(Photo: Wende) By Sean McDaniel: Earlier today it was learned that WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin’s title defense against 39-year-old Hasim Rahman was pulled out from the undercard of the July 14th mega fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora at Upton Park in London, UK.
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Haye-Chisora, Povetkin-Rahman, Burns-Mitchell possible for July 14th
By William Mackay: According to news from Dan Rafael, a possible card could take place on July 14th in London featuring former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye taking on Dereck Chisora, with WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin defending his title against Hasim Rahman, and WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns facing Kevin Mitchell.
Povetkin with easy title defense against 39-year-old Rahman in July
By Dan Ambrose: Once again, WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KO’s) will be defending his title against another older heavyweight when he defends against his mandatory challenger 39-year-old Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KO’s) in a fight that is supposed to be taking place in the middle of July at a still to be determined venue in Germany.
Povetkin vs. Rahman on July 14th in Germany
By Sean McDaniel: WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KO’s) will be making his third defense of his World Boxing Association title on July 14th against 39-year-old former IBF/WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KO’s) at a still to be determined venue in Germany, according to Dan Rafael. Povetkin, 32, recently barely got past cruiserweight challenger Marco Huck month, beating him by a 12 round majority decision in Germany. Povetkin came into that fight a little heavy and that really made the fight a lot harder than it should have been.
Povetkin must defend his WBA title against Rahman within four months
By Dan Ambrose: WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KO’s) won’t have much time to enjoy his 12 round majority decision win over WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-2, 25 KO’s) from last Saturday night, because the World Boxing Association is only giving the 32-year-old Povetkin a mere 120 days before he’s required to defend his WBA belt against 39-year-old #1 WBA contender Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KO’s).
Huck-Povetkin winner must fight 39-year-old Rahman next
By Allen Fox: According to fightnews.com, the winner of the February 25th bout between WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16 KO’s) and his cruiserweight challenger Marco Huck (34-1, 5 KO’s) has only 120 days to defend the strap against 39-year-old former IBF/WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KO’s), who is the current World Boxing Association #1 ranked contender for the title.
38-year-old Rahman a strong possibility for Povetkin’s next fight
By Eric Thomas: In disappointing news from the heavyweight front, WBA paper heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) Could be facing 38-year-old former IBF/WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KO’s) next in a fight that could take place in December.
38-year-old Hasim Rahman will likely fight Povetkin for the title in 2012
By Jason Kim: Former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KO’s) is poised to get a crack at WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin in 2012 as long as the 38-year-old Rahman doesn’t get beat before then.
The World Boxing Association has given Rahman a number #1 ranking in the division. This puts Rahman in a great position to fight for a title in 2012 against the likely December fight between Povetkin and 48-year-old Evander Holyfield. It’ll likely be Povetkin that emerges the winner of that fight unless he falls apart completely.
WBA ranks 38-year-old Hasim Rahman #1 in heavyweight rankings
By Jason Kim: Newly crowned WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin is in a great position to get an easy first title defense no matter what he does. First of all, he’s got the option to fight 49-year-old Evander Holyfield next, which at this would be a very easy fight even for a limited heavyweight champion like Povetkin.
Lewis thinks Holyfield, Rahman and Briggs should retire
By Dan Ambrose: Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis believes it’s time that the aging heavyweights Hasim Rahman, Evander Holyfield and Shannon Briggs all should hang up their gloves and retire from boxing.