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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - When all eyes are trained on mid-ring at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this weekend, what could be the most important fight in the sport this year will actually be three more weeks away.
On Oct. 5 in Moscow, consensus heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko gets another chance to prove himself more than a Ukrainian automaton when he faces consensus No. 1 challenger and dubious title claimant Alexander Povetkin at the stadium originally built for the 1980 Summer Olympics.
The fight will mark Klitschko’s 15th defenses of the IBF and IBO titles he won from Chris Byrd in 2006, the 11th defense of the WBO crown he grabbed from Sultan Ibragimov two years later and the fifth risk of the WBA “super” belt he captured from David Haye in 2011.
Povetkin will walk to the ring with the WBA’s suspect “regular” jewelry, which he acquired via 12-round decision over Ruslan Chagaev – exactly two years, two months and seven days after Klitschko had stopped the German-based Uzbekistan native in nine rounds. [Click Here To Read More]
On Oct. 5 in Moscow, consensus heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko gets another chance to prove himself more than a Ukrainian automaton when he faces consensus No. 1 challenger and dubious title claimant Alexander Povetkin at the stadium originally built for the 1980 Summer Olympics.
The fight will mark Klitschko’s 15th defenses of the IBF and IBO titles he won from Chris Byrd in 2006, the 11th defense of the WBO crown he grabbed from Sultan Ibragimov two years later and the fifth risk of the WBA “super” belt he captured from David Haye in 2011.
Povetkin will walk to the ring with the WBA’s suspect “regular” jewelry, which he acquired via 12-round decision over Ruslan Chagaev – exactly two years, two months and seven days after Klitschko had stopped the German-based Uzbekistan native in nine rounds. [Click Here To Read More]
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