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With Povetkin out, Rahman signs to challenge heavyweight champ W. Klitschko

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Monday, November 3, 2008

When heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin tore a ligament in his foot last week and withdrew from a Dec. 13 fight against unified titleholder Wladimir Klitschko, the hunt was on for a new opponent. All along the leading candidate was former champion Hasim Rahman, and Monday night the deal was signed after several days of hard negotiating. Rahman, a former two-time titleholder, will take Povetkin's place and challenge Klitschko at the SAP Arena in Manheim, Germany. Terms of the deal were ...

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