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After ducking heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko since 2008, Alexander Povetkin is now apparently ready to face him. It took him long enough. Sauerland Event, which promotes second-tier titlist Povetkin, said on Wednesday that it hopes to mak...

Alexander Povetkin barely broke a sweat in the third defense of his heavyweight title Saturday, blowing out faded former champion Hasim Rahman in Germany.

Former heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman is still hanging around, but there's reason to doubt that he's taking seriously what likely will be his final title opportunity -- Saturday's bout with Alexander Povetkin.

For the third time in three fights, there will be a new voice in the corner of heavyweight titlist Alexander Povetkin. Kostya Tszyu, the Hall of Fame former undisputed junior welterweight champion, is training Povetkin for the third defense of his...

Former junior welterweight champ Amir Khan, 25, won't get to take another run at Lamont Peterson (who got popped for performance enhancers) on July 14 in Las Vegas, but landing replacement foe Danny Garcia -- an undefeated 24-year-old junior welter t...

Whether or not Manny Pacquiao is becoming increasingly distracted by outside interests or, at age 33, is finally starting to slow down inside the ring, many experts believe Timothy Bradley Jr. could be the biggest threat to the welterweight champ in ...

The best way to celebrate a highly satisfying weekend of boxing action? How about a week's worth of killer coverage ahead of Saturday's Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto junior middleweight title bout in Las Vegas? To kick things off, "Friday Nigh...

There had been no public clamoring for a rematch of the controversial first fight between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson, but next Saturday we'll get one nonetheless. On the bright side: It's an event whenever Hopkins fights at this point, Dawson is...

A boxing fan learns quickly it is sometimes best to be satisfied with small victories. It makes ample sense to book the fight all of us are hungering for, Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao, but for some reason, that isn't occurring. So rather than ...

I tried logging on to Boxrec.com last night and couldn't get on. So I couldn't take a deeper look at the record of Cristobal Cruz, the not-so-sterling record of the underdog in the main event of this week's "Friday Night Fights," which unfolds at Dov...

Robert Helenius put Sergei Liakhovich to sleep, and the "Nordic Nightmare" keeps adding former champions to his list of victims in the heavyweight division

Alexander Povetkin's team put Teddy Atlas in a tough spot ahead of Saturday's title fight with Ruslan Chagaev, but the trainer couldn't let his young heavyweight charge face the challenge alone.

Your weekly random thoughts ... • OK, I get it: the scoring in the Olympics stinks, as NBC's Bob Papa, Teddy Atlas, Jim Gray and Fred Roggin have reminded me every single day of the tournament. Did anyone expect anything different? I...

Who misses Teddy Atlas? Not "Friday Night Fights" blow-by-blow announcer Joe Tessitore -- well, not yet at least.

Jason Estrada made some mistakes early in his career. Now, he's making the decision to be better -- and it all starts in his head.

Boxing fans can expect a little bit of everything from "Friday Night Fights" in 2008.