Marco Huck: record, next fight and profile →
WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-1, 25KOs) is very confident that he beat WBA "regular" heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16KOs). Sauerland Event, who promotes both champions, has interest in staging the fight on February 25th.
Former middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (32-3, 26KOs) is in for a tough return on January 14th in Offenburg, Germany. He faces the durable Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias (19-1, 11KOs). Abraham took a moment to talk about several subjects with journalist Alexander Pavlov. One subject was the proposed clash between WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck and WBA "regular" heavyweight king Alexander Povetkin.
Sauerland Event, and their fighters Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16KOs) and Marco Huck (34-1, 25KOs), are very receptive to staging a big event on February 25th. Huck, the WBO cruiserweight champion, would move up to heavyweight to challenge Povetkin for his WBA "regular' heavyweight title. While talks continue, Huck has not signed off on the fight.
It's been two years since Ola Afolabi (18-2-3, 8 KOs), born in London and living in Los Angeles, lost a twelve round decision to Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KOs). Now Afolabi is the mandatory challenger to Huck's WBO cruiserweight title. But now there is talk that Huck will move up in weight to face WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin. If that happens, the belt will become vacant and Afolabi will face another top contender in the rankings. Occupying the second place is Denis Lebedev (23-1, 17 KOs), but a more likely solution is Lateef Kayode (18-0, 14 KOs) and BJ Flores (26-1-1, 16 KOs).
WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-1, 25KOs) is putting on some added muscle for a possible fight with WBA "regular" heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin 923-0, 16KOs) on February 25th in Germany. Huck has reportedly already added 15-pounds of muscle.
Vladimir Hrynov, who acts as Alexander Povetkin’s chief manager, acknowledged that the WBA heavyweight champion of the world (23-0, 16 KOs) could fight WBO cruiserweight king Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KOs) on February 25 in Germany.
WBA cruiserweight champion Guillermo Jones has instructed his promoter Don King to finalize a unification with WBO champion Marco Huck. Jones doesn't have any debates against facing Huck in the his backyard of Germany. Jones wants to stage this contest by the end of April 2012. Jones is recovering from a left hand injury from his recent knockout win over Mike Marrone.
This past Saturday in Helsinki, WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck caused quite a stir when he appeared at Alexander Povetkin's post-fight press conference and issued a challenge to the WBA's "regular" heavyweight champion. Huck wants to move up in weight to challenge for a heavyweight title. Last month he verbally attacked both Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali. Both brothers brushed off his challenge. Povetkin, however, has no problem with facing Huck.
In a recent interview with the “Soviet Sport” media agency, top Russian promoter Vladimir Hrunov, who also acts as heavyweight Alexander Povetkin’s chief manager, fired back at WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck, who publicly challenged the WBA "regular" titleholder after Saturday’s victory over Cedric Boswell in Helsinki.
Helsinki, Finland - On Saturday night, Alexander Povetkin retained the WBA "regular" heavyweight title with an eight round knockout over Cedric Boswell in what was his best performance since the win over Eddie Chambers. Povetkin had some trouble with Boswell in the first but dominated from then on finally hurting the challenger with a left hook and then knocking him out with a right at 2:58. Boswell was trailing 70-63 on two cards and 69-64 on the third after seven.