{"id":22025,"date":"2012-09-24T10:42:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T14:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=22025"},"modified":"2012-09-24T10:45:38","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T14:45:38","slug":"hasim-rahman-alexander-povetkin-ready-for-battle-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=22025","title":{"rendered":"Hasim Rahman – Alexander Povetkin Ready for BATTLE – Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KOs) is looking to defy the oddsmakers once again. More than 11 years since he shocked the world by knocking out Lennox Lewis, \u201cThe Rock,\u201d about a month shy of his 40th birthday, will challenge current WBA champion Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KOs) on Saturday at the Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany. It will be the most significant boxing match of the upcoming week.<\/p>\n

However, the fight against Povetkin will be Rahman\u2019s first fight since June 2011 and his first fight against a world rated opponent since a 2008 TKO loss to Wladimir Klitschko, prompting many to question his readiness, as well as his WBA mandatory challenger status.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been basically writing Hasim off since the start of the promotion,\u201d said Rahman\u2019s promoter Greg Cohen. \u201cHasim isn\u2019t even on the posters for this event. They\u2019ve been making jokes and having fun. But while they were doing that, Hasim has been getting himself into fantastic shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rahman is making no secret of his strategy against Povetkin, who is coming off a shaky performance in his last fight against Marco Huck. \u201cI know what I have to do and that is to knock him out. I know that when I\u2019m at my best, no one can take my power and I will knock him or anyone else out, period\u2026.no fight at this level is easy, but I know that I am 100 percent prepared and so I am supremely confident. The fight will not go the distance. I will KO Povetkin on September 29.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Who do you think will win between Alexander Povetkin & Hasim Rahman?<\/strong><\/p>