British heavyweight contender Joe Joyce picked up the biggest win of his now 8-fight pro career last night in hammering out a fleshy but game Bermane Stiverne.
It’s the title fight that will not go away: Manuel Charr, holder of a version of the WBA heavyweight title, against long-time inactive contender Fres Oquendo.
Here we go again. Manuel Charr is the latest name fighter to get busted for taking illegal stimulants, steroids in this case.
WBA World Heavyweight Championship PPV on September 29 in Germany – Charr vows to knock out Oquendo, wants Joshua next.
On September 29th, WBA World Heavyweight Champion Manuel Charr defends his title against mandatory challenger Fres Oquendo at 16,000 seat LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany.
In terms of world heavyweight champions, only Rocky Marciano and Gene Tunney went out on top, as undefeated heavyweight kings (Tunney had lost a fight down at light-heavy, to the unimaginably tough Harry Greb, later avenging the defeat).
Everyone knows there are just two world heavyweight champions right now: WBA/IBF/WBO ruler Anthony Joshua and WBC boss Deontay Wilder, but this will not stop the winner of the upcoming fight between Manuel Charr and Fres Oquendo from calling themselves a “world champion,” the winner of the May 4 fight walking away with the “regular” WBA belt currently held by “Diamond Boy” Charr.
Despite the legitimacy of the belt he won with his unanimous decision win over the towering Alexander Ustinov on Saturday night, Lebanon-born Manuel Charr made one quite astonishing comeback.
Tonight in Germany, Manuel Charr won a 12 round unanimous decision over the huge Alexander Ustinov. Winning by commanding scores of 116-111, 115-111 and 115-112 Charr improved to 31-4(17), Ustinov fell to 34-2(25).
The heavyweight division has been booming in recent times and this Saturday night BoxNation subscribers will be able to watch Alexander Ustinov and Manuel Charr clash for the vacant WBA World Championship exclusively live.
WBA #2 rated heavyweight contender Alexander Ustinov and #4 Manuel Charr met for a press conference in Cologne, Germany, today to announce their fight on November 25th at 10,000 seat Koenig-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany.