News - Hasim Rahman

The WBC has now received sufficient votes from its Board of Governors to declare Hasim Rahman the undisputed WBC heavyweight champion of the world. The WBC will make it effective when all the votes are received and prepare an official ceremony to present Hasim Rahman as the champion. The Board of Governors will also meet in the near future to decide the next steps in the division, specifically who Rahman will be required to fight read more ...

- Rock,do you get any money when he pull out of these fights?If it was Lennox he would sue his ass.How frustrating is it for you for him to keep doing this to you. HASIM_RAHMAN: It's always opportunities for more money out there. All I want is the belt. If he never shows up I'm going to get the belt one way or the other - Hey Hasim - do you plan on fighting again within the next 2 months or are you going to continue to let Vitali drag you down in delays ? HASIM_RAHMAN: Yeah, as of now I plan on fighting in the next two months. read more ...

GL: April 30, June 18, July 23, November 12 and now who knows? How do you feel about the fourth postponement of this fight? "As I told you, I knew Colonel Sanders was going to quit before ten rounds. I just thought he make it to the ring before he decided to bow out. I think it has to be obvious to all of the Klitschko fans that their guy doesn't want to fight me. I'm the most dangerous guy out there for him to fight and he knows he's not ready read more ...

32 year-old Rahman looked in great physical condition at 236lbs and Barrett had tipped the scales at 224lbs, but it was a very slow start to the opening round. The former heavyweight champion moving forward and Barrett shuffling backwards but with few punches thrown. The crowd booed the lack of action in round 2 with the fight pattern being the same. Rahman coming forward, Barrett moving on the outside and read more ...

- You and Monte are good friends. Will this make it a little bit tougher to go all out on him?Because 2 friends are standing in the way of the others dreams.Or are you just gonna see him as another guy not a pal trying to take something from you? HASIM_RAHMAN: Monte signed the contract first. I'm not going to try to do anything to Monte that he's not going to try to do to me. He wants to win this fight in impressive fashion and so do I. I'm going to impose my will. read more ...

Hasim "The Rock" Rahman, 40-5-1 (33), is just weeks away from his significant showdown with heavyweight Monte "Two Gunzs" Barrett, 31-3, (17), but all of the talk surrounding Rahman has to do with his on again, off again, world title challenge against Vitali Klitschko. It has been reported that the winner of the Rahman/Barrett clash will challenge Klitschko for the title on September 24th, allowing just six weeks in between bouts to prepare. For his part, Rahman sees no problems with the proposed timeline. read more ...

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko would like to make one thing perfectly clear: He has always wanted to fight Hasim Rahman. “I read things, but I do not believe what I am reading,” Klitschko said. “Three months ago (April 20), a press release was sent out on my behalf stating that I would be ready to fight again in September. It included a letter from my doctor, Dr. Hyun Bae read more ...

What's good Rock? The WBC stood up and formally notified Klitschko that he would have to make his mandatory next, how do you feel about that? "It's definitely a relief, there's a lot of time before the fight so there's no excuses. Monte knows what he has in front of him and I know what I have in front of me. We're both professionals and at this point there can't be no excuses. read more ...

The WBC Board of Governors has rejected a request for an exception by WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and voted to force Vitali to face the winner of the August 13 Hasim Rahman vs Monte Barrett clash unless a step-aside agreement can be reached. It was announced earlier this week that Klitschko had an agreement in principle to face Calvin Brock on HBO September 24. read more ...

Disregarding the possibility that he might be stripped of his World Boxing Council title and disregarding challenges to his manhood, Ukrainian heavyweight Vitali Klitschko was expected to finalize a contract last night to fight Calvin Brock in September instead of higher-ranked contenders Hasim Rahman or Monte Barrett. read more ...