{"id":5826,"date":"2010-12-02T12:52:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T17:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=5826"},"modified":"2010-12-02T12:52:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T17:52:41","slug":"alexander-povetkin-vs-nicolai-firtha-set-for-december-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=5826","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Povetkin Vs Nicolai Firtha Set for December 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=5826\" href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=5826\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-566\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"alexander povetkin header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/alexander-povetkin-header11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Unbeaten WBA\/WBO #4 rated heavyweight Alexander Povetkin (20-0, 15 KOs) returns on December 18. The former amateur world champion and Olympic champion will meet Nicolai Firtha (19-7-1, 8 KOs) in a scheduled ten-rounder at Berlin\u2019s Max Schmeling Halle. Povetkin is trained by Teddy Atlas, who believes his protege needs a little more seasoning before challenging Wladimir Klitschko, nevertheless, a world championship fight is still in sight for Povetkin. \u201cFirtha\u2019s fighting style and size similar to Wladimir Klitschko. In this respect, the fight in Berlin is a good test,\u201d he said. Headlining the Sauerland Event card is WBO world cruiserweight champion Marco Huck against mandatory challenger Denis Lebedev.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=542\">RSR is Now Hiring Entertainment Writers (Last 2 Slots Open) and Photographers (2 Slots Open) <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unbeaten WBA\/WBO #4 rated heavyweight Alexander Povetkin (20-0, 15 KOs) returns on December 18. The former amateur world champion and Olympic champion will meet Nicolai Firtha (19-7-1, 8 KOs) in a scheduled ten-rounder at Berlin\u2019s Max Schmeling Halle. Povetkin is trained by Teddy Atlas, who believes his protege needs a little more seasoning before challenging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[985,105,1049],"class_list":["post-5826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-alexander-povetkin","tag-boxing","tag-nicolai-firtha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5826"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}