Undefeated young light heavyweight prospect Ismayl “The Black Russian” Sillakh (11-0, 10 KOs) has signed a promotional agreement with Roy Jones, Jr.’s Square Ring Promotions, it was announced today by Chief Executive Officer John Wirt. “We’re extremely excited about signing this kind of young talent,” said Wirt 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 ...

Just like the millions watching on TV, promoter Wilfried Sauerland could not believe his eyes. "Not in my wildest dreams would I have expected something like that," the manager enthused following the Russian Giant´s shut-out victory over highly-rated ex-champ Sergey Liakhovich. "He finally showed what he is capable of doing. That was the best Valuev ever." In a WBA eliminator in Nurnberg, the biggest and tallest champion read more ...

In a WBA heavyweight eliminator, seven-foot former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev (48-1, 34 KOs) scored a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over former WBO heavyweight champ Sergey Liakhovich (23-3, 14 KOs) on Saturday night at the Nuremburg Arena in Nuremburg, Germany. As promised by trainer Alexander Zimin, Valuev looked much more polished as he dismantled Liakhovich. After a close first round read more ...

Nikolai Valuev 321.8 vs Sergey Liakhovich 250.8 (WBA heavyweight eliminator) read more ...

Wilfried Sauerland has praised Nikolai Valuev´s shape ahead of his WBA eliminator against Sergey Liakhovich on Saturday night. The German manager has no doubts the Russian Giant will celebrate his 48th victory and win a rematch with Ruslan Chagaev. "Both Valuev and Liakhovich are very strong," he said at today´s press conference. "But I know that Niko has looked great in practice. For me he is the best heavyweight read more ...

Russian Giant poised for Saturday's WBA eliminator against Liakhovich Seven-foot former WBA world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev and his trainer Alexander Zimin arrived at Nuremberg Airport today at about 1:30PM after flying in from Berlin for Saturday's WBA heavyweight eliminator against former WBO world champ Sergei Liakhovich. "I want my belt back," proclaimed the largest and heaviest boxing champion of all time read more ...

Boxingtalk recently reported that Sauerland won the purse-bid for your elimination bout with former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev. Can you give us some thoughts on the fight now that it's official? "I'm actually very happy right now. I'm staying focused and it will be a great fight." read more ...

The WBA Championships Committee has unanimously ordered an elimination fight between former world champions Nikolai Valuev and Sergei Liakhovich to determine the official challenger to WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev. The negotiating period for Valuev-Liakhovich commenced today and will end on November 2. Should the parties not reach an agreement by November 2, the Championships Committee will hold a purse read more ...

Sergei Liakhovich (23-2, 14 KOs) and his manager, Ivaylo Gotzev, say they're enraged at recent press releases from John Ruiz challenging Liakhovich to fight him this weekend. Liakhovich and Ruiz are #s 2 and 3 in the current WBA ratings. Gotzev gave Liakhovich's side of the situation: "The original offer, until a few days ago, was for two ex-champions to fight each other without any guarantees that it would read more ...