WBC orders Vitaliy to fight Rahman/Barrett winner

Vitali will blister either of these guys. He will retain his title, and make his mandatory defense.

....Who the hell knows what's really going on in Vit's head? It could be an attitude about not dealing with King and trying to negotiate for Wlad in the background. Whatever his reasons for talking about other fights, I am 100% convinced that it has absolutely nothing to do with a fear of Rahman. Why fear the Rock when he begged a guy like LL for a rematch, and gladly stepped in with Sanders. The rock is nothing special at this point and I see no reason for Vitali to fear him. Does anyone truly believe the Vitali fears the Rock over any other fighter?

Some of you Nut huggers need to get your story straight. How many times in this thread have I read "What's the problem, Vitali is going to fight the Rahman Barrett winner like he's said all along". Bull shit. He tried to fight Maskiev, and is now very close to signing to fight Calvin Brock. The Maskiev rumors were straight from Klitschko's advisor Shelly Finkle, and several sources are reporting the Brock fight being close to getting signed, including Brock himself. The only way he's wiating for the Rahman Barrett winner is if the WBC decides they will strip him if he doesn't wait. Otherwise its CLEAR he's been looking at other opponents all along.

I'll believe it when fightnews.com or this site reports it. this is new at the fightnews site and it says nothing of what Nautilus or MrUnstoppable is saying Here goes the news from fightnews.com (allboxing.ru reported this yesterday): Sulaiman: Klitschko should fight Rahman vs Barrett winner! WBC panel ruling on Klitschko request for optional defense WBC President Jose Sulaiman told the Baltimore Sun's Lem Satterfield yesterday that WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, "should, for the good of boxing, fight the winner of Hasim Rahman and Monte Barrett ." The story goes on to say, "a WBC source said the rules favor not to sanction and demand that he fight the winner of the interim championship." Klitschko is reportedly close to finalizing an HBO-televised fight against Calvin Brock, Oleg Maskaev or an unnamed third fighter in September at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. The WBC's board of governors is expected to make a ruling on whether Klitschko can fight an opponent other than the Rahman-Barrett winner as soon as next Friday. Friday, July 8 2005

after VK KOs Rahman, Rahman will be flown ... home to baltimore I agree. :p

Rahman will fly again ... out of the ring. after he is done with vk, rahman will fly....home to baltimore

Vitali will destroy any Heavyweight fighter today,

So let me get this straight, in April or May the WBC ordered Vitali to defend his title on Sept, 24th against the winner the of Rahman/Barrett fight. Later, Vitali said he was going to defend his title on Sept, 24th against the winner of the Rahman/Barrett fight. Then all the roomers started to fly about Vitali taking another fight. Though Vitali and the WBC said nothing. Again, on June 2nd Vitali said he was going to defend his title on Sept, 24th against the winner of the Rahman/Barrett fight and that he would not give up the WBC belt to take another fight. He said he had to defend his title before he planned for another fight. Then all the roomers started to fly again about Vitali taking another fight. Even though Vitali and the WBC still said nothing. Now the WBC orders Vitali to defend his title on Sept, 24th against the winner the of Rahman/Barrett fight. So what's the news? . No news -- just a confirmation by WBC of what Vitaliy has been saying all along.

Good, that's the way it should be. Fuck. I cant believe someone like Maskeav could be in the same sentence as heavyweight title fight. amen to that!

WBC orders Vitaliy to fight Rahman/Barrett winner on Sep 24 ... This means no Toney or Brock fight. Good, that's the way it should be. Fuck. I cant believe someone like Maskeav could be in the same sentence as heavyweight title fight.

So let me get this straight, in April or May the WBC ordered Vitali to defend his title on Sept, 24th against the winner the of Rahman/Barrett fight. Later, Vitali said he was going to defend his title on Sept, 24th against the winner of the Rahman/Barrett fight. Then all the roomers started to fly about Vitali taking another fight. Though Vitali and the WBC said nothing. Again, on June 2nd Vitali said he was going to defend his title on Sept, 24th against the winner of the Rahman/Barrett fight and that he would not give up the WBC belt to take another fight. He said he had to defend his title before he planned for another fight. Then all the roomers started to fly again about Vitali taking another fight. Even though Vitali and the WBC still said nothing. Now the WBC orders Vitali to defend his title on Sept, 24th against the winner the of Rahman/Barrett fight. So what's the news? Maybe now we can stop all this "who's he gonna fight" BS.

vit dont want it with rahman, he'll give up the wbc and rahman will be the recognized champ.....again hasim will unify against ruiz in a rematch where rahmna will be focused and in shape Rahman will fly again ... out of the ring.

if the wbc is ordering vk to fight the winner and they know it probably cant take place til nov/dec, why cant VK fight a tune up in sept???? i dont see the harm, other than VK losing, in which case you could place with whoever beat him...

vit dont want it with rahman, he'll give up the wbc and rahman will be the recognized champ.....again hasim will unify against ruiz in a rematch where rahmna will be focused and in shape

he'll wait until the winner of barett/rahman is announced IMO.

www.allboxing.ru Thank you, now, WTF does it say? LOL!!!

I'm glad Klitschko will have to fight a real opponent. Finally a real fighter will whoop his tall ass up and down the ring.

If you're going to be a reporter, you ought to quote your source. www.allboxing.ru

Sorry man, Hasim "Lucky Punch" Rachman is not gonna dethrone the Big V. I think it's gonna be a replay of the Klitschko/Williams fight, personally. Rahman is better than Williams in just about every conceivable way, but other than that I can see why you think that.

Nothing will be announced now until after the Barrett Rahman fight to see who wins and what kind of shape they're in. I bet that Vitali will end up having to wait until Nov or Dec to fight the winner, and give up his Sept date. bozo is right, we wont know jack untill after rahman/barret, the winner could not be ready in 6 weeks to fight vit, if not vitali will find someoen to fight toney,brock, or oleg.