Klitschko vs. Povetkin

World Boxing Council (WBC) World Heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko came face to face with British challenger Dereck ‘Del Boy’ Chisora, ahead of their world title clash on the 18th February in Munich, LIVE on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 456/Virgin Ch. 546).

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It’s kind of interesting how much flak WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) has taken for his upcoming fight with Frenchman Jean-Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s). Many boxing observers and fans have been highly critical of “Dr. Steelhammer” for taking on the former WBA/WBC cruiserweight champion.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): “Regular” World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) wants to take on WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s). The WBA title was declared vacant when Wladimir was elevated to the super WBA title last summer after his victory over David Haye.

By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) is angry that his unbeaten International Boxing Federation mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) missed their press conference on Monday in Frankfurt, Germany. According to Fight News, Povetkin says he couldn’t make it because he was plagued with a sinus infection.

By Eric Thomas: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) will be defending his titles on September 11th against his number #1 IBF challenger former 2004 Olympic heavyweight Gold Medalist unbeaten Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) at the Commerzbank-Arena, in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. It’s been known already that the 34-year-old Klitschko was going to [...]

By Dave Lahr: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, IBF/World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is angry with HBO because he says he had been given a promise by them to have his title defense against unbeaten Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) shown on HBO on September 11th. Apparently, HBO was going to pay [...]

By Chris Williams: For what it’s worth, the coach of unbeaten heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) thinks he has more basic toughness compared to IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.

By Chris Williams: Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, doesn’t think a fight between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) and unbeaten Russian challenger Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) registers with boxing fans in the United States, according to news from the Los Angeles Times.. Greenburg said last week that he wasn’t [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten challenger Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) is already in the United States training with ESPN analyst Teddy Atlas for Povetkin’s September 18th title bout against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) at the Commerzbank-Arena, in Frankfurt, Gemany.

By Jim Dower: According to Dan Rafael, Showtime is interested possibly buying the September 18th bout between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko vs. Alexander Povetkin and showing it to the U.S audiences. The Klitschko-Povetkin bout would be shown along with the Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Rafael Marquez bout on Showtime. Ross Greenburg, president of HBO [...]

By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s promotional company K2 Promotions won the purse bid today over Sauerland Events, the promotional company for Wladimir’s next challenger Alexander Povetkin, outbidding them two to one in a winning bid of $8,313,000 compared to Sauerland’s bid of $4,250,001. What this means to the average isn’t all that [...]

By Eric Thomas: IBF mandatory contender undefeated Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) would like to fight IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) in Moscow, Russia. However, Klitschko, 34, will likely prefer the fight to take place in Germany where he fights most of his fights. Currently, the September 11th fight is tentatively scheduled [...]

By Jason Kim: Trainer Emanuel Steward is less than thrilled at IBF/WBO Wladimir Klitschko’s next opponent Alexander Povetkin, who Klitschko will be defending his titles against in September of this year. Steward, naturally, would much prefer to see Wladimir fight WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, but Steward doesn’t think that fight will ever happen because [...]

By Matt Stein: Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will likely be facing his number #1 IBF mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin next rather than fighting WBA heavyweight champion David Haye in a unification match like Wladimir had been hoping for. According to Rafael, Klitschko’s manger Bernd Boente said that [...]

By Jim Dower: The IBF’s deadline passed for IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko to put together a unification bout with World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye a few days ago. Wladimir and his management team will now start looking to put together a fight against the IBF mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin. Wladimir was hoping [...]

By Eric Thomas: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants his fighter, former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s), to fight IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) if the IBF mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) doesn’t take the fight with Klitschko next, according to Fight News. Arum plans [...]