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Abel Sanchez, the experienced trainer of former heavyweight champion Samuel Peter, is predicting a quick knockout win over WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday in Germany. Peter meets Klitschko for the second time. Five years ago Peter lost a unanimous decision but knocked Klitschko down three times in the fight.
It's been reported in Golzka that IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (30-3, 27KOs) has reached a deal to fight undefeated contender BJ Flores (24-0, 15KOs) on November 17. The fight will be officially announced on Tuesday at a press conference at Star City in Syndey, Australia. There is going to be a press tour which is going to last several days. The fight will be shown on Australian pay-per-view.
WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko took some time out to speak with Konstantin Ustyantsev about the rematch against Samuel Peter on December 11, the situation that took place with Alexander Povetkin being replaced and David Haye's refusal to make a deal for a fight.
According to a report from Valentin Talanov, former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (48-7, 39KOs) will return on the WBA's big show in Panama on October 2 at the Arena Roberto Duran. Rahman will be involved in an eight round contest against journeyman contender Marcus McGee (22-17, 11KOs). Heavyweight Timur Ibragimov (29-2, 16KOs) has been added to the show in a fight against former cruiserweight contender Luis Pinedo (21-8, 18KOs).
In a recent interview, former 140-pound champion Andriy Kotelnik discussed some of the recent happenings in his division and last month's decision loss to WBC/IBF champion Devon Alexander in St. Louis. Kotelnik still feels the judges took away a victory from him in the champion's backyard.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is tired of what he calls "excuses" coming from the mouth of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. Last week the British fighter released a video where he explained the reasons for his failure at the negotiating table with the Klitschkos. He said the two brothers were greedy and refused to give him a percentage of the money coming from their deal with German television network RTL.
Multiple sources in the Russian press are reporting that Vitali Klitschko may defend his WBC heavyweight title against top contender Tomasz Adamek in March 2011. Reports claim that Klitschko adviser Shelly Finkel has discussed the possible fight with Adamek's promoter. The date being reported is March 12, 2011 and Madison Square Garden in New York City is the rumored venue.
Russian undefeated bantamweight Alexander Bakhtin (25-0, 11KOs) was not pleased with Wladimir Klitschko's public display at a press conference which took place several weeks ago in Germany. Before the international press, Klitschko ridiculed his then opponent Alexander Povetkin, who was unable to attend the press conference. Klitschko brought used a cardboard figure of Povetkin to kick around insults and used a marker to bruise up the face of the cardboard figurine.
Once WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is finished with his next title defense, on October 16 in Germany against Shannon Briggs, he won't sit at the table with WBA champion David Haye. Instead Vitali wants to revisit discussions with Nikolai Valuev for a fight. Vitali tried to make a fight with Valuev for the last few months. Valuev rejected an original offer of $2.5 million dollars. He then turned down $1.5 million dollars but later agreed to accept the amount. After the two fighters agreed to the purse, they couldn't agree on the revenue split from the German and Russian television networks
According to the official website for Boxing Federation of Russia, two-time Olympic gold medal winner, 26-year-old lightweight Alexey Tishchenko, will miss the amateur championships that are going to start on September 16 in St. Petersburg, Russia. According to his coach Leonid Kisselev, this was a forced decision. Tishchenko is having an issue related to the the cervical vertebrae, and it requires immediate medical intervention. It becomes the second year in a row where Tishchenko will be absent from Russia's big amateur competition. He still plans on participating in the 2012 Olympics with a goal of winning a third gold medal. Tishchenko is pound for pound one of best amateur boxers in the world.