Tony Bellew has stepped in to face big rival Nathan Cleverly this Saturday at The O2 in London. Bellew, 28, will challenge for Cleverly’s WBO light heavyweight title after Braehmer was stripped of the title and the Welshman installed as champion. Following yesterday’s events when Braehmer pulled out of his fight against Cleverly by failing to arrive in London and then later claiming a cut eye read more ...

WBO light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer will not be able to defend his title against interim titlist Nathan Cleverly on Saturday in London after a cut suffered in training reopened on Tuesday. Braehmer will not be traveling to London today as scheduled read more ...

James DeGale and Nathan Cleverly have been sparring this week ahead of their May 21 fights at the O2 Arena. Cleverly has traveled to Essex to go dozens of rounds with British super-middleweight champion DeGale. The sparring is rumoured to have been full on, with both boxers looking sharp read more ...

According to promoter Frank Warren, the WBO has ordered light heavyweight champion Jürgen Brähmer to start negotiations with interim champion Nathan Cleverly. Warren hopes to stage the fight in the UK, possibly in March. Brähmer was scheduled to face WBA champion Beibut Shumenov in a unification fight last week in Kazakhstan, but had to pull out due to illness on late notice. It’s now unlikely that bout will be rescheduled read more ...

The world light heavyweight champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), and local idol, Beibut Shumenov, successfully defended his title with a six round technical knockout over three-time former world champion William Joppy at the Ice Palace in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. read more ...

A terribly upset and disappointed WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Beibut Shumenov was in near shock to learn that his scheduled opponent for Saturday night Shumenov: Braehmer Doesnt Deserve To Be Champions unification fight, WBO titlist Juergen Braehmer, left Shymkent last night without informing or explaining why he has pulled out of The Unification. read more ...

WBO light heavyweight world champion Jurgen Brahmer arrived back in Germany from Kazakhstan today at 9AM. He and BDB President Thomas Putz were immediately rushed from Hamburg Airport by ambulance to the Asklepios Klinik in Hamburg St. Georg. Brähmer and Pütz both received infusions and their strength is slowly coming back according to Dr. Michael Ehnert read more ...

Light heavyweight titlist Jurgen Brahmer, citing illness, packed up and left Shymkent, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, forcing his unification fight with Beibut Shumenov to be called off, promoter Dan Goossen told ESPN.com. Germanys Brahmer and Shumenov, who is from Kazakhstan but is now based in Las Vegas, were due to meet on Saturday read more ...

WBO light heavyweight champion Jurgen Brahmer (36-2, 29 KOs) was forced to pull out of Saturdays unification clash with WBA champion Beibut Shumenov (10-1, 5 KOs) in Shymkent, Kazakhstan due to an acute gastrointestinal illness. Brahmer and BDB President Thomas Pütz, another member of the five-person German delegation both fell ill. A few hours after arrival in Shymkent, both came down with severe diarrhea with nausea and severe vomiting which lasted all night read more ...

Goossen Tutor Promotions and KZ Event Productions announced today that WBA and IBA World Champion Beibut Shumenov and WBO World Champion Juergen Braehmer will meet in a Light Heavyweight World Championship Unification showdown January 8, 2011 at the Ice Mansion in Shymkent, Kazakhstan read more ...