Fight Kubrat Pulev W UD 8 (8) Yaroslav Zavorotny

Unbeaten heavyweight Kubrat Pulev (16-0, 8 KOs) claimed the vacant European title with an eleventh round KO over 6’7 Alexander Dimitrenko (32-2, 21 KOs). Pulov outworked Dimitrenko, who seemed to lose his confidence as the bout progressed. The end came in the eleventh when Pulev put Dimitrenko down for the count with a jab. Time was 2:59 read more ...

The fight for the vacant EBU heavyweight title between Alexander Dimitrenko and Kubrat Pulev, that was planned for March 31 in Kiel, will now reportedly go ahead May 5 in Erfurt. Sauerland´s Kiel show features Arthur Abraham vs. Piotr Wilczewski as the headliner and in the chief support Eduard Gutknecht will defend the EBU light heavyweight title against Tony Averlant read more ...

Sauerland Event was the sole bidder at Monday´s purse bids in Rome for the ordered fight between ex-champ Alexander Dimitrenko (32-1, 21KOs) and unbeaten Kubrat Pulev (15-0, 7KOs). The EBU ordered both boxers to battle for their vacant heavyweight title read more ...

As reported last week, the European Boxing Union announced that heavyweights Alexander Dimitrenko (32-1, 21 KOs) and Kubrat Pulev (15-0, 7 KOs) would battle for the vacant EBU heavyweight title. The belt was vacated when champion Robert Helenius had to undergo shoulder surgery, which is going to require several months of rehabilitation read more ...

Promoter Kalle Sauerland of Sauerland Event, who was very instrumental in the organization of the original Super Six super middleweight tournament, would be interested in organizing a heavyweight version of the Super Six read more ...

In his first bout following his disastrous Super Six tournament performance, former world champion Arthur Abraham (33-3, 26 KOs) scored a fifth round KO over Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias (19-2, 11 KOs) in a clash for the WBO European super middleweight title on Saturday night at the Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany. After a slow four rounds, Abraham opened up in the fifth and dropped Farias three times to end it read more ...

IBF I/C heavyweight champ Kubrar Pulev, 14-0, is set to make the first defense of the title he won against Travis Walker in October. Pulev will take on Hamburg-based Ukrainian veteran Taras Bidenko on the Arthur Abraham/Robert Stieglietz doubleheader in Offenburg on January 14. Pulev suffered bad cuts against Walker. And while he was an exellent amateur, he seems to have left his best days there and hasn’t proved himself in the pros read more ...

EBU cruiserweight champ Alexander Frenkel will defend the title on October 22 in Halle / Westfalen, Germany, against mandatory challenger and Sauerland Event stablemate Enad Licina read more ...

Promotional firm Sauerland Event won Monday’s purse bid for the right to promote Kubrat Pulev (12-0, 6KOs) against Martin Rogan (14-2, 7KOs) for the vacant EU heavyweight title. Pulev vs Rogan i scheduled to go forward on August 27 in Germany. Pulev, already at age 30, is being moved quickly with victories over veterans Dominick Guinn, Zack Page, Derric Rossy, Paolo Vidoz and Darren Batchelder read more ...

Unbeaten heavyweight and Olympic gold medalist Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Nicolai Firtha (19-8-1, 8 KOs). Povetkin pressed the action the entire fight and was a clear winner, but Firtha was competitive until the end. Scores were 98-92, 100-90, 99-91. After the fight, Povetkin said he suffered a possible broken right hand in round one read more ...