Upcoming heavyweight fights August-Dec 2011

**ChopperRead** · 07-30-2011, 04:04 PM

Yes, while it has become a reflex action among some people to put down the HW division, the truth is that it has been in comeback mode in 2011, with some very good matchups being made.

**paulf** · 08-01-2011, 10:50 PM

Interesting few months ahead, I'm actually really excited for Tua-Barrett II. Dimitrenko-Sprott will also be pretty good.

Pretty interested to see how Johnson and Boystov look.

**IRISH LULLABY** · 08-06-2011, 09:50 AM

I'm interested in only eight of those fights, which is actually not so bad considering the lack of worthy challengers in the division to Wladimir's crown.

Thank you for the update nevertheless.

**ChopperRead** · 08-11-2011, 12:01 PM

Originally posted by Freedom.

Added Odlanier Solis-Varol Vekiloglu to opening post.

(edit: also added Vyacheslav Glazkov's fight in the US on Aug 27,

and David Price vs. John McDermott at the Liverpool Olympia on Nov. 5.

Do you know if Tua-Barrett is on a PPV here? I thought Dan Rafael said it was, but I'm not sure about it. Hopefully we can get a stream if not. Their first fight was very entertaining.

**Medved** · 08-15-2011, 08:33 AM

Nice post.! Nice to see something informative instead of the usual "omg chek floyd training omg skills pay kills!

**The Big Dunn** · 08-15-2011, 08:36 AM

Originally posted by Freedom.

This year has been a better one for heavyweight matchups than 2010, when there were very few interesting matchups. We've had some better matchups like Helenius-Peter, Sosnowski-Dimitrenko, Fury-Chisora and of course Klitschko-Haye. Fights coming up:

August:

19th: Amir Mansour-Dominick Guinn

20th: Travis Kauffman-Bert Cooper

26th: Erkan Teper-TBA

27th: Alexander Povetkin-Ruslan Chagaev (for the WBA "world" title)

27th: Sergiy Lyakhovich-Robert Helenius

27th: Deontay Wilder-Dominique Alexander

27th: Vyacheslav Glazkov-TBA

27th: Travis Walker-Kevin Burnett

27th: Seth Mitchell-Mike Mollo

September:

2nd: Carlos Negron-TBA

3rd: Kevin Johnson-TBA

3rd: Danny Williams-Alfred Cole

3rd: Manuel Charr-Serdar Uysal

10th: Vitali Klitschko-Tomasz Adamek (for the WBC heavyweight title)

10th: Devin Vargas-Andrzej Wawrzyk

10th: Oliver McCall-Bert Cooper

24th: Alexander Dimitrenko-Michael Sprott (for the European heavyweight title)

24th: Denis Boytsov-TBA

24th: Vyacheslav Glazkov-TBA

24th: David Rodriguez-TBA

In September but date undetermined: Dereck Chisora-TBA

October:

7th: Tye Fields-TBA

14th: Odlanier Solis-Varol Vekiloglu

22nd: Kubrat Pulev-Martin Rogan (EBU-EU HW title)

29th: Mariusz Wach-TBA

29th: Eddie Chambers-Tony Thompson (IBF final eliminator)

November:

5th: David Price-John McDermott

Wladimir Klitschko-TBA?

This list is good but it shows how bad the HWT division is currently.

**paulf** · 08-16-2011, 08:58 PM

Originally posted by Freedom.

You might be interested in this:

I just learned Mike Perez has turned down Tyson Fury's offer and will instead be fighting TBA on the McCloskey-Prescott card on September 10.

I figured Perez wouldnt take the offer. Heavyweights will be thinking twice about fighting Fury after the Chisora fight.

**The Hammer** · 08-18-2011, 08:34 AM

Odlanier Solis has told the media in Miami he will NOT be fighting until 2012.

His knee has not yet fully healed and the proposed fight in October will not be happening.

**The Big Dunn** · 08-25-2011, 09:40 AM

The more you edit the worse this list becomes. Not your fault but the talent level here sucks.

Upcoming heavyweight fights August-Dec 2011