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To prepare for an Olympic gold medal winner, Sergey Kovalev enlisted the services of another Olympic gold medal winner. WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is helping Kovalev prepare for the upcoming defense of the IBF/WBO/WBA world titles against Andre Ward - scheduled for November 19th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9 KOs) was hunting for a viable opponent for an undercard position on the upcoming event featuring a light heavyweight battle between Bernard Hopkins and Joe Smith Jr. - which takes place on December 17 at the legendary Froum in Inglewood, California, USA.
World of Boxing CEO Andrey Ryabinsky has confirmed that the contracts have been signed for the WBC final eliminator between former world champions Alexander Povetkin and Bermane Stiverne. The World Boxing Council's interim-world title will be at stake.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com - 21-year-old Tim Tszyu, the son of former world champion at junior welterweight Konstantin 'Kostya' Tszyu (31-2, 25KO), is going to make his professional debut.
Olympic gold medalist Rakhim Chakhkiev will take part in an all-Russian showdown with Maxim Vlasov on December 3 in Moscow. At stake will be the International championship of the World Boxing Association (WBA) at the cruiserweight limit.
Ruslan Chagaev (34-3-1, 21KOs) has no intention of coming back to the sport, according to his manager. Back on July 25th, the WBA World Championships Committee issued a resolution to strip him of his WBA 'regular' heavyweight title - for not fulfilling his mandatory commitment within the specified time period.
This past Friday in New York City, World of Boxing CEO Andrey Ryabinsky outbid Don King to secure the promotional rights to the mandatory WBC eliminator between Alexander Povetkin and Bermane Stiverne.
Moscow could be in store for a very big doubleheader on December 3rd. As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, World of Boxing revealed the Khodynka Ice Palace as the finalized venue for the scheduled fight between IBF/WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev and mandatory challenger Murat Gassiev.
Andrey Ryabinsky has outbid Don King to secure the promotional rights to the mandatory WBC eliminator between Alexander Povetkin and Bermane Stiverne.
World of Boxing has revealed the venue for the scheduled fight between IBF/WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev and mandatory challenger Murat Gassiev.