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By Cliff Rold - Fans in most of the world probably haven’t seen it yet, but boxing may have fielded its best candidate so far for 2007 Fight of the Year last Sunday night. I’ll get back to that a few paragraphs from now. After all, boxing fans have much to anticipate in the next couple of days and the future should take precedent.
Heavyweight contender and IBF titlist Wladimir Klitschko (48-3, 43 KO, Ring Magazine #1) should have his anticipations deliberately spread over a couple of fights. I mean literally a couple of fights too because, with the right two wins, the long vacancy atop the heavyweight division is over.
It’s been just more than four years since the Ukrainian giant was this close to the summit of the sport. With the boxing world beginning to chatter about a future challenge of then-champion Lennox Lewis, Klitschko would be forcibly pushed from the precipice in two rounds by Corrie Sanders in March 2003. Two fights later, he would be shuttled to the canvas again, this time by the man he faces in mere days. It’s easy to wonder if he will carry those bad memories with him to the ring. [details]
Heavyweight contender and IBF titlist Wladimir Klitschko (48-3, 43 KO, Ring Magazine #1) should have his anticipations deliberately spread over a couple of fights. I mean literally a couple of fights too because, with the right two wins, the long vacancy atop the heavyweight division is over.
It’s been just more than four years since the Ukrainian giant was this close to the summit of the sport. With the boxing world beginning to chatter about a future challenge of then-champion Lennox Lewis, Klitschko would be forcibly pushed from the precipice in two rounds by Corrie Sanders in March 2003. Two fights later, he would be shuttled to the canvas again, this time by the man he faces in mere days. It’s easy to wonder if he will carry those bad memories with him to the ring. [details]
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