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In early May, Epic Sports along with Top Rank put in the winning purse bid of $1.2 million to stage the fight for the vacant WBA middleweight title between Anthony Mundine of Australia and Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan. Felix Sturm is the WBA "super" champion at middleweight.
The manager for WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, Adam Booth, has advised WBO/IBF/IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko to move forward with a mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin. The IBF gave Klitschko and Haye until May 17 to reach an agreement. The deadline has passed and the 30-day period has begun for Klitschko and Povetkin to reach a deal before a purse bid is ordered. Both parties continue to discuss a potential fight but Booth says it will take several weeks to work out the finanical details, fight date and location, so Klitschko should fight Povetkin while the parties negotiate.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is getting involved in the negotiations to make heavyweight unification between WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBA champion David Haye of England. The IBF's deadline for negotiations passed on Monday. Klitschko's side has been instructed by the sanctioning organization to make a fight with mandatory Alexander Povetkin within 30-days or the fight will go to a purse bid.
Romanian newspaper Crai Nou reports that American television network HBO is pushing for a fight between IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and soon to be contender Kelly Pavlik. The former middleweight champion Pavlik is moving up due to his inability to make the middleweight limit in a safe manner.
According to a report in Golzka, there are continued discussions to make a fight between WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBA champion David Haye. The IBF set a deadline to end negotiations on May 17. As of Monday the 30-day period of negotiations have begun for Klitschko to defend his title against mandatory Alexander Povetkin.
Former heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev is still not sure about the date and location of his next fight. Trainer Alexander Zimin tells Golzka that his fighter is tired of sitting around and may even retire if he continues to do nothing but sit around. Valuev's co-promoter Don King is speaking with Top Rank to make a deal for a final WBC eliminator bout with Odlanier Solis. Zimin said the fight would happen on June 5 but now that date is off and they have no idea when the event will take place. He thinks the fight won't happen until at least the fall.
Saitama, Japan – WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama (15-0, 12KOs) stopped Angel Granados (18-8) of Venezuela in the sixth round to retain his title at Super Arena. After losing every round, Granados was dropped 1:42 into the sixth round when he got caught with a strong hook. He made it to his feet but it was clear the hook hurt him badly and the referee Raul Caiz Jr. stopped the fight.
A recent interview in Golzka confirms an earlier report on BoxingScene.com, where Haye's co-promoter, Chris Meyer of Sauerland Event, was quoted as saying the British boxer prefers a fight with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, instead of facing WBO/IBF/IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Only a few days before the IBF's deadline of May 17 to make a unification fight between champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBA champion David Haye of England. The IBF gave the fighters until May 17 to make a deal or else Klitschko has to fight mandatory Alexander Povetkin or face being stripped if he refuses.
There are rumors that undefeated Russian junior welterweight Denis Shafikov (22-0, 12 KOs) has withdrawn from Tuesday's fight against Luis Acevedo (19-9-1, 11 KOs) at the Varuboden Arena in Kirkkonummi, Finland. Reports suggest Shafikov suffered an injury and a replacement has already been lined up in the form of Willie Pispanen (13-1-2, 4 KOs).