A big crowd of fight fans at the Kaufhof Galeria in Düsseldorf had an opportunity to see a public workout by WBA world heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (23-0-1, 17 KOs). After missing Monday's press conference, challenger Matt Skelton (21-1, 18 KOs) finally made it into town and also demonstrated some of his well-known punching power to onlookers. Chagaev makes his first world title defense against Skelton on Saturday night's big "Universum Champions Night" card at the Burg-Wächter Castello. Also showing their skills were WBA Intercontinental champion Taras Bidenko (24-2, 12 KOs) and his opponent Cisse Salif (22-8-2, 20 KOs), plus unbeaten heavyweight Egon Roth (18-0, 13 KOs) and trainers Michael Timm and Kevin Sanders.


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