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by Cliff Rold - Forget the belts.
The Heavyweight Championship of the World, the real one, the one that matters, belongs to one man. That man enters this Saturday’s massive title fight at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg, Germany, on the best run of his career. He has won 13 in a row, ten of them title fights, partially unified the class, picked up the Ring Magazine belt, and still the question remains:
Who is Wladimir Klitschko?
Until he is deposed, he remains the center of the story. His reign grows longer in years and fights and there are those beginning to wonder where he might shake out in the grad scheme of fistic history. Is he the fighter many in the boxing world still think can’t fight from the bottom? Or is he, given the experience of the first Peter fight and the momentum gathered in the run since, a matured, battle tested veteran ready to have his signature moment with a heated rival?
But is the rival really good enough in the ring to ask the question? After all, it is just as fair to ask:
Who is David Haye?
Emanuel Steward: What I like about David (Haye) is he comes with the winning mindset. Not like a lot of the opponents we have fought recently. We go back to the first Sam Peter fight, he was a tough guy. He came to win. And maybe one or two since then. But no one came in since Sam Peter with the mindset of David.
Wladimir Klitschko’s trainer, Emanuel Steward, speaking at the final pre-fight press conference, June 27, 2011 [Click Here To Read More]
The Heavyweight Championship of the World, the real one, the one that matters, belongs to one man. That man enters this Saturday’s massive title fight at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg, Germany, on the best run of his career. He has won 13 in a row, ten of them title fights, partially unified the class, picked up the Ring Magazine belt, and still the question remains:
Who is Wladimir Klitschko?
Until he is deposed, he remains the center of the story. His reign grows longer in years and fights and there are those beginning to wonder where he might shake out in the grad scheme of fistic history. Is he the fighter many in the boxing world still think can’t fight from the bottom? Or is he, given the experience of the first Peter fight and the momentum gathered in the run since, a matured, battle tested veteran ready to have his signature moment with a heated rival?
But is the rival really good enough in the ring to ask the question? After all, it is just as fair to ask:
Who is David Haye?
Emanuel Steward: What I like about David (Haye) is he comes with the winning mindset. Not like a lot of the opponents we have fought recently. We go back to the first Sam Peter fight, he was a tough guy. He came to win. And maybe one or two since then. But no one came in since Sam Peter with the mindset of David.
Wladimir Klitschko’s trainer, Emanuel Steward, speaking at the final pre-fight press conference, June 27, 2011 [Click Here To Read More]
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