IBF I/C heavyweight champ Kubrar Pulev, 14-0, is set to make the first defense of the title he won against Travis Walker in October. Pulev will take on Hamburg-based Ukrainian veteran Taras Bidenko on the Arthur Abraham/Robert Stieglietz doubleheader in Offenburg on January 14. Pulev suffered bad cuts against Walker. And while he was an exellent amateur, he seems to have left his best days there and hasn’t proved himself in the pros read more ...

We are glad to present you very rare video of spectacular heavyweight clash between ex-champ WBA Nikolay Valuev and young Ukrainian prospect (at that time) Taras Bidenko, wich took place in 2002 in Seoul, South Korea read more ...

John Ruiz 226 vs. Adnan Serin 214.5 Sergei Liakhovich 232.8 vs. Jeremy Bates 231.4 Robert Helenius 248.8 vs. Taras Bidenko 215.4 Alexander Frankel 193.4 vs. Kelvin Davis 196.2 Francisco Palacios 197.3 vs DeLeon Tinsley 200 read more ...

In a emotionally charged clash of heavyweight contenders who are also stablemates, Universum fighter WBA #5 Denis Boytsov (25-0, 20 KOs) impressively TKO’d WBA #2 ranked stablemate Taras Bidenko (26-3, 12 KOs) of Spotlight Boxing in round six. After a slow first round, the heavy hands of Boystov began to take their toll. The bout finally ended in round six after a brutal assault by Boystov put Bidenko on the deck. Time was 2:00 read more ...

Jürgen Brähmer 174.6 vs Antonio Brancalion 174.6 European light heavyweight championship and WBC light heavyweight semi-final eliminator Denis Boytsov 220.4 vs Taras Bidenko 218.2 WBA Intercontinental heavyweight championship and WBO European heavyweight championship read more ...

On June 6th, European light heavyweight champion Jürgen Brähmer (32-2, 26 KOs) plans to showcase his skills against mandatory challenger Antonio Brancalion (32-6-2, 8 KOs) as he gears up for another world title shot. The bout will be seen by a huge live TV audience on ZDF as well as a packed house in Oberhausen’s König Pilsener Arena. At today’s press conference in Hamburg, Brähmer said “Brancalion is very difficult to box read more ...

Matt Skelton didn't just lose the Commonwealth title last Saturday night in Birmingham in his upset loss to Martin Rogan. He was also stripped of the EBU heavyweight title. Mandatory challenger is undefeated Alexander Dimitrenko, who now will fight the highest available challenger for the vacant title. Rogan's promoter Frank Warren is going to push for Rogan to get a crack at the vacant EBU title read more ...

Anselmo Moreno (22-1-1, 8 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko (21-1-2, 7 KOs) via unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Burg-Wächter Castello in Düsseldorf, Germany. It was a technical fight with the much taller Moreno prevailing by scores of 116-113, 116-112 and 116-112. Sidorenko's world title reign ended in his seventh defense read more ...

In the co-feature, Taras Bidenko defeated Cisse Salif by unanimous decision over twelve one-sided rounds. Bidenko was in control throughout the fight, landing crisp and clear combinations nearly at will. Salif seemingly waited for counter opportunities but rarely took them. He was looking to end the bout with one big punch. However, Bidenko was too quick and his defense was too good for the slow Salif, who, overall read more ...

WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (28-2-1, 12 KOs) retained his world title with a twelve round draw with mandatory challenger Randy Griffin (24-1-3, 12 KOs) in a very tough fight on Saturday night at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle/Westfalen, Germany. Sturm had a good first round, landing sharp jabs and a nice uppercut. Griffin was aggressive, but had problems getting past Sturm's peek-a-boo defense. Griffin upped read more ...