Fight Rakhim Chakhkiev W KO 1 (8) Chris Thomas

Olympic gold medal winner and top cruiserweight contender, Rakhim Chakhkiev (12-0, 9Kos), is reportedly going to undergo elbow surgery on Thursday in Boberg, Germany. No information has been provided on how long it will take for the talented boxer to recover. Chakhkiev returns from the most impressive win of his career, a ten round unanimous decision over Alexander Kotlobay (21-3), which happened on Saturay in Hamburg read more ...

On the 28th of January at the five-star luxury hotel Grand Elysee in Germany, undefeated cruiserweight prospect Rakhim «The Machine» Chakhkiev (11-0, 9KOs) will get his toughest test to date in WBC Baltic champion Alexander Kotlobay (21-2-1, 15KOs). Chakhkiev has started training hard at Universum’s new gym in Hamburg. The young prospect is sparring with several boxers, including his former rival Lukasz Rusiewicz (10-11, 3KOs). Chakhkiev fought Rusiewicz twice, in July 2010 and December 2010, and twice the Polish fighter was able to last the distance read more ...

Unbeaten cruiserweight Rakhim Chakhkiev (11-0, 9KOs) has placed a target on the WBO champion Marco Huck, who may move up to the heavyweight division. After his recent title defense, Huck discussed the possibility of leaving the cruiserweight class to pursue possible fights against the Klitschko brothers read more ...

Heavyweight Rakim Chakhiev kept his unbeaten streak intact by scoring a 3rd round knockout of journeyman Harvey Jolly. After brutalizing the torso of Jolly and scoring a knockdown in the second, Chakhiev (10-0, 8 KOs) crushed Jolly (11-17-1) with a right cross in the third as Jolly took a knee and opted to be counted out by referee Joe Cortez. Time of stoppage was 2:18 read more ...

Firat Arslan 199 vs. Steve Herelius 196 (WBA Interim cruiserweight championship) Ina Menzer 126 vs. Jeannine Garside 125 (WIBF/WBC/WBO fenale featherweight championship) Rachim Tschachkijew 199 vs. Lukasz Rusiewicz 199 Jack Culcay 155 vs. Omar Siala 155 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 ...

Unbeaten WBA #5, IBF #8, WBC #10, WBO #10 rated heavyweight KO artist Denis Boytsov (26-0, 21 KOs) scored a seventh round TKO over Jason Gavern (18-6-3, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at the Stadthalle in Rostock, Germany. Boytsov floored Gavern in round one with a huge right hand. Gavern was on the deck again in round two from a left hook to the chin and then was given a standing eight count later in the round read more ...

Universum Box-Promotion’s “Universum Champions Night” event on October 10 card at the StadtHalle in Rostock, Germany will feature unbeaten heavyweight KO artist Dennis Boystov, title defenses by popular female world champions Susi Kentikian and Ina Menzer, the the debut of Olympic gold medalist Rakhim Chakhkiev. The unbeaten Boystov (25-0, 20 KOs) is currently rated WBA #5, WBO #6 and WBC #10 by world sanctioning bodies and is coming off a brutal KO of then WBA #2 rated Taras Bidenko read more ...

2008 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist and amateur standout Rakhim Chakhkiev has inked a promotional contract with Universum Box-Promotion. Chakhkiev will join the training group of famed Universum trainer Michael Timm at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, and will campaign as a pro in the cruiserweight division read more ...

Rumors are circulating that 2008 Beijing Olympics heavyweight gold medalist for Russia Rakhim Chakhkiev is close to signing a deal with famed German promotional powerhouse Universum Box-Promotion. According to several sources, Chakhkiev will be in attendance for tomorrow’s Universum boxing event in Bremen, Germany, and will later a meeting with Klaus-Peter Kohl read more ...