Rocky Marciano vs. Today’s Heavyweights - Klitschko, Peter & Chagaev
May 9th, 2008 Tags: Ruslan Chagaev, Wladimir Klitschko, Samuel Peter, Rocky Marciano
By Erik Schmidt: I often wonder how would the great Rocky Marciano (49-0, 43 KOs) do against today’s heavyweights. It’s perhaps even more of a question now than ever due to the lack of talent and interest in the heavyweight division. It’s been a decade since the heavyweight division had a champion – Mike Tyson […]
Chagaev Cancels Bout With Valuev Due To Virus
May 7th, 2008 Tags: Ruslan Chagaev, Nikolai Valuev
By Erik Schmidt: For the second time since winning his WBA title in April 2007, heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (24-0-1, 17 KOs) has been forced to pull out of a bout due to a virus. His opponent, former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (48-1, 34 KOs) will be forced to wait a little longer, perhaps […]
Boxing News: Hatton-Lazcano, Pacquiao-Diaz, Valuev-Chagaev
May 6th, 2008 Tags: Ruslan Chagaev, Ricky Hatton, David Diaz, Nikolai Valuev, Manny Pacquiao, Juan Lazcano
Saturday, May 24 sees a record breaking show in the United Kingdom with 55,000 fans packed into the home of Manchester City Football Club to witness the homecoming of their favorite son, Ricky Hatton. Ricky defends his IBO light welterweight crown and the most prestigious title in world boxing, the Ring Magazine belt, against Mexican-American […]
Valuev vs. Chagaev On May 31st
April 1st, 2008 Tags: Ruslan Chagaev, Nikolai Valuev
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (24-0, 17 KOs) will finally be giving a rematch to former champion Nikolay Valuev (48-1, 34 KOs), whom he beat by a majority decision on April 14th 2007. The rematch long awaited by Valuev, will be taking place on May 31st at the Arena Oberhausen, Oberhausen, […]
Chagaev Too Much For Skelton
January 21st, 2008 Tags: Ruslan Chagaev, Matt Skelton
In a fight that was marred by excessive wrestling on the inside, undefeated World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (24-0-1, 17 KOs) won a hard-fought unanimous decision over 40 year-old Matt Skelton (21-2, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. In the opening round, Skelton found a way […]
Skelton Chagaev: Can Matt Pull Off The Upset Over Ruslan?
January 14th, 2008 Tags: Ruslan Chagaev, Matt Skelton
British Commonwealth heavyweight champion Matt Skelton (21-1, 18 KOs) goes up against the undefeated World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (23-0, 17 KOs) this Saturday night in a 12-round bout at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. It will be Chagaev’s long overdue first title defense of his WBA title in which he […]
Joe Frazier: Could He Compete Against Today’s Heavyweights? Klitschko, Ibragimov, Chagaev & Maskaev
January 12th, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev, Wladimir Klitschko, Oleg Maskaev, Joe Frazier
A fighter like Joe Frazier (32-4-1, 27 KOs) comes around on once in a great while. Though he was undersized as a heavyweight, standing 5′11″ and weighing around 205 lbs, he always seemed to fight much bigger than his limited weight would indicate. With classic battles against Muhammed Ali, Jimmy Ellis and Jerry Quarry, to […]
Lennox Lewis vs. The World - Klitschko, Ibragimov, Chagaev & Peter
January 1st, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev, Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko, Samuel Peter
Now that a little time has gone by since Lennox Lewis (41-2-1, 32 KOs) has been out of boxing, I thought it would be an interesting idea to speculate how “The Lion” would have done against today’s top heavyweight champions - Wladimir Klitschko, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev and Samuel Peter. Lewis was perhaps in his […]
Chagaev vs. Skelton: Ruslan Returns To Action on January 19th
January 1st, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Ruslan Chagaev, Matt Skelton
World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev finally makes his initial title defense when he takes on 40 year-old British challenger Matt Skelton (21-1, 18 KOs) on January 19th at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Chagaev, 29, has been away from the ring for nine months, having battled both injuries and illness which […]
Chagaev To Defend Title Against Skelton In 2008
December 5th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Ruslan Chagaev
After dealing with both injury and illness which has kept him out of the ring since winning the title in April, undefeated World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (23-0-1, 17 KOs) will be defending his title on January 19th against 40 year-old British heavyweight Matt Skelton (21-1, 18 KOs) at the Burg-Waechter Castello in […]
A Prime George Foreman Against The Current Heavyweight Champions: Klitschko, Ibragimov, Peter, Maskaev and Chagaev
November 17th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev, Wladimir Klitschko, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev, George Foreman
I’ve always wondered how a young George Foreman would have done in this a day and age against the mostly Eastern European fighters. For the sake of this discussion, I’m pitting a prime 24 year-old George Foreman against the current heavyweight champions Wladimir Klitschko, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev, Samuel Peter and Oleg Maskaev. At 24, […]
Chagaev vs. Ibragimov
July 31st, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev
By Sam Bevington: In one of the first boxing heavyweight unifications bouts in ages, WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (23-0, 17 KOs) will meet up with Sultan Ibragimov (21-0, 17 KOs), the WBO heavyweight champion, on October 13, 2007, in Moscow, Russian. Both fighters have recently won their titles, and neither of them have much […]
The Paper Champion’s guide to avoiding unification! Ibragimov vs Chagaev in perspective!
July 20th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev
By Izyaslav “Slava” Koza: Recently I had the utter displeasure of reading Chris Byrd’s comments regarding how the October 13 unification bout is basically useless. Seeing as during Byrd’s paper title reign I felt he was the worst of the so called “titleholders,” it was my duty to provide a response to those comments, […]
