
Valuev Not Officially Approached; Talks Klitschko-Johnson
Nikolay Valuev’s manager Boris Dimitrov commented on the information about the possible fight of his client with WBC heavyweight world champion Vitali Klitschko.

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Nikolay Valuev’s manager Boris Dimitrov commented on the information about the possible fight of his client with WBC heavyweight world champion Vitali Klitschko.

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and Kevin Johnson talked to the German channel RTL after their yesterday’s bout in Switzerland.

Heavyweight WBC champion Vitali Klitschko and contender Kevin Johnson had an open workout in Bern hypermarket WestSide. Johnson was in uplifted mood, signed autographs, posed for pictures and even invited one of the fans to work with him in the ring. The fan turned out to be an 11-year old boy who showed pretty decent level of training.

The former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev shared his opinion on the upcoming bout between the owner of the WBC belt Vitali Klitschko and Kevin Johnson. The American used to be Valuev's sparring-partner, that's why he knows Johnson well enough.

Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin is wrapping up his training camp for the bout against Leo Nolan which is set to take place in Germany on December 5.

Kevin Johnson, the December 12 opponent for the WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, has only one blemish on his record out of the 23 bouts in his professional career. Back in 2004 he had a draw with Timur Ibragimov in the 4-round fight. Now the Uzbek boxer shared his opinion with Blik newspaper on the upcoming Klitschko-Johnson showdown.

Magomed Shaburov, a trainer within Universum Box Promotion, has lashed out at Arena Box Promotion CEO Ahmet Oner. The war of words started when Oner harshly criticized Shaburov’s boxer WBA "regular" super middleweight title holder Dimitri Sartison by saying that he wasn’t a real champion. Sartison won the "regular" title last weekend. Mikkel Kessler was elevated to "super" champion prior to losing that title to Andre Ward.

Legendary Kostya Tszyu visited Kazakhstan where he remembered his past in the interview to the Prosport. The former light welterweight champion told that before his bouts he often had to lose up to 20 kilos and regretted that he had never moved to the upper divisions.

The undefeated heavyweight from Belarus, Alexander Ustinov (18-0, 15 KOs), will hold his next bout on the undercard of the big Vitali Klitschko-Kevin Johnson show on December 12 at PostFinance Arena in Berne, Switzerland.

IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko made a statement to his press service in which he talks about the upcoming bout of his brother Vitali and about the possible meeting with WBA champion David Haye.