Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-5, 45 KOs) scored his second first round KO in less than a week on Friday night at the Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. This time it took Briggs 98 seconds to demolish Rob Calloway (70-12-2, 57 KOs). Briggs dropped Calloway three times before the bout was waved off. Briggs knocked out Dominique Alexander in 20 seconds last Saturday night in New York City read more ...

Top rated heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev gave an impressive example of his punching power when he destroyed Rob Calloway with two consecutive left hands in the second round. read more ...

Universum-promoted heavyweight from Uzbekistan Ruslan Chagaev (photo right), 18-0-1 (15), weighed in at 106 kg prior to his rematch tomorrow against American Rob Calloway, 56-5-1 (43), 95 kg, at Zenith in Munich, Germany. Chagaev and Calloway fought to a technical 3rd round draw on Oct. 5, 2002, after an accidental headbutt opened a deep cut on Calloway’s eye in round two. Also on this Universum Box-Promotion fightcard is a championship read more ...

Universum's unbeaten heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev, former amateur world champion and known as the White Tyson, will face the All-American Prizefighter Rob Calloway for ten or less rounds in Munich on January 7, 2006 (ZDF TV airs live, follow www.boxing.de for details and reports). Chagaev is originally from Uzbekistan and fights out of Hamburg, Germany. He is trained by Michael Timm, who also trains Felix Sturm and world champions Sergej Dzindziruk (WBO Superwelter) and Wladimir Sidorenko (WBA Bantam). read more ...

Ukrainian heavy Aleksander Dimitrenko has been forced to withdraw from the fight against Rob Calloway January 7 in Munich. Replacing Dimtrenko is his Universum stablemate, Ruslan Chagaev. Russian heavy Alexander Alexeev, a World champ in the amateurs, makes his pro debut on the undercard. read more ...

On the first Universum Box-Promotion show next year, scheduled for January 7, undefeated heavyweight sensation Alexander Dimitrenko, 20-0 (12), will take on American veteran Rob Calloway, 56-5-1 (43), at Zenith of Munich, Germany. Boxing.de contacted the man from St. Joseph, MO, and found out what he expects from his fight in Germany and how he feels about his read more ...

The heavyweight division is currently going through a radical change. In need of a new generation people want to see hot prospects – like the 23-year-old undefeated Hamburg based Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko, 20-0 (12). After the retirement of Vitali Klitschko it’s his countryman Dimitrenko who wants to fill the gap in the heavyweight division. The highly skilful 6-foot-7 law student is already holding three international titles and has set his read more ...