Povetkin vs Chageav for bogus WBA trinket on Aug 27th

With Wladimir Klitschko´s dominant peformance against David Haye to unify the WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF heavyweight titles this past weekend in Hamburg, it appears to be a foregone conclusion that the WBA will declare him as being the "super champion." This move would leave the "regular" title open for a fight between mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev, and highest ranked available challenger Alexander Povetkin.

Sauerland, who promote Povetkin, confirm negotiations with Universum, who handle Chagaev, for the fight to happen in the coming months.

It´s a good matchup between two guys who a bit below the giant Klitschko brothers and maybe David Haye can fight the winner.

captainanddew wrote:It gets rid of another possible opponent for the Klitschko brothers.

GrantZilla wrote:I just hope Chageav doesn't win. Who the fuck wants to see Wlad-Chageav II?

NJBeatdown86 wrote:I think Haye already turned down a fight against Mr. Hepatitis, not sure if he would bother to take it now. I'd rather see Haye vs. Arreola or Highlander.

Teddy Atlas, trainer of Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15KOs), confirmed BoxingScene.com's recent story, regarding his boxer's upcoming fight against former champion Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17KOs). Atlas confirms the fight is going to take place on August 27th in Germany, with the WBA's "regular" heavyweight title at stake.

"Povetkin will fight Ruslan Chagaev on August 27 in Germany for the WBA title. The WBA is going to make [Wladimir] Klitschko the super champion," Atlas said.

GrantZilla wrote:Povetkin wants to fight Wlad, it's Atlas that doesn't. The same Atlas that all but calls Wlad a bum