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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
I struggle to see how you walk straight back into an eliminator after loosing two on the bounce
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Welterweight – 12 rounds
Karen Chukhadzhian – 146.5lbs
Paddy Donovan – 146.5lbs
Heavyweight
Peter Kadiru – 240.3lbs
Senad Gashi – 230lbs
Heavyweight
Emanuel Odiase – 245.8lbs
Nick Webb – 279.9lbs
Heavyweight
Viktor Jurk – 264.5lbs
Edwin Castillo – 246.9lbs
Heavyweight
Nelvie Tiafack – 261lbs
Mateusz Munoz de Penha – 239.6lbs
Lightweight
Devrim Goekduman – 134.3lbs
Franklyn Dwomoh – 133.8lbs
Karen Chukhadzhian – 146.5lbs
Paddy Donovan – 146.5lbs
Heavyweight
Peter Kadiru – 240.3lbs
Senad Gashi – 230lbs
Heavyweight
Emanuel Odiase – 245.8lbs
Nick Webb – 279.9lbs
Heavyweight
Viktor Jurk – 264.5lbs
Edwin Castillo – 246.9lbs
Heavyweight
Nelvie Tiafack – 261lbs
Mateusz Munoz de Penha – 239.6lbs
Lightweight
Devrim Goekduman – 134.3lbs
Franklyn Dwomoh – 133.8lbs
Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Brilliant interview with Donovan on Tris Dixon's podcast. Really hope the lad does it, he looked an amazing talent before Crocker so hopefully he can get a win tonight.
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
They must REALLY want him in a title fight
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Paddy Donovan eager to follow in the footsteps of his mentor Andy Lee
Irishman Andy Lee has become one of the sport’s in-demand trainers, but he knows he faces a tough task in Germany on Friday.
First, he has to rally Paddy Donovan from the two defeats his countryman is convinced were unjust. Secondly, he must guide him through a crucial IBF welterweight title eliminator against Karen Chukhadzhian.
A week later his goal is different when, in Giza, Egypt, he has the middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz up against Alem Begic.
His gym also includes light-heavyweight contender Ben Whittaker, who makes his US debut at the end of June, and the veteran heavyweight Joseph Parker.
“The fact is, when you’re winning fights and when you see fighters like Hamzah improving so much, you can learn so much off these guys,” said Donovan, 27. “Ben is a fantastic fighter. Hamzah is a fantastic fighter. So it’s obviously positive to see the gym winning.
“I think Hamzah is going to become a world champion and I think Ben is on the door of stardom. So to be surrounded by such an amazing athlete, some of the best athletes in the world, and trained by Andy is obviously a fantastic feeling.”
Early on in his career, the former WBO middleweight champion Lee was trained by Detroit legend Emanuel Steward. But when Steward became unwell, Lee started working with Adam Booth.
Steward was the mastermind behind the famous Kronk brand, and trained dozens of champions and elite fighters, from Tommy Hearns and Lennox Lewis to Michael Moorer and Hilmer Kenty.
At the time he worked with Lee, he was also coaching heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and the junior middleweight Cornelius Bundrage, and he would have them all move around in the ring together in his gym.
Does Andy have Paddy, for instance, in with the likes of Parker?
“Yeah, well, we’ve done some body sparring, myself and Ben, which is great,” Donovan said. Does Whittaker showboat against him?
“If he could,” Donovan smiled. “I’m on him. I’m sticking nice tight and close to him.
“But, yeah, listen, he’s obviously a fantastic fighter and even in body sparring, the both of us put out some of our hidden moves from our locker, I guess. But we’re so happy and it’s great to be learning off each other.”
And they all sit under the learning tree of Lee, the Limerick southpaw who delivered many thrills and spills in his own championship career. Lee was 35-3-1 (24 KOs) and, by the time he retired in 2017, he had created a knockout highlight reel.
For many, his one-punch knockout of John Jackson at Madison Square Garden in 2014 was the best of the lot, though there were others.
“John Jackson, really,” said Donovan. “It’s always going to be the standout knockout, really. It defines Andy’s career as a fighter, actually. It just felt like being on a Top Rank show, being slightly the underdog in the fight, being on the defense, needing a punch and to take it out of the locker shows an amazing heart; shows an amazing character.
“Sometimes it's not about looking good and getting the knockout. It’s about when you need a knockout, producing big knockouts. And I think Andy was a fighter that could do that. I think that’d be my favorite.”
There was also his slaying of Carl Daniels, and then the violent Las Vegas stoppage of Matvey Korobov to claim his world title.
“Korobov was a great knockout, too,” Donovan said.
“A lot of pressure [on Lee]; a good eastern European fighter. And I think he beat Andy in the amateurs, actually. And to get that knockout the way he did was obviously fantastic, to win a world title, so probably Korobov was probably his best knockout, really, when he looks back at his career.”
When Donovan looks back on his career years from now, he will hope that – like his mentor – he will have a world title on his mantlepiece.
Whether or not that comes against old rival Lewis Crocker, who defeated Donovan for the vacant IBF welterweight belt in September, Donovan does not mind.
“I just want to get back to stardom,” the Irishman said. “I just want to get up, challenging the champions and to get my hands on the world title. Let it be Lewis; let it be [Liam] Paro; let it be whoever has the title.
“I feel like winning this fight, I will become a world champion. And I’d love to fight Lewis again. And I think Croke Park [for Katie Taylor] is coming soon, so to fight Lewis, that would be fantastic. If it’s to happen, it’s to happen. But if it’s not, it’s not. That’s the way it is. But look, my main goal now is to be a world champion.”
Irishman Andy Lee has become one of the sport’s in-demand trainers, but he knows he faces a tough task in Germany on Friday.
First, he has to rally Paddy Donovan from the two defeats his countryman is convinced were unjust. Secondly, he must guide him through a crucial IBF welterweight title eliminator against Karen Chukhadzhian.
A week later his goal is different when, in Giza, Egypt, he has the middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz up against Alem Begic.
His gym also includes light-heavyweight contender Ben Whittaker, who makes his US debut at the end of June, and the veteran heavyweight Joseph Parker.
“The fact is, when you’re winning fights and when you see fighters like Hamzah improving so much, you can learn so much off these guys,” said Donovan, 27. “Ben is a fantastic fighter. Hamzah is a fantastic fighter. So it’s obviously positive to see the gym winning.
“I think Hamzah is going to become a world champion and I think Ben is on the door of stardom. So to be surrounded by such an amazing athlete, some of the best athletes in the world, and trained by Andy is obviously a fantastic feeling.”
Early on in his career, the former WBO middleweight champion Lee was trained by Detroit legend Emanuel Steward. But when Steward became unwell, Lee started working with Adam Booth.
Steward was the mastermind behind the famous Kronk brand, and trained dozens of champions and elite fighters, from Tommy Hearns and Lennox Lewis to Michael Moorer and Hilmer Kenty.
At the time he worked with Lee, he was also coaching heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and the junior middleweight Cornelius Bundrage, and he would have them all move around in the ring together in his gym.
Does Andy have Paddy, for instance, in with the likes of Parker?
“Yeah, well, we’ve done some body sparring, myself and Ben, which is great,” Donovan said. Does Whittaker showboat against him?
“If he could,” Donovan smiled. “I’m on him. I’m sticking nice tight and close to him.
“But, yeah, listen, he’s obviously a fantastic fighter and even in body sparring, the both of us put out some of our hidden moves from our locker, I guess. But we’re so happy and it’s great to be learning off each other.”
And they all sit under the learning tree of Lee, the Limerick southpaw who delivered many thrills and spills in his own championship career. Lee was 35-3-1 (24 KOs) and, by the time he retired in 2017, he had created a knockout highlight reel.
For many, his one-punch knockout of John Jackson at Madison Square Garden in 2014 was the best of the lot, though there were others.
“John Jackson, really,” said Donovan. “It’s always going to be the standout knockout, really. It defines Andy’s career as a fighter, actually. It just felt like being on a Top Rank show, being slightly the underdog in the fight, being on the defense, needing a punch and to take it out of the locker shows an amazing heart; shows an amazing character.
“Sometimes it's not about looking good and getting the knockout. It’s about when you need a knockout, producing big knockouts. And I think Andy was a fighter that could do that. I think that’d be my favorite.”
There was also his slaying of Carl Daniels, and then the violent Las Vegas stoppage of Matvey Korobov to claim his world title.
“Korobov was a great knockout, too,” Donovan said.
“A lot of pressure [on Lee]; a good eastern European fighter. And I think he beat Andy in the amateurs, actually. And to get that knockout the way he did was obviously fantastic, to win a world title, so probably Korobov was probably his best knockout, really, when he looks back at his career.”
When Donovan looks back on his career years from now, he will hope that – like his mentor – he will have a world title on his mantlepiece.
Whether or not that comes against old rival Lewis Crocker, who defeated Donovan for the vacant IBF welterweight belt in September, Donovan does not mind.
“I just want to get back to stardom,” the Irishman said. “I just want to get up, challenging the champions and to get my hands on the world title. Let it be Lewis; let it be [Liam] Paro; let it be whoever has the title.
“I feel like winning this fight, I will become a world champion. And I’d love to fight Lewis again. And I think Croke Park [for Katie Taylor] is coming soon, so to fight Lewis, that would be fantastic. If it’s to happen, it’s to happen. But if it’s not, it’s not. That’s the way it is. But look, my main goal now is to be a world champion.”
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Winter’s coming: German boxing renaissance predicted
German fight promoter Florian Winter believes boxing could be reborn here in the coming years.
Winter said a sold-out crowd of 13,000 is expected on Friday at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim to watch the bill headlined by Irishman Paddy Donovan fighting Ukraine’s Karen Chukhadzhian in an IBF welterweight title eliminator.
It also features a number of German heavyweight prospects that Winter has high hopes for, having secured “home” advantage for his fighter against Matchroom’s Donovan.
“It’s really important,” he said of getting the fight in Germany. “Because for sure it’s not Ukraine, it’s Germany, but we have a lot of Ukrainians here and we have a good relationship to [Chukhadzhian’s] management, and I think it’s a big, big point. It’s always at home where you fight your best fights normally.”
It also signals the continued renaissance of boxing in Germany.
“It’s a big, big step for German boxing because it’s not easy,” Winter said of his efforts to draw big crowds. “The only person who currently does that is [heavyweight contender] Agit Kabayel, but we did it with fighters growing up [like Henry Maske and Axel Schulz].”
He also believes that he might be bringing through “a golden generation of heavyweights”, with Peter Kadiru, 22-1 and who won and lost as an amateur against Daniel Dubois, Emanuel Odiase, 10-0 and who trains with Anthony Joshua, Nelvie Tiafack, 3-0, and the 6ft 9ins Viktor Jurk, who is 13-0.
Winter knows, however, that the fight fans will only come if there is jeopardy in the bouts. He doesn’t want to match his fighters easily, and he said that that is what has caused some of the stagnation in the German boxing market.
“They always want to go the safe way,” the 38-year-old promoter said.
“It’s really old school. They don’t want to risk, but without risk you cannot earn anything, so you need to have good fights. We have really good German prospects.”
He believes that he could have the next dominant era of heavyweights once the British brigade of Dubois, Joshua, Tyson Fury and Fabio Wardley make their exits – although he knows that the landscape includes young stars like Moses Itauma, too.
“It will be a big challenge, UK versus Germany, that’s what we want,” he said. “I’m pretty sure the German market is a sleeping giant. It’s a huge, huge market. We dominated the boxing world for decades, but then I think the problem in Germany was we just formed single icons like the Klitschkos. In Germany, you always talk about going to a boxing fight.
“We want the people to go to a boxing event. We want a big card. For sure, there’s a main event, but we also want to have good co-main events and prelims. I think we need to create also a platform. That’s what we do with the Ringside Zone [my promotional company], and make the platform a star, so that when one boxer leaves, the platform will stay, like the UFC, for example, in the States.”
The First Channel will broadcast in Germany. Winter says that when German boxing went behind the paywalls its audience fell away. With streaming platforms a key part of culture and boxing, he believes that the time is right for its return to the mainstream.
“There are a lot of reasons [for the decline], but I think the main reason is that pay-per-view took over,” he explained. “So, in 2017, you have to pay for sports, and Germany wasn’t approved [ready] for it. We were approved [ready] for free TV, so we don’t want to pay for sports events. But that’s why it’s a good momentum now, because streaming takes over now, and every German household has DAZN, Netflix, Amazon, so we can compete now. This was the main reason, to be honest.”
Winter recognises that Friday’s fight in Mannheim, billed as a Night of Heavyweights, has a 50-50 fight when Donovan and Chukhadzhian meet.
“He’s a really hard worker,” Winter said of Chukhadzhian.
“He has so much discipline, and he’s also a really nice human being. He’s all that you need to be a champion, and I think it’s his biggest chance now to come back, and I’m pretty sure that Mannheim could be the place.”
The comeback Winter refers to is the one Chukhadzhian has been on since his second defeat by the gifted Philadelphian Jaron “Boots” Ennis, whom Kiev’s Chukhadzhian twice travelled to the American east coast to box.
“Maybe it wasn't the right place also,” Winter added, talking of the importance of home advantage.
“I don’t know. Maybe it would be another fight in Germany.
“Paddy is a great fighter, and he has also a great team behind him. [Trainer] Andy Lee is a legend, and I have been in Ireland with Nelvie Tiafack when he sparred [Lee’s heavyweight] Joseph Parker, and they know what they are doing. It’s 50-50, and Paddy is also a great fighter, great guy, so it’s a great match-up. Yeah, I’m a little nervous, but I’m always a little nervous, also because of the other fights [on the bill].”
German fight promoter Florian Winter believes boxing could be reborn here in the coming years.
Winter said a sold-out crowd of 13,000 is expected on Friday at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim to watch the bill headlined by Irishman Paddy Donovan fighting Ukraine’s Karen Chukhadzhian in an IBF welterweight title eliminator.
It also features a number of German heavyweight prospects that Winter has high hopes for, having secured “home” advantage for his fighter against Matchroom’s Donovan.
“It’s really important,” he said of getting the fight in Germany. “Because for sure it’s not Ukraine, it’s Germany, but we have a lot of Ukrainians here and we have a good relationship to [Chukhadzhian’s] management, and I think it’s a big, big point. It’s always at home where you fight your best fights normally.”
It also signals the continued renaissance of boxing in Germany.
“It’s a big, big step for German boxing because it’s not easy,” Winter said of his efforts to draw big crowds. “The only person who currently does that is [heavyweight contender] Agit Kabayel, but we did it with fighters growing up [like Henry Maske and Axel Schulz].”
He also believes that he might be bringing through “a golden generation of heavyweights”, with Peter Kadiru, 22-1 and who won and lost as an amateur against Daniel Dubois, Emanuel Odiase, 10-0 and who trains with Anthony Joshua, Nelvie Tiafack, 3-0, and the 6ft 9ins Viktor Jurk, who is 13-0.
Winter knows, however, that the fight fans will only come if there is jeopardy in the bouts. He doesn’t want to match his fighters easily, and he said that that is what has caused some of the stagnation in the German boxing market.
“They always want to go the safe way,” the 38-year-old promoter said.
“It’s really old school. They don’t want to risk, but without risk you cannot earn anything, so you need to have good fights. We have really good German prospects.”
He believes that he could have the next dominant era of heavyweights once the British brigade of Dubois, Joshua, Tyson Fury and Fabio Wardley make their exits – although he knows that the landscape includes young stars like Moses Itauma, too.
“It will be a big challenge, UK versus Germany, that’s what we want,” he said. “I’m pretty sure the German market is a sleeping giant. It’s a huge, huge market. We dominated the boxing world for decades, but then I think the problem in Germany was we just formed single icons like the Klitschkos. In Germany, you always talk about going to a boxing fight.
“We want the people to go to a boxing event. We want a big card. For sure, there’s a main event, but we also want to have good co-main events and prelims. I think we need to create also a platform. That’s what we do with the Ringside Zone [my promotional company], and make the platform a star, so that when one boxer leaves, the platform will stay, like the UFC, for example, in the States.”
The First Channel will broadcast in Germany. Winter says that when German boxing went behind the paywalls its audience fell away. With streaming platforms a key part of culture and boxing, he believes that the time is right for its return to the mainstream.
“There are a lot of reasons [for the decline], but I think the main reason is that pay-per-view took over,” he explained. “So, in 2017, you have to pay for sports, and Germany wasn’t approved [ready] for it. We were approved [ready] for free TV, so we don’t want to pay for sports events. But that’s why it’s a good momentum now, because streaming takes over now, and every German household has DAZN, Netflix, Amazon, so we can compete now. This was the main reason, to be honest.”
Winter recognises that Friday’s fight in Mannheim, billed as a Night of Heavyweights, has a 50-50 fight when Donovan and Chukhadzhian meet.
“He’s a really hard worker,” Winter said of Chukhadzhian.
“He has so much discipline, and he’s also a really nice human being. He’s all that you need to be a champion, and I think it’s his biggest chance now to come back, and I’m pretty sure that Mannheim could be the place.”
The comeback Winter refers to is the one Chukhadzhian has been on since his second defeat by the gifted Philadelphian Jaron “Boots” Ennis, whom Kiev’s Chukhadzhian twice travelled to the American east coast to box.
“Maybe it wasn't the right place also,” Winter added, talking of the importance of home advantage.
“I don’t know. Maybe it would be another fight in Germany.
“Paddy is a great fighter, and he has also a great team behind him. [Trainer] Andy Lee is a legend, and I have been in Ireland with Nelvie Tiafack when he sparred [Lee’s heavyweight] Joseph Parker, and they know what they are doing. It’s 50-50, and Paddy is also a great fighter, great guy, so it’s a great match-up. Yeah, I’m a little nervous, but I’m always a little nervous, also because of the other fights [on the bill].”
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Is this on DAZN? I can’t see it on my schedule
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
No, sir. On German TV only.
Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
It was this morning but has disappeared
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
So it's not DAZN anymore?? 
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
It seems to have reappeared now
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
DAZN fvkin with everyone
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian - 15 May 2026
Date: May 15, 2026
Location: SAP Arena - Mannheim, Germany
TV/Stream: ARD (Germany) | DAZN
Time: 5 pm BST | 6 pm CEST | 12 pm ET | 9 am PT
Fight Card
12 Round IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator Bout
Karen Chukhadzhian (26-3, 14 KOs) vs. Paddy Donovan (14-2, 11 KOs)
10 Round Lightweight Bout
Devrim Goekduman (13-0, 8 KOs) vs. Franklyn Dwomoh (9-0, 2 KOs)
10 Round Heavyweight Bout
Peter Kadiru (22-1, 13 KOs) vs. Senad Gashi (34-4, 32 KOs)
Vacant WBO European Heavyweight Championship
Emanuel Odiase (10-0, 8 KOs) vs. Nick Webb (19-3, 15 KOs)
German Cruiserweight Championship
Aleksander Okafor (3-0, 2 KOs) vs. Elija Ulkuseven (8-0, 6 KOs)
8 Round Heavyweight Bout
Viktor Jurk (13-0, 11 KOs) vs. Edwin Castillo (13-2, 8 KOs)
6 Round Middleweight Bout
Oluwole Jan Ciosek (4-0, 2 KOs) vs. Shae Green (9-1-1, 2 KOs)
6 Round Heavyweight Bout
Nellie Tiafack (3-0, 3 KOs) vs. Mateus Munhoz Da Penha (7-2-2, 3 KOs)
4 Round Cruiserweight Bout
Edmon Avagyan vs. Patrik Fiala (13-7-2, 8 KOs)
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Or sure how many of the fights they’ll show on TV.
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
It says 745pm on Dazn
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
I know some of them might be a bit rubbish but glad there are a lot of HW fights on this
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Yh, the above time was probably for the German stream.
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Ah gotcha mate thank you
Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Shame it’s not on yet, pretty much only the bigger fellas left to go then the main event.
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Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Shut up Barry Jones, DAZN show the fights.
Re: Paddy Donovan vs. Karen Chukhadzhian | DAZN - 15 May 2026
Nice soothing bit of live music.
Sounds like he’s puking up.
Sounds like he’s puking up.