By Andrey Krikunov

In his recent interview to newspaper “Sport den’ za dnem,” WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko said that he was tired of the constant injuries of his opponents and chose Eddie Chambers for his next fight only because he was easier to deal with. On the other hand, the situation with Alexander Povetkin is much more complex. Povetkin’s promoter Wilfried Sauerland wants to make a huge profit from the Klitschko fight, while the Russian boxer and his team have different opinion on this matter.

“There are a lot of reasons explaining why I’ll fight Chambers, - says Wladimir. – Povetkin had a real chance to fight me last December. But in the end we had to look for another opponent in 4-5 weeks before the fight. Then the same story happened with David Haye. Except in that case we had even less time for the search. To tell you the truth, these two incidents left and unpleasant aftertaste. I’ve read the interview of Povetkin’s new trainer where he says that it’s too early for the Russian to step into the ring with Klitschko. All that combined embarrasses me. That is why I’ve chosen Chambers – at least his situation is clear. As for Haye, I’ve already got tired of commenting on his behavior”.

Wladimir also told why he wanted to fight Haye at first. He confessed that he was impressed by the effective PR-campaign of the British boxer.

“Do you know why I chose Haye? - asked Klitschko. – Because he was interesting for the public. Interesting because of his shameless and provocative behavior, I can’t find other words for it. But in that way he earned himself certain fame. A lot of boxing fans wanted to see us fight. And that interest is directly connected with the financial aspects. In every bout our promotional company always wants to get two victories – sporting in the ring and financial outside of it”.

Finally, Ukrainian boxer answered whether he was sorry for promoter Don King, who had lost part of his influence lately. “Do I feel sorry for King? – questioned Klitschko. – It’s like to enter the cage with a bear and to feel sorry that he is hungry”.