The following is from Vitali Klitschko's personal website, Klitschko.com
In the last couple of days, mass media reported that Vitali Klitschko is returning to professional boxing.
It was caused by an article published in several German newspapers that stated: “…the former two time world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is planning to make his comeback in the boxing ring. Vitali Klitschko is planning to begin his training with his old trainer Fritz Sdunek, at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, and has already started searching for an apartment near the gym. As you remember, Vitali retired from boxing due to a right knee injury, as well as earlier problems with his back. To heal the problems with his back and knee completely, Vitali has hired a well-known physiotherapist from Braunschweig. Fritz Sdunek was quoted as saying that Vitali needs only one fight to be ready for a world title challenge.
Also, more rumors surfaced lately that German TV channel RTL, which signed with Wladimir Klitschko for a $12.8 million deal to televise his next four fights, is standing behind Vitali’s plans for a comeback. They are supposedly ready to make a similar offer to Vitali.
Vitali Klitschko responded to these rumors by stating that: “It was a big surprise for me to find out that I’m coming back and that RTL signed a television deal with me, and that I’m looking for an apartment in Hamburg, even though I have lived there for ten years now. Also, to find out that I’ll be training at the Universum Gym and with Fritz Sdunek is another surprise for me. I think such news caught them by surprise as well. I truly understand all those boxing fans that want to see me back in the boxing ring. But due to all my injuries, my sports career is over. If I can feel the pain from an injury I can’t be thinking about a comeback. If I want to comeback I have to be in top form, where I can fight on a level of a true champion versus another champion. I have to perform even better than in my last fight. So these rumors are just that – only rumors.”