By Luke Furman

IBO, IBF, WBO, and WBA heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (62-3, 52KOs) has stated that next week he will begin sparring in training camp for the upcoming fight with mandatory IBF challenger Kubrat Pulev (20-0, 11KOs) of Bulgaria.

The fight takes place on November 15th in Hamburg, Germany. The fight was previously scheduled for September 6th and then postponed when Wladimir was forced to withdraw due to a bicep injury suffered in camp. The claimed injury came from a sparring session in camp.

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Klitschko has been preparing in Florida and now begins the second stage of his camp.

"I went back to my training camp in Austria, where I'm going to work on technique and speed. Next week, I'm going to start sparring," Wladimir stated.

Luke Furman covers boxing for bokser.org.