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come on chopper read it's okay to be a fan but your are just a fanatical groupie. foreman said something about klitschko you don't agree with, so what?! you're like a little girl that gets all hysterical and starts screaming and crying if someone says somthing against the backstreet boys. wlad is not your boyfriend so don't act like that!Comment
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Wladimir Klitschko asks for investigation
07.05.04 - Today, Wladimir Klitschko, requested that the United States Attorney for the District of Nevada launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his April 10, 2004 loss to Lamon Brewster in Las Vegas. As explained in a letter to United States Attorney Daniel G. Bogden from Judd Burstein, an attorney retained by Mr. Klitschko, there are extremely troubling questions about April 10 that need answers:
As evidenced by this week’s guilty plea in your District by Robert Mittelman to charges that he fixed fights and then unsuccessfully sought to bribe both a federal judge in your District and an Assistant United States Attorney in your Office, it is regrettably all too possible that someone sought to illegally influence the outcome of the Klitschko/Brewster bout. It is our firm’s belief that there was some foul play involved here, and we believe that the facts of record to date more than justify a full investigation by your Office.
The questions raised in the letter to United States Attorney Bogden include:
1. Why, shortly before the bout, did the betting odds on the Klitschko/Brewster fight move from 11-1 in Mr. Klitschko’s favor to 3.5-1? That extraordinary movement suggests that there was a huge amount of late money bet on Brewster with no sound reason for that betting pattern -- other than the possibility that someone knew that Brewster had been handed an unfair advantage in the fight.
2. How is it that an all-access pass reserved for a Klitschko team member was given to an as-yet unidentified person who could not possibly have had proper photo identification? Who was that person? Why was he given a pass? What was he doing with his access?
3. Why is it that Mr. Klitschko’s urine and blood samples were destroyed, notwithstanding Mr. Klitschko’s team’s immediate and constant requests that those samples be sent to Los Angeles for further testing? Significantly, according to the policies of the laboratories holding the specimens, Mr. Klitschko’s blood and urine samples had not been destroyed at the time they were requested.
4. How is it that Wladimir Klitschko, someone who has always come into the ring in top physical condition, found himself in a position where, commencing in the second round (before he was even really hit by Mr. Brewster), he experienced a rapid loss of energy, coherence and equilibrium?
5. Why is it that Emmanuel Steward, Mr. Klitschko’s Hall of Fame trainer, believes that there was something physically wrong with Mr. Klitschko on the night of the bout? Mr. Steward stated: “Wladimir was in perfect shape for the bout. In all of my years as a trainer, I have never seen anything like this. I know when a fighter is hurt from an opponent’s punches. In this case, there was something else causing Wladimir’s problems.”
As explained by Mr. Burstein, these are very serious questions: “Everyone in the industry knows that there is an ongoing FBI investigation into fight fixing and fraudulent medical reports in Nevada. The strange events of April 10 give real cause for concern that Mr. Klitschko may have been the victim of the very type of activity that is being investigated by the federal government.”
Wladimir Klitschko stated: “I have thought long and hard about requesting an investigation because I am concerned that the public, and particularly my fans, will see me as making excuses instead of taking responsibility for a loss. That is not my intention. I simply want to know the truth, and I have not yet been given adequate answers to the many questions I rightfully have.
I understand that an investigation cannot change a loss into a win. I also understand that my path to redemption requires victories in the ring. So my call for an investigation should not be viewed as a strategy to change the past; it is to make the future better for the sport of boxing. One of these days, I will hopefully earn the chance to fight Lamon Brewster again, and the result of that meeting will offer a far better explanation of my loss than the result of any investigation.”
May 5, 2004
VIA FAX & FEDERAL EXPRESS
Daniel G. Bogden, Esq.
United States Attorney
District of Nevada
333 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Suite 5000
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Re: Wladimir Klitschko
Dear Mr. Bogden:
I am an attorney representing Wladimir Klitschko, a professional boxer fighting as a heavyweight. I am writing to respectfully request that your office conduct an investigation into the highly su****ious events surrounding Mr. Klitschko’s April 10, 2004 Las Vegas bout against Lamon Brewster, and the equally su****ious frustration of Mr. Klitschko’s subsequent efforts to ascertain whether or not he had been illicitly drugged or poisoned prior to or during the bout with Mr. Brewster.
As explained below, we are not leveling accusations against anyone in particular, and only seek an investigation to learn the truth and, if appropriate, punish the guilty. As evidenced by this week’s guilty plea in your District by Robert Mittelman to charges that he fixed fights and then unsuccessfully sought to bribe both a federal judge in your District and an Assistant United States Attorney in your Office, it is regrettably all too possible that someone sought to illegally influence the outcome of the Klitschko/Brewster bout. We believe that the facts of record to date more than justify a full investigation by your Office.
THE EVENTS PRIOR TO THE KLITSCHKO/BREWSTER BOUT
Before turning to what occurred during the bout, we first turn to a number of events that preceded the bout – events which, when viewed in connection with the events that followed, give off a strong odor of corruption.
First, as reported by Dean Juipe in the April 19, 2004 Las Vegas Sun, the odds on the bout posted by both Mandalay Bay and Pinnacle, leading offshore sports books, plummeted from 11-1 in Mr. Klitschko’s favor to just 3.5-1 by fight time. As Mr. Juipe pointed out, this “could only happen if there was a huge influx of money wagered on [Mr. Brewster.]” The question, of course, is why? To be sure, odds change in the days and hours before a fight, but experience shows that it is virtually unheard of for them to change so dramatically in such a short period of time.
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foreman lost to the best heavyweight of all time-cool
wlad lost to ****ing lamon brewster and cliamed he was poisoned...lmfaoComment
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