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See gallery Five days ahead of their final IBF eliminator in Berlin, top heavyweight prospects Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) and Eddie Chambers (30-0, 16 KOs) shook hands for the first time when they briefly met during today's press work-out

Five days ahead of their final IBF eliminator in Berlin, top heavyweight prospects Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) and Eddie Chambers (30-0, 16 KOs) shook hands for the first time when they briefly met during today's press work-out © fightnews.com

Undefeated Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) is showing no signs of uncertainty in advance of Saturday's huge IBF heavyweight world title elimination bout against fellow unbeaten "Fast" Eddie Chambers (30-0, 16 KOs) at the Tempodrome in Berlin. "This is the biggest fight of my career," Povetkin told Fightnews.com. "It will be the clash of two up-and-coming youngsters. We have both proven our class, but only one can prevail. I have no doubts that it will be me who leaves the ring as the winner." Povetkin won't even concede that "Fast" Eddie is quicker than he is, saying, "We'll only know who is really quicker after the fight!" The bout will mark Povetkin's first appearance on HBO.

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News: Fight Alexander Povetkin -VS- Eddie Chambers

31 Jan 2008 01:01

Q&A: Buddy McGirt!

Why on earth didn't Eddie throw more punches? He had no problem landing his right hand... he had more speed than Povetkin... and he was in better condition. The fight was his to take, but he wouldn't pull the trigger. What happened? You know, I don't know how to answer that question. I've been asking myself the same questions over and over again read more ...

29 Jan 2008 22:51

ALEXANDER POVETKIN W 12 EDDIE CHAMBERS

SOMEONE FORGOT TO TELL CHAMBERS THAT IT WAS A 12-ROUND FIGHT, NOT A SIX-ROUNDER. CHAMBERS OUTLANDED POVETKIN 122-74 IN ROUNDS ONE THRU SIX. POVETKIN THEN GOT IT IN GEAR, OUTLANDING CHAMBERS 127-75 OVER THE LAST SIX ROUNDS, INCLUDING 46-11 IN ROUNDS ELEVEN AND TWELVE. OVERALL, POVETKIN AVERAGED 77 TOTAL PUNCHES THROWN PER ROUN, 31 MORE THAN THE HEAVYWEIGHT AVERAGE. WHY? BECAUSE NOTHING WAS COMING BACK IN RETURN read more ...

27 Jan 2008 01:17

Povetkin-Chambers Results!

Undefeated Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Alexander Povetkin (15-0, 11 KOs) became the mandatory challenger for IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko with an impressive twelve round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten "Fast" Eddie Chambers (30-1, 16 KOs) in a world title eliminator on Saturday at the Tempodrome in Berlin. Povetkin was much busier early and landed the heavier punches, but when he counterpunched read more ...

25 Jan 2008 21:44

POVETKIN-CHAMBERS WEIGH IN

Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11KOs) weighed in at: 227 Eddie Chambers (30-0, 11KOs) weighed in at: 219 read more ...

24 Jan 2008 20:30

Povetkin unveils nickname!

There were two special visitors at the Max-Schmeling-Gym this week when unbeaten heavyweight star Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) presented his new fightname. The 2004 Olympic gold medal winner will now be known as "The White Lion." Between two practice sessions, he took time out to meet two exotic talismans, Amir and Nell. The four-month-old baby lions from the Safaripark Stukenbrock certainly enjoyed playing with the Russian star read more ...

24 Jan 2008 00:30

Povetkin-Chambers Presser!

Russian star Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) is convinced he will beat Eddie Chambers (30-0, 16 KOs) in Saturday's final IBF eliminator and become the next big thing in the heavyweight division. Speaking in front of a packed press conference in Berlin, the 2004 Olympic gold medal winner said: "I am very confident of success. I expect a very hard fight read more ...

29 Nov 2007 18:32

Alexander Povetkin: "I'm Just One Step Away"

Alexander Povetkin and Eddie Chambers will battle out their highly-anticipated IBF eliminator in Berlin on January 26, Sauerland Event confirmed today. After advancing past the first round of the four-way box-off, the two heavyweight hopefuls now clash for the right to challenge IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko. And even though he has just 14 professional fights to his name, Povetkin (14-0, 11 KOs) feels read more ...

27 Nov 2007 01:32

Povetkin-Chambers in Berlin!

The IBF heavyweight final eliminator between Alexander Povetkin and Eddie Chambers is headed to Germany. The bout will take place on January 26th at the Tempodrome in Berlin. Goossen Tutor and Sauerland Event are putting the final touches on the last open points and should have everything finalized tomorrow, at which point the attorneys will draft the contracts. "Dan and I first dealt with each other some nine or ten years ago read more ...