Vitali Klitschko: record, next fight and profile →
WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KOs), who promotes himself, is waiting for Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 40 KOs) to finalize his next ring appearance, in position to take place on September 1st or September 8th in either Ukraine or Germany. Vitali will likely defend his WBC heavyweight title against Manuel Charr, but the details have yet to be set, despite reports to the contrary.
David Haye and Dereck Chisora have finally reached agreement on one subject - the Klitschko brothers' domination of the heavyweight division. Haye and Chisora meet at Upton Park on July 14 for the culmination of a feud that has been running since February when the pair brawled in Munich at a press conference which followed Chisora's loss to Vitali Klitschko, who retained his WBC title in the process. Haye was beaten by Wladimir Klitschko in July last year and the 36-year-old added the WBA title to the IBF, WBO and IBO belts he already owned.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will face German Manuel Charr on September 1 in Kiev in what is set to be the last fight of his professional career.
Honorees Vitali Klitschko, Andre Ward, and Bernard Hopkins will be in attendance at the 87th annual Boxing Writers Association of America's awards dinner on June 6, 2012 at the Copacabana in New York City. That is a pretty impressive lineup by any measure, but the room will be filled with many other stars, both past and present. Confirming their attendance at the event are former world lightweight champion Carlos Ortiz, former middleweight king Vito Antuofermo, 1984 Olympic gold medalist Mark Breland, 2008 United States Olympian and unbeaten pro Sadam Ali, former junior lightweight champion Tracy Harris Patterson, lightweight contender Hank Lundy, and unbeaten featherweight Patrick Hyland.
During the last few days, some words were exchanged between trainer Fritz Sdunek and the WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-2-1, 25KOs). Sdunek, who trains WBC heavyweight beltholder Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 40KOs), believes his champion would overwhelm Huck at the heavyweight level.
Champion coach Fritz Sdunek has been quoted on a Russian boxing website stating that "Vitali Klitschko would eat Marco Huck alive.“ WBO Cruiserweight champion Huck is surprised by the statement of Klitschko’s long-time coach.
German coach Fritz Zdunek, who trains WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and British cruiserweight Ola Afolabi, has advised Marco Huck to forget his pursuit of a fight with Vitali, who doesn't have a set opponent for his upcoming fall return on either September 1 or September 8 in Germany.
Sources close to the negotiations have advised BoxingScene.com that Manuel Charr (21-0, 11KOs) is indeed a possible option for Vitali Klitschko's next defense of the WBC heavyweight title. Vitali's next fight is going to take place on September 1 or September 8 in Germany.
Berndt Boente, a manager for the both Klitschko brothers, named a short list of six possible opponents for the WBC heavyweight champion Vitaly Klitschko (44-2, 40 KOs) to Hamburger Abendblatt. According to the German daily, Vitali, who turns 41 on July 19, is still scheduled fight in Germany either on September 1 or on September 8.
Former world heavyweight and cruiserweight champion David 'The Hayemaker' Haye has reiterated that the prospect of a fight against current WBC kingpin Vitali Klitschko is one of the sole reasons he decided to return to the ring in 2012.