News - Alexander Povetkin

Undefeated Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Alexander Povetkin (15-0, 11 KOs) became the mandatory challenger for IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko with an impressive twelve round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten "Fast" Eddie Chambers (30-1, 16 KOs) in a world title eliminator on Saturday at the Tempodrome in Berlin. Povetkin was much busier early and landed the heavier punches, but when he counterpunched read more ...

Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11KOs) weighed in at: 227 Eddie Chambers (30-0, 11KOs) weighed in at: 219 read more ...

There were two special visitors at the Max-Schmeling-Gym this week when unbeaten heavyweight star Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) presented his new fightname. The 2004 Olympic gold medal winner will now be known as "The White Lion." Between two practice sessions, he took time out to meet two exotic talismans, Amir and Nell. The four-month-old baby lions from the Safaripark Stukenbrock certainly enjoyed playing with the Russian star read more ...

Russian star Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) is convinced he will beat Eddie Chambers (30-0, 16 KOs) in Saturday's final IBF eliminator and become the next big thing in the heavyweight division. Speaking in front of a packed press conference in Berlin, the 2004 Olympic gold medal winner said: "I am very confident of success. I expect a very hard fight read more ...

Undefeated Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) is showing no signs of uncertainty in advance of Saturday's huge IBF heavyweight world title elimination bout against fellow unbeaten "Fast" Eddie Chambers (30-0, 16 KOs) at the Tempodrome in Berlin. "This is the biggest fight of my career," Povetkin told read more ...

Alexander Povetkin and Eddie Chambers will battle out their highly-anticipated IBF eliminator in Berlin on January 26, Sauerland Event confirmed today. After advancing past the first round of the four-way box-off, the two heavyweight hopefuls now clash for the right to challenge IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko. And even though he has just 14 professional fights to his name, Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) feels read more ...

The IBF heavyweight final eliminator between Alexander Povetkin and Eddie Chambers is headed to Germany. The bout will take place on January 26th at the Tempodrome in Berlin. Goossen Tutor and Sauerland Event are putting the final touches on the last open points and should have everything finalized tomorrow, at which point the attorneys will draft the contracts. "Dan and I first dealt with each other some nine or ten years ago read more ...

"I'm excited and ready for the next step," said unbeaten heavyweight Eddie Chambers (30-0, 16 KOs) after registering a narrow twelve-round split decision over Calvin Brock (31-2, 23 KOs) on Friday night in an IBF eliminator. He will now go on to face 2004 Olympic Games gold medalist Alexander Povetkin for a shot at IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. "Povetkin doesn't have a lot of pro fights read more ...

After the victory of Eddie Chambers (30-0, 16 KOs) on Friday night over Calvin Brock (31-2, 23 KOs) in the IBF tournament to name the number-one contender for IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko, the 25-year-old American will face Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) in a final eliminator. Last week, the 2004 Olympic Games gold medalist Povetkin stopped former heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (40-4-1, 21 KOs) read more ...

2004 Olympic gold medalist Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) stopped former IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (40-4-1, 21 KOs) in round eleven on Saturday at the Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany. The IBF heavyweight elimination bout ended when Byrd's corner threw in the towel with Byrd under heavy fire. Up to that point, it was a gutsy effort by Byrd who was seriously outgunned, especially when he got caught on the ropes read more ...