Povetkin Vs Rahman taken off the Chisora-Haye card!

Alexander Povetkin.

The anticipated heavyweight title fight between Alexander Povetkin and Hasim Rahman has been removed from the show at Upton Park on July 14th, which is headlined by the highly anticipated grudge match between David Haye and Dereck Chisora. Instead the bout has been made the headline fight on a show in Hamburg, Germany on the same night.

Sauerland CEO Chris Meyer claims that the reason they made this decision is because of organisational concerns and potential problems with the TV time. Meyer explained that if the fight took place in London, there was no guarantee that it could be broadcast live in Germany.

This could be the true reason, but it is more much likely that they just didn't want all of the controversy and problems that are surrounding this fight. The fight has attracted a hell of a lot of interest from the fans, positive and negative, but there are some people who do not want this fight to happen. However, many of these people have given up trying now. They have just accepted that this fight is going to happen whether they like it or not.

It unclear now, as to what will be made chief-support on 'Licensed To Thrill' on July 14th. They could bring a big fight in at short notice, but the much more likely solution is that they will boost one of the undercard fights to chief-support and hype it up a lot more than it deserves.

Abraham Vs Stieglitz likely for August 25th...

Robert Stieglitz                                         Arthur Abraham.

According to Chris Meyer (the general manager of Team Sauerland), the highly anticipated fight involving WBO super-middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz and German fan-favourite Arthur Abraham will possibly take place on August 25th. The location and venue will be decided in the near future.

Abraham (34-3,27 KO's) was made the mandatory challenger after British super-middleweight contender George Groves pulled out due to injury. He has already fought twice this year. In his most recent fight with Piotr Wilczewski he had a lot of trouble getting started in the early rounds and it looked as though he was on his way to fourth loss in just seven fights but he managed to dig deep and with the help of his loyal fans he went on to win by a unanimous decision.

Stieglitz has only fought once this year and that was this past Saturday on the undercard of Marco Huck Vs Ola Afolabi. He won a twelve round decision over last-minute step-in Nader Hamdan.

We will keep you posted if anything changes regarding to the date, location and venue. They will all likely be confirmed in the coming days.

Huck gets rematch with Afolabi!

Boxing fans have yet another reason to look forward to May 5th. First we got Mayweather Vs Cotto with Alvarez Vs Mosely on the under-card, and now we have Marco Huck Vs Ola Afolabi for the WBO cruiserweight title.

It will be the second time that these two fighters meet in the ring. Their first meeting came back in 2009 when Huck won a close points decision but Afolabi gave him a very good fight.

Huck will have to lose around 5 kilos to get back down to cruiserweight after his move up to heavyweight to fight WBA champion Alexander Povetkin where he lost in a fight that some people say could have gone either way.

''Now he has to lose 5 kilos. That is something new for him. He has a lot of muscles, so it won't be easy, but we will get it done during the hard preparation'' said Huck's coach Ulli Wegner.

The fight will be held in Erfurt in Germany which Team Sauerland General Manager is very happy about. ''We look forward to fighting in Erfurt again'' he said. '' Huck has great memories of the city. In August 2010, he stopped Matt Godfrey at the Messehalle.''

All the negotiations for the fight have been completed and the contracts are ready to be signed.

May 5th is shaping up to be one amazing night of boxing!