Aleksandr Povetkin (RIA Novosti / Vadim Zhernov)
The fate of the bout between WBA regular heavyweight champion Aleksandr Povetkin and WBO cruiserweight champ Marco Huck is in doubt after Hasim Rahman team?s claimed it has no legal basis.
Povetkin's mandatory challenger, Hasim Rahman, and his promoter, Greg Cohen, were frustrated by Povetkin?s decision to go forward with Huck, and are now refusing to step aside. Citing WBA rules they claim that Povetkin, who won the title on August 27 in a bout against former WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev, must first meet Rahman, who currently tops the WBA challengers? ranking.
However Povetkin?s manager, Vladimir Khryunov, says his attempts to discuss the matter with Cohen have been rebuffed.
"Rahman's promoter Greg Cohen is very strange. Now I can't contact him. I tried to phone him for 10 consecutive days, to no avail," Boxingscene quotes Khryunov as saying.
Now that the problem looks unlikely to be solved amicably, the World Boxing Association has taken charge of the bout agreement.
"We have sent over the signed contract for the fight between Povetkin and Huck due to be held in Stuttgart on February 25.We hope to have the fight contract approved by the WBA. So it's possible that we'll receive good news about the fight shortly," Khryunov explained.
Earlier, the World Boxing Association agreed to reschedule the bout so that the 32-year-oldRussian could take on Huck.
Meeting Huck has become a matter of principle for Aleksandr Povetkin and his team. After Huck?s controversial win on points against Denis Lebedev of Russia in December 2010, they have repeatedly expressed their determination to get even with the German.
Source: http://rt.com/sport/boxing/rahman-povetkin-huck-bout-wba-667/
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