World boxing - Interviews

Two-time and reigning World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai “The Russian Giant” Valuev isn’t letting constant trash- talking by 3-time world cruiserweight champion David “The Haymaker” Haye get into his head as he makes final preparations for Saturday’s “David vs. Goliath” world title fight being broadcast in North America live on Pay-Per-View from Nuremberg, Germany read more ...

Jack Loew: If you can't make a fist, and you're not 100%, I'm not going to put him in there. He didn't heal as quick as the doctors thought it was going to be. The bottom line is, I'm not a doctor. I don't know the medical reason why it's not closing. When we get medically cleared, we can fight. That's all I can really say about it read more ...

WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko confirmed that he will not step into the ring this year and that his bout with WBO mandatroy Eddie Chambers is moved to March, 2010. Some rumors say that the fight was moved not only because of Wladimir’s shoulder injury but because HBO has already exhausted their budget for this year and can’t buy broadcasting rights for this bout read more ...

WBО light middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk is leaving Universum Box Promotion and will seek a new promoter in the United States. This year the champion hasn’t fought even once. At first, his bout with James Kirkland had broken down and now the fight with Paul Williams, which was set to take place on October 3, also isn’t going to happen. The American boxer will take on Kelly Pavlik on the same date read more ...

WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev says the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali, are not willing to take any risks in the ring. He says both brothers have avoided him and he doesn't see a fight taking place any time soon. Valuev faces David Haye on November 7 in Germany. Haye was scheduled to fight Vitali Klitschko on September 12 but withdrew before the contract was signed and made a backdoor deal for a shot at Valuev read more ...

eavyweight veteran and two-time world title challenger Fres “The Big O” Oquendo (30-5, 19 KOs) returns to the ring this Friday in quest for another title shot. In his way stands former world champion Bruce “The Atlantic City Express” Seldon (40-7, 36 KOs) read more ...

On Wednesday, RTL went to the Sportschule Hennef to speak to unbeaten WBA heavyweight champion (in recess) Ruslan “The White Tyson” Chagaev in advance of Saturday’s super fight against IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany read more ...

WBA heavyweight champion (in recess) Ruslan Chagaev has arrived in Helsinki, Finland for Saturday’s showdown with Nikolai Valuev. In an interview with boxing.de, the unbeaten Chagaev spoke about fighting in Helsinki, his preparations, his achilles tendon injury, Valuev reclaiming the WBA belt in his absence, and much more read more ...

Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward Heads to Germany on Saturday where he says the hard training will start on Monday for World Champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46KOs). London’s own David Haye (22-1, 21KOs) will challenge for Klitschko's WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on June 20, in the Veltins Arena read more ...

GL: What's the latest and greatest with Dmitriy Salita? "First of all I want to say that I am the WBA #1 contender and I was supposed to be fighting Kotelnik. Now he's fighting Amir Khan, but I've been mandated to fight the winner. I'm here in the Poconos training for May 24 at the Buffalo Bill Casino in Primm, Nevada. Hopefully I fight on the Kotelnik card after that before the winner has no choice read more ...