Hamburg, Germany, Grand Elysee Hotel — Former WBA cruiserweight king Firat Arslan (32-5, 21KOs) stopped Argentinian Orlando Antonio Faris (23-11) in two of a scheduled ten-rounder. Farias went down twice from southpaw left hooks to the body and was under pressure against the ropes when stopped read more ...

Universum Heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev (27-2-1 (17)) is reputed to get back in the ring even this year. The Uzbek said after his defeat against Povetkin that he wants to fight once more this year. "For me it is regardless of whether boxing eight or ten rounds. All I want is fighting. I need the practice. Next year, I want to rise in the official rankings to get a new World Championship bout read more ...

Former champion David Haye (25-2, 23KOs) is one of the names being considered as a future opponent for Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15KOs), who hold’s the WBA’s «regular» heavyweight title. Haye has been inactive since the July decision loss to WBO/WBA/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko read more ...

The former WBA world heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (27-2-1, 17 KOs) is planning to return before the end of the year. Two weeks ago in Germany, Chagaev suffered a twelve round unanimous decision loss to undefeated Alexander Povetkin. Chagaev took the fight after a long layoff and wants to stay very busy to sharpen his skills read more ...

Former four time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (44-10-2, 29KOs) has issued his request to fight the WBA’s new «regular» champion Alexander Povetkin in the fall. Holyfield sat ringside at Erfurt, Germany on Saturday night and watched Povetkin win a twelve round decision over Ruslan Chagaev to capture the title. Once the decision was announced, Holyfield, 48-years-old, entered the ring to give his congrats read more ...

Unbeaten heavyweight Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KOs) scored a twelve round unanimous decision over former WBA titleholder Ruslan Chagaev (27-2-1, 17 KOs) to claim the vacant WBA «regular» heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Messehall in Erfurt, Germany. A very close fight over the first five rounds. Chagaev seemed to be coming on in the sixth and seventh. Povetkin had a strong round eight while Chagaev suddenly read more ...

Klaus-Peter Kohl, promoter of WBA mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev, says a lawsuit against the WBA is a possibility. «Ruslan is still the WBA mandatory challenger for world champion David Haye,» Kohl told abendblatt.de. "I’m curious to see how the WBA justifies allowing Haye to take a title unification against Wladimir Klitschko. We will not simply accept this...the WBA sanctioned an eliminator, which Ruslan boxed in and I paid the fees. We demand this to be respected and not circumvented read more ...

The WBA won’t comment, and both Universum and Sauerland claim they are in the dark. The situation with the WBA heavyweight title is very unclear. It´s difficult to see the WBA sidestepping its mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev, and at the same time it´s impossible to see them force champ David Haye to fight Chagaev before taking on Wladimir Klitschko. A Chagaev vs. Alexander Povetkin read more ...

There could some additional trouble in store for WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. BoxingScene.com has obtained a letter from the British Boxing Board of Control, dated June 4, 2009, which clearly states that mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev would not be approved to box in Great Britain. Hayes team has raised their concerns regarded the British Board approving Chagaev due to his struggles with Hepatitis B read more ...

DAVID HAYE has started talks to defend his world title against Ruslan Chagaev at the end of May. The WBA champion is hoping contracts for the bout in England can be agreed within a fortnight after Wladimir Klitschko pulled the plug on their proposed unification clash read more ...