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WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has given his take on the cancellation of battle between Alexander Povetkin of Russia and his brother Wladimir, the champion of the WBO, IBO and IBF. They were due to fight on September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany. Several disputes led to Klitschko replacing Povetkin with Samuel Peter of Nigeria."
Trainer Emanuel Steward said he wasn't concerned with the switch in opponent for Wladimir Klitschko's next fight on September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany. The original opponent Alexander Povetkin was replaced by Sam Peter after a dispute over the contract terms between Povetkin's promoter Sauerland Event and Klitschko's company K2 Promotions.
Some of the contract terms for the heavyweight fight between IBO/WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and previous mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin have been revealed. Their fight was scheduled for September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany. The bout cracked wide open after Povetkin failed to appear at last Monday's press conference in Frankfurt and because Povetkin failed to sign the bout agreement within the 15-day period following the purse bid result.
The fate of heavyweight Alexander Povetkin will be decided next week, says International Boxing Federation (IBF) president Daryl Peoples. The IBF president spoke with Russian reporter Alexander Pavlov and explained the reasons behind Povetkin losing his opportunity to fight IBF/IBO/WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko on September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany.
It was surpising to some, and not surprising to others, but the fight between WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and mandatory Alexander Povetkin fell apart this week. Klitschko and his team have been fuming because Povetkin no-showed Monday's press conference in Frankfurt, Germany.
Contrary to some of the inaccurate reports floating around, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko said there has been some progress in the last few days with making a fight in October against ex-champion Nikolai Valuev. The two heavyweights exchanged insults in the press earlier this week. Klitschko said if the Valuev fight is not signed soon, Shannon Briggs could become a possible option.
WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko spoke with Golzka about the issue with mandatory Alexander Povetkin and the likely new opponent for September 11 in Frankurt, Germany - Sam Peter. Klitschko won a decision over Peter in a 2005 bout, but not before Peter scored three knockdowns.
Vladimir Hryunov, manager of the mandatory challenger for IBF heavyweight Alexander Povetkin, spoke with Russian reporter Alexander Pavlov about the upcoming fight against WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Team Klitschko is very unhappy that Alexander Povetkin missed a Monday press conference in Frankfurt, Germany to announce his championship fight with WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. The fight is set to take place on September 11 in Frankfurt.
Last week, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko issued a video statement on the never-ending negotiations to make a fight with ex-champion Nikolai Valuev. Klitschko said Valuev was "scared" to accept an offer of $1.5 million for an October fight. Valuev issued a quick response to Klitschko's statement. Valuev claimed that he accepted the offer of $1.5 million and it was Klitschko who was running from their fight.