On September 29, 2012, Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KOs), the heavyweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against former world champion Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KOs).
Alexander Povetkin is coming in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Marco Huck, 7 months and 4 days ago. Hasim Rahman is on a 5-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Galen Brown, 1 year, 3 months, and 18 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Alexander Povetkin at 99-1 winning odds. Hasim Rahman really doesn't have much to present against Povetkin.
Alexander Povetkin made very easy work of Hasim Rahman, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. Povetkin improves his record to 25-0 (17 KOs), while Rahman adds a loss to his record at 50-8-2.