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German boxing legend Dariusz Michalczewski has made a prediction that heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek will stop the much bigger Michael Grant in the late rounds of their fight on Saturday. Michalczewski says Grant was a force over ten years ago, not no longer.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko revealed to Germany publication Bild, that he reached an agreement to face former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs on October 16 at the O2 World in Hamburg, Germany. The fight will be shown live on German television network RTL.
According to a report in Golzka, promoter Don King contacted HBO and told the network if they approve Andriy Kotelnik as the opponent for WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto on October 2, he guarantees the former champion from Ukraine will break the unbeaten streak of Berto.
In a recent interview with the Russian press, former junior welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik said he discussed last Saturday's performance with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in St. Louis. Mayweather was a special ringside guest of promoter Don King. He watched the contest between Kotelnik and WBC/IBF 140-pound champion Devon Alexander. Kotelnik made a good showing but lost a twelve round unanimous decision to the champion. There have been debates on which fighter should have received the decision
According to Allboxing.ru, IBF #1 ranked middleweight Roman Karmazin (40-3-2, 26 KOs), 37, will be fighting IBF #7 and WBO #13 Daniel Geale (23-1, 14 KOs), 29, in his next contest, which will also be a final International Boxing Federation eliminator in the middleweight division.
On July 29 in Philadelphia, unbeaten heavyweight Alexander Povetkin took part in an exhibition bout with former heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon. During four rounds of action, Povetkin dropped Seldon three times. After taking punishment and hitting the mat for the third time, the referee waved off the contest and handed Povetkin a TKO win which doesn't count on his official record.
The WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has advised Alexander Povetkin to cure his fears by meeting with Mikhail Vinogradov, a famous Russian psychiatrist. Povetkin was Klitschko's mandatory challenger since 2008, but a fight could never get finalized.
WBA heavyweight champion David Haye says there is no fear of fighting WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko. Haye says his rival from Ukraine will never get a chance to execute the "pizza face." Klitschko wants to batter the face of Haye until it resembles a pizza with sausage and ketchup.
Heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin has been knocked out of the IBF's top ten rankings. Povetkin was the mandatory challenger to WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. He won an IBF elimination tournament in 2008 with a decision against Eddie Chambers. A fight against Klitschko for the later part of the year was postponed after Povetkin injured himself in training.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is having trouble getting an opponent to step up for his next fight. Speaking with Golzka, Klitschko says a proposal for a fight with Tomasz Adamek was turned down, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is not returning calls and former champion Nikolai Valuev wants too much money to make the fight happen. Vitali is most interested in the "Russian Giant" Valuev. There are issue with making the fight happen. Vitali says Valuev's co-promoter Don King is standing in the way of the fight with his numerous additional demands during the negotiations.