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The «Captain» returns to the cruiserweight division. It will be the ninth time that Marco Huck (34-2, 25 KOs) will put his WBO title on the line when he steps into the ring on May 5. Huck still has fond memories of the Messe Erfurt, having won his previous fight at the same venue against the American Matt Godfrey back in August 2010 by KO in the fifth round read more ...

According to the World Boxing Organization, a deal has been reached for a cruiserweight bout between WBO champion Marco Huck and mandatory challenger Ola Afolabi. The WBO annnounced that a scheduled purse bid was canceled by the promoters. Huck (34-2, 25 KOs) will face Afolabi (19-2, 9 KOs) on May 5th in Erfurt, Germany. They previously fought in December 2009, with Huck winning a close twelve round decision read more ...

Ola Afolabi (19-2-3, 9 KOs), originally from Nigeria but now representing the United Kingdom, is once again the «interim» WBO world cruiserweight champion. It became clear after Afolabi, 31, had taken the Russian contender and former interim titlist himself Valery Brudov (39-4, 28 KOs) to school in devastative fashion. Referee Gino Rodriguez saved Brudov from his own bravery after the fifth round and rightfully so read more ...

Terry Dunstan was left to ponder retirement after suffering a brutal first-round knockout defeat by Ola Afolabi on the big David Haye vs. Wladimir Klitschko card in Hamburg on Saturday night. The 42-year-old former British champion had hoped to line up one final major fight, but Afolabi quickly extinguished his ambitions with a huge right hand in the opener. Following the win, Afolabi called for a fight with hard hitting Denis Lebedev, among several others read more ...

Here are complete weights from o2 World Hamburg, Germany, for tomorrow night’s Klitschko vs. Briggs fight: Vitali Klitschko 251 vs. Shannon Briggs 262.5 (WBC heavyweight championship) Alexander Ustinov 309 vs. Oezcan Cetinkaya 220.5 read more ...

Enzo Maccarinelli has been handed a title lifeline by promoter Frank Warren in the form of an EBU cruiserweight title tilt against Russia’s Alexander Kotlobay on April 27 at the Yubileiny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Enzo suffered a nightmare 2009, losing by stoppage to Ola Afolabi and Denis Lebedev read more ...

WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (27-1, 20 KOs) scored a close twelve round unanimous decision over interim champ Ola Afolabi (14-2-3, 6 KOs) at the Ludwigsburg Arena, in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Scores were 115-113, 115-113, 116-112 for Huck who often hammered Afolabi on the ropes and was the aggressor read more ...

Marco Huck 196 vs Ola Afolabi 196.4 (WBO cruiserweight championship) Alexander Povetkin 221.6 vs Leo Nolan 230.4 Dominik Britsch 159.6 vs Cleber Argente Alves 159.8 (IBF Youth middleweight title) read more ...

"The Nordic Nightmare", Finnish-Swedish 10-0 heavyweight prospect Robert Helenius is sidelined with a hand injury after his tko in four win over Taras Bidenko Saturday night in Nuremberg. This means his December 5 fight against former WBO champ Lamon Brewster is off. Taking Robert´s place is EU champ Francesco Pianeta read more ...

According to sources in Germany, BoxingScene.com has learned that Marco Huck will make the first defense of his WBO cruiserweight title against interim-champion Ola Afolabi. The fight will take place in Germany in December or early January. On Saturday night, Huck won the title from Victor Ramirez with a unanimous decision in Germany. Afolabi captured the interim belt in March when he upset read more ...