
Don King Preparing Lawsuit Against Povetkin, Ryabinsky
According to overseas sources, veteran promoter Don King is preparing to gain a measure of revenge by filing a lawsuit against his promotional rival Andrei Ryabinsky of Russia.
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According to overseas sources, veteran promoter Don King is preparing to gain a measure of revenge by filing a lawsuit against his promotional rival Andrei Ryabinsky of Russia.

Olympic gold medal winner and former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin has maintained that he did not use banned performance enhancing substances and does not know how steroids entered his body.

Alexander Povetkin didn’t win the WBC interim heavyweight title Saturday, nor did he win many fans worldwide. He did beat Johann Duhaupas, a last-second substitute for Bermane Stiverne. Russia’s Povetkin stopped France’s Duhaupas in the sixth round of a scheduled 10-round, non-title fight at the Ekaterinburg Expo in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

According to World of Boxing CEO Andrei Ryabinsky, who promotes Alexander Povetkin (30-1-0, 22 KO’s), a deal was indeed reached with Johann Duhaupas (34-3, 21KOs) to replace Bermane Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Ekaterinburg Expo Center in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

According to sources with knowledge of the situation, there are ongoing to discussions to have Johann Duhaupas (34-3, 21KOs) replace Bermane Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Ekaterinburg Expo Center in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

WBC Silver heavyweight champion Johann "Reptile" Duhaupas (34-3) will defend the title against Carlos Takam (33-3-1) January 28 but where isn´t set yet. Both Duhaupas and Takam are based in France but purse bids for the right to stage the fight were won by Italian promoter OPI since 82 (formerly OPI 2000), who promote Takam.

At the WBC's official purse bid for Alexander Povetkin-Bermane Stiverne - which was held on Friday at the agency's offices in New York City - there was another purse bid which took place for the WBC Silver heavyweight title held by Johann Duhaupas - and mandatory challenger Carlos Takam.

As previously reported, Anthony Joshua will make the first defence of his IBF world heavyweight title on June 25 in London with his opponent to be announced at a later date.

Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland - Former heavyweight world title challenger Johann 'Reptile' Duhaupas (34-3, 21 KOs) knocked out previously unbeaten Robert 'The Nordic Nightmare' Helenius (22-1, 13 KOs) in six rounds to capture the vacant WBC silver heavyweight title.

As previously reported, heavyweight contenders Robert 'the Nordic Nightmare' Helenius (22-0) of Finland and Frenchman Johann 'Reptile' Duhaupas (33-3) will collide for the vacant WBC Silver championship on April 2 at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland.