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After ten years of a very successful working relationship, WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (38-2-1, 26KOs) is planning to break out on his own, according to statements made by the fighter to Bild Sport. Huck, 29-years-old, has formed his own promotional company - Huck Sports Promotion - and has his brother Kenan as CEO. Huck's contract with Sauerland Event expires in December and boxer is not planning to renew the deal.
According to World Boxing Organization President Paco Varcacel, WBO 154-pound champion Dememtrius Andrade passed on the opportunity to face Matt Korobov for the vacant WBO middleweight crown, which Peter Quillin vacated several weeks ago. After Quillin vacated, it was believed that Korbov (24-0, 14KOs) would face Billy Joe Saunders (20-0, 11KOs) for the WBO title. But then Andrade put in a request with the WBO, which they approved, to face Korobov for the belt.
Earlier today, InterBox announced that former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (31-2-0, 24 KOs) was making his return to the ring against Roberto Feliciano Bolonti (35-3-0, 24 KOs) on December 6th at the Montreal Bell Centre. Bute has been inactive since a January decision loss to Jean Pascal.
The coach of Krzysztof "El Diablo" Wlodarczyk (49-3-1, 35 KOs), Fedor Lapin, does not hide that he is disappointed with the attitude of his boxer in Saturday's fight against Grigory Drozd (39-1, 27 KOs) in Moscow. The Pole got knocked down, lost almost every round, ending his long reign as the WBC cruiserweight champion. Lapin says his boxer underestimated Drozd and spent most of the fight looking for a single knockout punch.
Heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers (39-4, 21 KOs), who returns to the game on November 8th in a clash with Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (17-6, 15 KOs) at Bluwwater in Kent, is already thinking about his next challenger - a showdown with powerful puncher Lucas Browne (21-0, 18 KOs). Chambers is working hard for his return with trainer Peter Fury, who works with Tyson and Hughie Fury. He says Ricky Hatton, promoter of Browne, is not allowing the fight to happen.
A cruiserweight unification between Russian stablemates Grigory Drozd (39-1, 27 KOs) and Denis Lebedev (26-2, 20 KOs) is not likely to happen any time soon. Both boxers were involved in a doubleheader on Saturday in Moscow, Drozd capture the WBC title with a twelve round decision win over Krzysztof Wlodarczyk. Lebdev retained the WBA's version of the belt with a two round KO of Pawel Kolodziej.
Don King, promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne (24-1-1, 21KOs), has denied the WBC's information of a deal being reached for a mandatory defense against Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32KOs), represented by Golden Boy Promotions. WBC President Maurcio Sulaiman had stated that a deal was reached for a date in December.
Promoter Yvon Michel sees rising prospect Artur Beterbiev (6-0, 6KOs) as the next superstar of the light heavyweight division. On Saturday night, before 2,400 fans at the Bell Centre in Montreal, demolish former IBF champion Tavoris Cloud (24-3) in two rounds. Cloud went down four times before he was counted out for good in the second. The entire team was shocked at the rapid pace that Beterbiev dispatched of Cloud, who went twelve rounds with Bernard Hopkins, Glen Johnson and Gabriel Campillo.
WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (41-4, 28KOs) is not interested in a rematch with Paul Smith of the UK. Abraham retained his title by winning a twelve round unanimous decision over Smith on Saturday night before 6,000 spectators in Kiel, Germany. Smith demanded a rematch afterwards, furious over the scoring of the contest - 117-110, 117-110 and 119-109. Fans were upset as well, as most saw the contest as being close, although many are not disputing that Abraham had done enough to get a win.
According to promoter Yvon Michel of GYM, he placed a hold on Montreal's Bell Centre for April 4th - for a potential fight between WBC light heavyweight king Adonis Stevenson (24-1, 20KOs) and the mandatory challenger, former champion Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17KOs). Stevenson is going to make a voluntary defense in December but then he must meet his mandatory obligation against Pascal. Michel has already submitted the name and the necessary details of Stevenson's voluntary to World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman. Michel hopes to reach an agreement with Pascal's management, but also has no issue heading to a mandatory purse bid, where Stevenson would retain the bulk of the money.