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The mandatory challenger for the WBO cruiserweight title Denis Lebedev, and champion Marco Huck have signed an unprecedented contract for their fight on December 18 in Berlin. Lebedev's manager, Vladimir Hryunov, has informed Alexander Pavlov that both boxers have agreed to take part in doping tests under the rules of WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency].
The duel between WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev could be heading to a purse bid. The promoter for Chagaev, Klaus-Peter Kohl of Universum, is very upset with some of the recent comments that came from Haye and his co-promoter, Sauerland Event.
Super middleweight Andre Dirrell is picking "King" Arthur Abraham to knock Carl Froch out on November 27 in Helsinki, Finland. Quoted by Golzka, Dirrell said "Abraham by knockout" when asked for his prediction on the final fight in the third stage of the Super Six Boxing Classic. Dirrell fought both boxers in the Super Six before withdrawing from the tournament with neurological issues.
WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is planning to fight three times in 2011. The first meeting will be a mandatory defense against the winner of December's final eliminator between Odlanier Solis and Ray Austin. Klitschko is picking Solis to win. He hopes his prediction comes true because the cable networks will not little interest in a fight with Austin. Klitschko wanted to fight Polish boxer Tomasz Adamek. The WBC turned down his request and ordered him to make his mandatory against next month's winner.
Boris Grinberg, the ex-manager of former world champion Sultan Ibragimov, says trainer Teddy Atlas made the right decision by pulling Alexander Povetkin from a scheduled fight with WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Povetkin was going to face Klitschko in September, but was later replaced by Samuel Peter.
David Haye has once again attacked the contract demands of the Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir. He continues to claim the two brothers are making unreasonable demands in the contracts presented to him.
There is a very good chance that WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward will defend his title against Glen Johnson in the semi-finals of the Super Six Boxing Classic. According to a report in Golzka, the current point standings will allow both Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch to enter the semi-finals of the tournament. Their fight is happening on November 27 in Helsinki, Finland.
The World Boxing Council has finally sorted out the mess in the middleweight division. The winner of Sergio Martinez vs. Paul Williams, set to clash for the WBC middleweight title on November 20, must face the interim-champion Sebastian Zbik in their very next fight. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is the WBC silver champion at 160. If he decides to remain at middleweight, he can press for the next mandatory title shot. If Chavez decides to go back to 154 or turns down the opportunity, then the winner of the final eliminator between David Lemieux and Marco Antonio Rubio would become the next mandatory challenger.
The President of the International Boxing Federation (IBF), Daryl Peoples, spoke to Alexander Pavlov and explained the reasoning for Alexander Povetkin being dropped from the top-fifteen of the organization's heavyweight rankings. Povetkin was dropped after his handlers turned down an invitation to participate in the IBF's tournament to set a mandatory challenger to Wladimir Klitschko.
The WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is a little nervous over Dereck Chisora's legal troubles. The undefeated British challenger is scheduled to appear at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on November 10, which is only four weeks before his fight with Klitschko in Mannheim, Germany. Chisora is going to appear for sentencing on theft and assault charges. The assault charge alone carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison and/or a fine.