Alexander Povetkin: record, next fight and profile →
Sources with knowledge of the details have advised BoxingScene.com that Polish heavyweight Marisuz Wach (31-2, 17KOs) tested positive for a banned substance in the aftermath of his TKO defeat to Alexander Povetkin on November 4th in Kazan, Russia.
Brooklyn, New York - Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KO’s) has a date for January 16th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Though he has a date and venue, he does not have an opponent. Wilder says if he had it his way, his January opponent would have been his mandatory, Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin.
According to Ivan Kirpa, trainer for Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22KOs), his fighter is ready - right now - to face WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 34KOs). Povetkin was back on November 4th when he stopped Polish giant Mariusz Wach in the twelfth round of their bout in Kazan. Wilder is set to make a voluntary defense on January 16th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The opponent could very well be IBF mandatory challenger Czar Glazkov.
Andrei Ryabińsky, who promotes Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs), is going to do everything possible to secure his fighter the mandatory shot against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs). The World Boxing Council ordered the fight at their recent convention. They approved Wilder's request to have a third voluntary fight on January 16th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis was ringside a few days ago in Russia, and watched Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) stop Polish giant Mariusz Wach in the twelfth round. Povetkin is the mandatory challenger to World Boxing Council [WBC] heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs). A lot of experts are picking Povetkin to win the contest if the two fighters meet in the ring. Their negotiations are going to be ordered in the next few weeks.
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, the World Boxing Council has approved a voluntary defense for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. The date presented to the WBC is January 16th, and Wilder's manager and trainer Jay Deas says the target venue is the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Wilder's last two defenses took place in his home state of Alabama.
For WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder - the No. 1 ranked mandatory challenger is Alexander Povetkin of Russia, who also holds the WBC Silver title, and is scheduled to fight Mariusz Wach tonight in Kazan, Russia. A representative for Povetkin came over to the WBC's ongoing convention in China and told the assembly today that Povetkin will not be ready for his mandatory title challenge in January, when it’s due.
Kazan, Russia - Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin dominated Polish giant Mariusz Wach for eleven rounds, with a stopage at the start of the twelfth round. Prior to the contest, both fighters had suffered their only career defeat to heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko. Povetkin, the WBC's mandatory challenger, was risking his guaranteed shot at unbeaten world champion Deontay Wilder.
Cesar Cuenca and Eduard Troyanovsky are set to collide in a battle of unbeaten super lightweight boxers. Both fighters made weight for their title fight Wednesday evening in Kazan, Russia. Cuenca (47-0-0-2NC, 2KOs) weighed in at 139.2 lbs. for the first defense of the vacant super lightweight crown he won in a 12-round decision over Ik Yang on the road this past July in China. The career-best win marked his first fight outside of his native Argentina. He hits the road for the second straight time, once again facing an unbeaten local favorite. Troyanovsky weighed 139.3 lbs. for his first title fight. The 35-year old contender comes in riding a 12-fight knockout streak, including an impressive 8th round stoppage of Aik Shakhnazaryan in April, followed by a 3rd round knockout of Ronald Pontillas in a stay busy bout this past June.
A year ago, Russian prizefighting celebrated the 25th anniversary of its second birth. It was a formal date rather than a single memorable event. However, ever since his grand arrival onto the Russian fight scene - boxing/business tycoon Andrey Ryabinskiy has been turning local fistic game into a string of impressive festivities. On November 4, which is also (not accidently) the date of Russian National Unity, the World of Boxing promotional group (led by Ryabinskiy) will stage quite possible its greatest fight card in recent memory – and for the first time out of Moscow – in Kazan, Tatarstan. Two world title fights (alphabet versions) will be accompanied by a notable heavyweight event and two important cruiserweight collisions.