WBA #9 light welterweight Mendoza (33-7-2, 21 KOs) came in to fight and was giving the Russian fits for the first four rounds. Later on, Khabib began to dominate in power exchanges and finally put him down in the sixth with a straight left hand to the head. Mendoza got up but never recovered, and the fight was stopped at 0:27 of the seventh by referee Alexander Kalinkin read more ...

Famous Ukrainian light heavyweight Vitaliy Rusal (24-1-0, 17 КО) who box under banners of «K2 East Promotions» not long ago returned from Germany where he spent a fortnight sparring with leading boxers of German promotional company «Universum Box Promotion». After he came back Vitaliy spoke with our website journalist about his impression of the German fight club and its leading boxers – Alexander Alexeev, Ruslan Chagaev, and Zsolt Erdei and about his plans for the nearest future as well read more ...

The November 28 “Universum Champions Night” card in Oberhausen, Germany featuring the rematch between heavyweight contenders Alexander Dimitrenko and Luan Krasniqi has been cancelled after Krasniqi suffered a pulled ligament in his right foot while training. “I am very disappointed,” said Krasniqi read more ...

Another boxing highlight on the November 28 “Universum Champions Night” card at the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. WBA #2 rated super middleweight Dimitri Sartison (25-1, 16 KOs) will face #3 Stjepan Bozic (23-3, 14 KOs) will meet for the vacant WBA super middleweight championship as Mikkel Kessler has been elevated to super champion read more ...

Universum Box-Promotion has confirmed the November 28 clash between WBO #4 cruiserweight Alexander Alekseev (18-1, 16 KOs) and #1 ranked Grigory Drozd (32-1, 24 KOs) on the huge “Universum Champions Night” at the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. Headlining that show is the rematch between heavyweight contenders Alexander Dimitrenko and Luan Krasniqi read more ...

Fightnews has learned that two of the best Russian cruiserweight contenders Alexander Alekseev (18-1, 16 KOs), who is promoted by the Universum Box-Promotion, and German Titov’s Grigory Drozd (32-1, 24 KOs) will collide in an explosive all-action crossroader on November 28 in Oberhausen, Germany. The fight will be scheduled for twelve rounds. Drozd’s WBO Asia Pacific and the vacant WBO European 200lb belts are going to be put at stake read more ...

Top-rated cruiserweight Grigory Drozd (32-1, 24 KOs) became the first ever to stop the ultra durable American Darnell “Ding-a-Ling Man” Wilson (23-9-3, 20 KOs), scoring the eleventh-round stoppage in a foul-filled one-sided slugfest on Thursday night at the “Dynamo” Sports Arena in Moscow, Russia. Drozd dominated the whole fight with his precision yet hard punching, barely losing a single minute in any round and stalking read more ...

The October 28 "Universum Champions Night" in Stuttgart showcases boxing's biggest division as seven of the ten scheduled bouts feature heavyweights. In the main event, WBO Intercontinental champion Alexander Dimitrenko (22-0, 13 KOs) defends against Argentina's Gonzalo Omar Basile (25-1, 12 KOs). Also, International German heavyweight champion Taras Bidenko (19-2, 10 KOs) will face long-reigning 43-year-old German read more ...