Ruslan Chagaev

Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KOs), of Kiev (Ukraine) and Hamburg (Germany), participated yesterday in a media work out in his training camp in Austria. He discussed his upcoming WBO, IBF and IBO title defense against WBO #1-ranked mandatory challenger Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KOs), of Philadelphia. The eagerly anticipated heavyweight championship will take place on March 20 at ESPRIT arena Düsseldorf, Germany read more ...

IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko wants his next title defense to again take place before a big crowd at a soccer stadium. “I want my next fight at the end of March against mandatory challenger Eddie Chambers in a soccer stadium in Dusseldorf,” Klitschko told Bild read more ...

Famous Ukrainian light heavyweight Vitaliy Rusal (24-1-0, 17 КО) who box under banners of «K2 East Promotions» not long ago returned from Germany where he spent a fortnight sparring with leading boxers of German promotional company «Universum Box Promotion». After he came back Vitaliy spoke with our website journalist about his impression of the German fight club and its leading boxers – Alexander Alexeev, Ruslan Chagaev, and Zsolt Erdei and about his plans for the nearest future as well read more ...

Heavyweight contender Monte Barrett, the man who stepped in the ring with both David Haye and WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev, is picking the 7'2 Russian giant to retain his title on Saturday night in Germany. Valuev stopped Barrett in eleven rounds, while Haye put him away in five read more ...

Former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev, currently rated #1 by the WBA, will now be trained Universum trainer Magomed Schaburow. Since 2003, “The White Tyson” had been trained by Michael Timm, who formed him into a world champion. “I’ve had a difficult time with my Achilles tendon injury, the cancellation of the fight of Helsinki and the defeat in Schalke,” stated Chagaev. “Now I’m looking for new impulses in training read more ...

The latest WBA Ratings published have confirmed Nikolai Valuev as the undisputed WBA Heavyweight Champion. The Russian Giant is listed as the sole heavyweight champion, with Ruslan Chagaev having been moved to the number one spot of the rankings. Furthermore, Chagaev is not considered “champion in recess” any more. “We welcome the WBA´s decision,” said Chris Meyer, General Manager of Team Sauerland read more ...

Heavyweight contender David Haye has fired back at WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Haye was scheduled to face Klitschko on June 20. He withdrew with a back injury and was quickly replaced by undefeated Ruslan Chagaev, who Klitschko stopped after nine rounds in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Klitschko dominated Chagaev from start to finish but the fight was far from exciting read more ...

Wladimir Klitschko again proved his dominance of the heavyweight division, stopping Ruslan Chagaev in a hastily put together title fight Saturday night before 61,000 fans at a German soccer stadium. The IBF and WBO champion added the Ring Magazine belt to his haul, knocking Chagaev down in the second round and opening a cut over the Uzbekistan-born fighter’s left eye in the eighth read more ...

IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KOs) scored a dominant tenth round TKO over previously unbeaten WBA heavyweight champion in recess Ruslan Chagaev (25-1-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday night in front of 60,000+ at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Klitschko controlled the first round with his jab and dropped Chagaev with a huge right hand in round two. Round three was all Klitschko read more ...

An assortment of belts will be on the line for this weekend’s overseas battle between top heavyweights Wladimir Klitschko and Ruslan Chagaev (Saturday, ESPN Classic, 5PM ET), including the vacant lineal heavyweight championship. One belt that will not change hands, regardless of the fight’s outcome, is the WBA’s trinket read more ...