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WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz commented on his bout with Ruben Eduardo Acosta. Robert confidently defended the title for the first time and knocked his opponent out in the fifth round.
Boris Dimitrov, the manager of the former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev, confirmed that his client could next fight with the WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. Also there is a possibility
Russian middleweight Roman Karmazin commented on his victory over Dionisio Miranda in their recent IBF middleweight title eliminator. In that exiting bout, the Russian found himself on the canvas in the round 9, but managed to knock his opponent out in the next round.
Former WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko may change his weight division. The Ukrainian, 33, also doesn’t discard the possibility of fighting for the champion’s belt in his present division. Meanwhile Sidorenko negotiates his contract with the new promotional company, as he together with Sergiy Dzinziruk decided to swap Germany for the USA. As Wladimir told to turnir.com.ua, that Banner Promotions offers the most interesting conditions. The contract with this company would be signed for 6 bouts.
WBO light middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk continues to sort out the issues with his ex-promotional company Universum. The Ukrainian was surprised to hear the claims of the German side, claiming they had won the trial with him. At the same time Sergiy has already realized that the only way to resolve the situation is to pay the Germans a certain amount of money.
Russian heavyweight prospect Denis Boytsov (26-0, 21 KOs) will soon will have his first fight of 2010. On January 9, Denis meets American Kevin Montiy in the ring. The show takes place in Magdeburg, Germany.
The manager of Nikolai Valuev, Boris Dimitrov, confirmed that the bout between the Russian boxer and WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is possible. Both fighters have already approved the bout, and it may take place in April or May of 2010.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko says that a fight with Nikolai Valuev is really possible and that he had already made an offer to the Russian boxer. Also Klitschko is willing to fight IBF challenger Alexander Povetkin, but he thinks that the promoters of these boxers – Don King and Wilfried Sauerland - may put obstacles in the way.
Ukrainian heavyweight prospect Alexander Dimitrenko was scheduled to have a rematch against Luan Krasniqi on November 28, but the bout was cancelled because of the injury of his opponent. Now Alexander doesn't know when this fight will take place and hopes that the issue will be settled till the end of the year. Meanwhile, Dimitrenko shared his thoughts on the recent title fight between the WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and Kevin Johnson.
Alexander Povetkin, the mandatory contender for the IBF heavyweight title which belongs to Wladimir Klitschko, doesn’t mind afight against his elder brother Vitali Klitschko, who holds the WBC title.