Unbeaten heavyweight and Olympic gold medalist Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Nicolai Firtha (19-8-1, 8 KOs). Povetkin pressed the action the entire fight and was a clear winner, but Firtha was competitive until the end. Scores were 98-92, 100-90, 99-91. After the fight, Povetkin said he suffered a possible broken right hand in round one read more ...

Odessa - Towering (6'8'') Russian heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov (21-0, 16 KOs) showed some considerable refinement but ultimately failed to impress in his twelve-round unanimous decision over Italian veteran Paolo Vidoz (26-9, 15 KOs) moments ago at Odessa Palace of Sports read more ...

The second boxing tournament of a newly created K2 Ukraine promotional group, led by Klitschko brothers and managed by general director Olexander Krasyuk, is set to go at Sport Palace of Odessa on the northern shores of the Black Sea. This show will be performed tomorrow (starting 7 PM LT), and today a weigh-in has been conducted for the majority of future participants read more ...

Albert “The Dragon” Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KOs) is a new European (EBU) heavyweight champion after a workmanlike tactical decision over Italian veteran Paolo Vidoz (26-7, 15 KOs) on Friday night at the famous York Hall in London, England. Sosnowski, who was coming off a memorable draw against Francesco Pianeta and a destruction of Danny Williams, was the busier and quicker pugilist throughout the whole contest read more ...

Heavyweight Matt Skelton (22-2, 19 KOs) claimed the vacant European heavyweight championship with a ninth round stoppage of former Olympic medalist Paolo Vidoz (25-6, 14 KOs) on Friday night at the famed Palalido, Milan, Lombardia, Italy. Vidoz did not come out for round ten. In other action, jr welterweight Gianluca Branco (42-2-1, 22 KOs) retained his Euro title with a ninth round TKO of Juho Tolppola (21-5-1, 9 KOs) read more ...

Turkish national hero Sinan Samil Sam (31-3-1, 16 KOs) and Paolo Vidoz (25-4-1, 14 KOs) battled to a twelve round draw in a battle for the vacant European heavyweight title on Friday night at the Bueyuek Anadolu Hotel in Ankara, Turkey. Sam pressed the action and landed the heavier shots, but Vidoz' quick hands scored, as well. Sam closed strongly, having his best round in the twelfth. Both fighters had previously held read more ...

Originally Arena Box-Promotion had planned to present heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis in the USA on May 17th, 2008 but the Cuban Olympic gold medallist was denied a visa. Now Arena's attorneys have tried again to get "La Sombra" into the US but the Consulate in Berlin denied the application again. Apparently the US authorities presume the three-time world amateur champion could stay in Miami like his fellow defectors read more ...

The European Boxing Union has officially announced Sinan Samil Sam (29-4-0) and Matt Skelton (21-2-0) as fighting for the vacant European heavyweight championship. Sam previously held the belt from October 2002 until February 2004 when he lost it to Luan Krasniqi. For Skelton it will be his first shot at the EBU title. The Commonwealth champion drew public attention recently with his point loss against WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev read more ...

European heavyweight champion Vladimir Virchis (23-1, 19 KOs) retained his title with a twelve round unanimous decision over former titlist Paolo Vidoz (23-4, 12 KOs). Scores were 119-109, 116-112, 117-111 for Virchis, who had knocked out Vidoz in the sixth round of their previous fight read more ...

On July 15, the Color Line Arena should again become a caldron of emotions. After the spectacular ring battles featuring Dariusz Michalczewski and Luan Krasniqi, Hamburg fight fans can gear up for the return of Felix Sturm. On March 11 of this year, the venue housed a huge crowd that saw the current WBA middleweight champion begin his second world title reign by dethroning Maselino Masoe read more ...