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IBF/WBO/IBO world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is very determined to punish his next challenger, undefeated Commonwealth and British champion Dereck Chisora. Klitschko will defend the title against Chisora at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany, on December 11.
Heavyweight Ray Austin is not impressed with his upcoming opponent, undefeated Olympic gold medal winner Odlanier Solis. The collide on December 17 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. Austin, 40-years-old, is a veteran with a lot of good opponents on his record. He thinks Solis is still an amateur fighting in the pro ranks. Austin vs. Solis is a WBC final eliminator to get a shot at champion Vitali Klitschko.
The WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is always eager to give his opponents the dreaded "pizza face." The dominating champion from Ukraine is very dangerous with his long jab and hard power punches, which he often combines to batter the faces of his opponents.
Russian reporter Alexander Pavlov was informed that a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Oleg Maskaev against the World Boxing Council [WBC]. Maskaev is making a claim that the WBC promised him a world title shot against Vitali Klitschko and never delivered. Maskaev claims to have been nursing a hand injury when the WBC forced him to defend his title against Sam Peter in March 2008. Peter knocked him out in six rounds. The winner was going to fight Klitschko.
British heavyweight Derek Chisora has promised to snatch the WBO/IBO/IBF titles from Wladimir Klitschko when they fight on December 11 in Germany. Chisora will be finishing his sparring by the end of the week and then he plans to travel to Germany for the fight. He was having issues locating sparring partners who were qualified to prepare him for Klitschko, but he says the issues were all resolved.
In a conversation with Bleak, undefeated WBO junior middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk confirmed a recent report on BoxingScene.com, which discussed a possible fight between Dzinziruk and former champion Kermit Cintron for early 2011. Dzinziruk says the fight could take place in February or March of next year.
Veteran trainer Ulli Wegner is very upset with Arthur Abraham's performance against Carl Froch from Saturday night in Helsinki, Finland. Froch dominated Abraham over twelve rounds their Super Six encounter. Several German outlets quoted Wegner as stating "you are a coward" to his fighter.
Ulli Wegner, trainer of Arthur Abraham believes Carl Froch is underestimating the power of his boxer. Abraham faces Froch on Saturday night in Helsinki, Finland for the vacant WBC super middleweight title. The match is part of the Super Six Boxing Classic. Wegner told Dmitry Grebenshchikov that Froch doesn not realize how strong Abraham really is. Froch has promised to make the upcoming match a war.
Former three time champion Mikkel Kessler has given his thoughts on this Saturday's super middleweight fight between Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch, which takes place in Helsinki, Finland. Abraham-Froch is the final third stage bout in the Super Six Boxing Classic. Kessler withdrew from the Super Six tournament with an eye injury. Kessler to seems to give the edge to Froch, based on his advantages in size and reach. The Danish fighter is not overlooking his Sauerland stablemate Abraham. He thinks "King Arthur" can win, if he applies pressure from the early bell and doesn't allow Froch to use his legs.
Former champion James "Lights Out" Toney is very angry that WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko picked unbeaten British prospect Derek Chisora as the opponent for December 11 in Germany. Quoted by Golzka, Toney says the champion from Ukraine is afraid to give him a fight because of the way the contest will end and the punishment involved.