Chagaev vs. Valuev rematch - Entire Show Called Off!

[BattlingNelson]

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Translated:

Mäki: Tolppola may still fight on Saturday

Finnish boxers might be seen on Saturday after all

- Juho Tolppola may still fight on Saturday, stated boxing trainer Pekka Mäki.

The other four Finnish boxers who had prepared for Saturday evening may still fight on Saturday despite the heavyweight world title fight between Ruslan Chagaev and Nikolai Valuev being cancelled.

According to Mäki the issue will be cleared up on Saturday.

http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/muutlajit2008/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/muutlajit/2009/05/888511?nyrkkeily

Everything erupted after the organizers of the show demanded Chagaev to take a physical. Blood tests were taken on Thursday in a Helsinki hospital and the results were received on Friday.

Universum is confused about the situation because according to it there has never been any problems in the last five years. According to the organization all physicals have been passed previously.

http://www.iltalehti.fi/urheilu/2009...80122_ur.shtml

So here Universum claims they didn't know. I'm sure this will be solved soon. It cannot be that difficult to find out if Chagaev has been ill for some time.

[mrpain81]

We'll there goes my Saturday afternoon plans..

Ooooooh welllll

[Hitman932]

So here Universum claims they didn't know. I'm sure this will be solved soon. It cannot be that difficult to find out if Chagaev has been ill for some time.

Of course they knew, only a fool would believe otherwise.

Hep-B is not a hard disease to identify in the body.

There is no way that Chagaev has had major surgeries without bloodwork bringing this to light.

My guess is the surgical team who fixed his achilles were made well aware of his Hep-B and then paid well to shut the hell up about it.

[BattlingNelson]

It's been long rumoured that he has Hep-B and they have steadfastly denied it.

Now it is clear that he does. His Hep-B obviously didn't just disappear and then come back so how can Universum possibly not know about it?

I don't see any possible way that this could be a surprise to them. My guess is they thought they had figured out a way to mask it.

It also puts into question the German officials who allowed Chagaev to fight against Drummond.

They want guys like Kelly Pavlik to come over there and fight and they are not even willing to ensure that a fighter can enter the ring without the chance of contracting a potentially fatal disease.

Yeah it's difficult to believe that Universum didn't know.

FYI if Pavlik should be brought over to Germany it would be to fight Sturm if its Universum. Abraham fights for Sauerland who goes about their business differently.

[The Buzz]

I think it's pretty safe to say that Chagaev is done as a top heavyweight.

[cyutetrick]

deng there go my plans hahahaha.. **** this fight from the day it was made, perro angulo v cintron and berto v. urango were my plans anyways, and game 6 cavs magic if i can catch it

[REMOVED SHARK 97]

**** Dude, this has ruined my plans.

Damn.

[Hitman932]

Yeah it's difficult to believe that Universum didn't know.

FYI if Pavlik should be brought over to Germany it would be to fight Sturm if its Universum. Abraham fights for Sauerland who goes about their business differently.

I understand the different promotors involved here but the reality is this kind of thing will create a perception about fighting in Germany not about fighting a Universum fighter.

If the something similar happened here in the USA I don't think it would satisfy Euro fans to say "Well it's no big deal to come here to fight Pavlik cause it was Goosen-Tutor who paid off the Doctors not Top Rank.......

[Derranged_]

We'll there goes my Saturday afternoon plans..

Ooooooh welllll

deng there go my plans hahahaha.. **** this fight from the day it was made, perro angulo v cintron and berto v. urango were my plans anyways, and game 6 cavs magic if i can catch it

**** Dude, this has ruined my plans.

Damn.

Me four; I've grown to love Saturday afternoon boxing. It beats staying up all night to watch HBO...

[MJ406]

real bummer

so does Ruiz get the next crack at the WBA belt?