According to reports in the Russian press, heavyweights Alexander Dimitrenko (29-1, 19KOs) and Denis Bakhtov (33-5, 22KOs) will fight on July 30 in Yekaterinburg for the vacant EBU title, previously vacated by champion Audley Harrison read more ...

It hardly gets any closer than this. At today’s purse bid for the European heavyweight championship between Alexander Dimitrenko and Denis Bakhtov in Rome, ARENA outbid Universum by only 200,- Euros. ARENA’s offer of 157,000.- Euro were slightly enough to make sure that Universum (156,800.- Euro) cannot stage the fight as planned on their last show with TV partner ZDF on July 31st. Russian promoter German Titov won the purse bid by offering 260,000.- Euros read more ...

In the co-main event and grudge rematch, PABA heavyweight champion Denis Bakhtov (33-5, 22 KOs) again proved his superiority over Steffen Kretschmann (14-2, 13 KOs). Bakhtov made Kretchmann take a knee in round six and continued to punish him until Kretschmann finally quit :46 into round nine, much to the disgust of the local fans. Bakhtov had previously knocked out “Kretsche” in one round last summer read more ...

Riddick Bowe, the 42-year-old former two-time world heavyweight champion, wants to return to action as quickly as possible and has Juan Carlos Gomez, who is expected to fight in Hamburg in March, in his sights read more ...

In a huge upset, previously unbeaten German heavyweight Steffen Kretschmann (13-1, 12 KOs) was unexpectedly knocked out in the opening round on Friday night at the Hermann-Neuberger-Halle in Voelklingen, Germany, by seemingly shop-worn Russian veteran Denis Bakhtov (30-5, 19 KOs), who was however ranked #14 by the WBA read more ...

On December 3, the old Russian city of Ekaterinburg will host possibly its best boxing show in history. Well-known promoter German Titov with the assistance of the Russian Professional Boxing Federation will stage a huge card featuring several of the best post-Soviet fighters with four twelve-rounders for the minor regional belts. Headlining the show will be up and coming Russian junior welterweight KO read more ...