battle for the IBF bantamweight title in a bout that will unfortunately be remembered as a foul-fest. Challenger Mares spent the first two rounds attacking the champion in an effective two-handed …

A few years ago, late August would signal the start of the college football season for Michigan State’s Seth Mitchell, but on August 27 of this year, “Mayhem” will be in the ring at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California for the most important bout of his boxing career, as …

Unification remains the goal for WBA and IBA light heavyweight king, Beibut Shumenov. If, however, none of the other 175-pound world champions – Bernard Hopkins, Tavoris Cloud and Nathan Cleverly – are willing or available to put their title belts on the line against Shumenov, the 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian is …