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TWO-TIME world heavyweight champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman is backing Lucas Browne to knock Ruslan Chageav out.
Browne travels to the Russian Republic of Chechnya to face the reigning WBA king on March 5.
And Rahman believes the hard-hitting Aussie has enough in his locker to score a victory similar to his own stunning stoppage of British great Lennox Lewis 15 years ago.
He said: “Get ready Aussies, y’all have a new heavyweight champion! Lucas has the size and the strength to become champ.
By Bradley Dee: I often find myself browsing Boxrec for no reason other than wanting as much knowledge about boxing history as I can possibly absorb, and today I noticed that someone has organized a tournament they’re calling the Heavyweight “Super 8” tournament. Digging deeper, I started noticing some of the names in this tournament, and much to my surprise I see Sam Peter on the list as well as 4 other completely over the hill fighters.
By Allan Fox: WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (25-0, 17 KO’s) did a demolition job on the World Boxing Organization’s latest completely lost mandatory in 39-year-old Hasim Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KO’s) in a 2nd round knockout at the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany. Rahman never hit the canvas in the fight but was staggered on two occasions and took a lot of punishment agaisnt the ropes before the fight was stopped by the referee in the 2nd round.
After the fight, Povetkin said “I’m ready [to fight IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko]. I’ll fight him if I’m told. If the Klitschko bout is confirmed, I’ll start preparing.”
By Allan Fox: In a truly sad fight, former WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KO’s) was completely obliterated by WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (25-0, 17 KO’s) in a 2nd round TKO loss on Saturday night at the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, in Hamburg, Germany. Povetkin had Rahman on Bambi legs in the 1st round from a right hand, and then hurt him again in the 2nd with a left to head. A badly hurt Rahman was then snowed under with power shots from Povetkin until referee Gustavo Padilla stepped in to stop the fight at 1:46 with Rahman clutching the ropes with one hand.
This fight was really bad, as Rahman never was competitive from the start. Rahman never really let his hands go for some reason and spent most of the fight jabbing and taking heavy shots from Povetkin. Rahman made Povetkin look a lot a much bigger puncher than he really is, and it’s strange because Rahman used to be able to take big shots from far better punchers than Povetkin. Rahman took the best shots from David Tua in his two fights with.
By Jim Dower: WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (25-0, 17 KO’s) easily took care of 39-year-old Hasim Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KO’s) in the 2nd round TKO tonight at the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany. Povetkin hurt Rahman badly with a left hook to the head in the 2nd and then flurried on him until referee Gustavo Padilla stepped in and stopped the fight at 1:46 of the round.
This fight really made the World Boxing Association look bad for their decision to rank Rahman as #1 WBA contender for Povetkin off of a handful of wins over poor 3rd tier heavyweights. Rahman did not belong in the same ring with Povetkin and we saw that clearly in the 1st round when Povetkin staggered Rahman with a right hand to the head. It looked like Povetkin could have finished Rahman off right then and there, but he held back and fought cautiously for the remainder of the round. I think Povetkin could have easily have stopped Rahman in the 1st if he applied himself because Rahman was there for the taking and looked unsteady.
By Jason Kim: Tonight, unbeaten and untested WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KO’s) defends his title against former WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KO’s) at the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, in Hamburg, Germany. On the undercard, heavyweights Alexander Ustinov (27-0, 21 KO’s) battles EBU heavyweight champion Kubrat Pulev (16-0, 8 KO’s) for his European Boxing Union title in an IBF heavyweight eliminator bout with the winner becoming the mandatory contender to IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Rahman, 39, feels like he’s got enough left in the tank to pull of a knockout victory over Povetkin. However, it doesn’t look likely that Rahman will be able to do this because it’s been so many years since he beat his last quality opponent. He’s ranked #1 by the WBA, but he’s not stayed relevant by facing the best heavyweights since losing to Wladimir in a failed title shot in 2008. The sad part about the sanctioning bodies is that guys like Rahman are often pushed to the very top of the division despite having facing nothing but poor opposition in the last four years.
(Picture: Photo Wende) By Jason Kim: On Saturday night in Germany, WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KO’s) defends his title against Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KO’s) in a potentially interesting fight matching mediocre heavyweight champion in the 33-year-old Povetkin facing the 39-year-old past his best Rahman.
At Friday’s weigh-in, both Rahman and Povetkin looked kind of chubby with Povetkin weighing in at 229 pounds, two pounds heavier than he was for his last fight agaisnt Marco Huck last February. Povetkin really gassed out in that fight due to the excess weight he was carrying around. Povetkin was supposedly working on his weight to trim it down some so that he’d not gasp for oxygen nonstop, but I’m not sure what happened to him. Povetkin looks like he’s been training on three giant helpings of spaghetti and meatballs daily instead of trimming down for this fight.
(Photo: Team Sauerland) By Allan Fox: Former WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KO’s) feels like he’s invisible going into this Saturday’s fight against WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KO’s) at the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany. Rahman thinks he’s being overlooked and thinks he’s in the position where he’ll have to get a knockout in order to win the fight.
Rahman said “I don’t plan being in there long. I feel like the cards are stacked against me. That’s why I’m going to knock him out.”