By Phil Santos – Overhandright.com - Saturday night on HBO’s Boxing after Dark the most recent hope for an American Heavyweight champion was vanquished. To make matters worse for the red white and blue the loss came at the hands of yet another promising young Russian in Alexander Povetkin. Read the rest of this entry »
By Per Ake Persson
Berlin, Germany: Russian heavy Alexander Povetkin, 15-0, outscored “Fast” Eddie Chambers, 30-1, over twelve in an IBF
eliminator. There were no knockdowns. It was scored 117-111, 119-109 and 116-112. The early part of the fight was very exciting with Chambers getting off with quick counters against his agressive opponent.
Povetkin was clearly rocked in the first and third but worked hard and gradually took over, in the mid-rounds it was as if Chambers gave it away. He protected himself well but his workrate dropped. Povetkin kept coming, kept a very fast pace and while not that
effective he was winning rounds. In the eighth Chambers came back a little but by now he was tired and not that precise with his punches.
In the co-feature EBU middle champ Sebastian Sylvester outscored French challenger Francois Bastient. It was scored 120-108, 118-109 and 119-108. The challenger was down in the eighth and outboxed throughout. At the same time Sylvester took no risks which for a not very exciting fight.
Cruiser Enad Licina impressed in outpointing tough Czech Lubos Suda over eight. It was scored 79-73, 80-74 and 80-73.
HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 24 – The training camp of WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov is in full swing, and as the champ prepares for his February 23rd unification bout with Wladimir Klitschko in New York’s Madison Square Garden, the action at the South Florida gym affectionately referred to as “Sultan’s House” has been fast and furious, something trainer Jeff Mayweather has been very pleased with.
“Sultan came into this camp in the best shape I’ve ever seen him in, and he’s getting better and better by the day,” said Mayweather. “His speed for a heavyweight still amazes me, and I know Klitschko is not going to be able to handle it on fight night.”
With five weeks to go before the highly-anticipated clash, Ibragimov began sparring this week for the fight of his life, and he couldn’t be happier. Read the rest of this entry »
HOLLYWOOD, FL – Members of Team Ibragimov were treated to a meeting of boxing minds Wednesday when middleweight legend and current light heavyweight champion Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins stopped by the Sultan’s gym to speak with the WBO Heavyweight Champion, who is preparing for his February 23rd unification bout with IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko at Madison Square Garden in New York City.