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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - A partially torn left biceps muscle typically won’t get a guy pondering the future.
But when the ace assistant to International Boxing Organization president Ed Levine sent an email saying that Wladimir Klitschko’s Sept. 6 title defense had been scrubbed, that’s precisely what I did.
Of course, last I checked, such an injury is not at all life-threatening.
And when you’re in the sort of condition that the mammoth 38-year-old typically keeps himself in, even the short end of a three- to six-week recovery period suggested by the healthy folks over at CorePerformance.com seems about right.
So don’t fret, Klitschko fans, chances are very good that the match with unbeaten Bulgarian contender Kubrat Pulev – ranked No. 1 by the IBF and IBO, sixth by the WBO and not at all by the WBA – will ultimately go on, most likely within a couple months of the originally planned date.
However, as anyone who’s lived through age 38 will testify, one torn something often begets another.
And even a colossus like “Dr. Steelhammer,” whether by injury, upset or sheer boredom at the prolonged state of competition in the heavyweight division, will one day reach the end of the line.
When he does, though, it’s still a crapshoot as to how he’ll be remembered.
Now that he’s been the IBF/IBO champion for better than eight years and has reached a number of title defenses – 16 – that only guys named Holmes and Louis had previously managed, it’s a natural inclination to start sizing up exactly where such a prodigious reign deserves to be ranked all time. [Click Here To Read More]
But when the ace assistant to International Boxing Organization president Ed Levine sent an email saying that Wladimir Klitschko’s Sept. 6 title defense had been scrubbed, that’s precisely what I did.
Of course, last I checked, such an injury is not at all life-threatening.
And when you’re in the sort of condition that the mammoth 38-year-old typically keeps himself in, even the short end of a three- to six-week recovery period suggested by the healthy folks over at CorePerformance.com seems about right.
So don’t fret, Klitschko fans, chances are very good that the match with unbeaten Bulgarian contender Kubrat Pulev – ranked No. 1 by the IBF and IBO, sixth by the WBO and not at all by the WBA – will ultimately go on, most likely within a couple months of the originally planned date.
However, as anyone who’s lived through age 38 will testify, one torn something often begets another.
And even a colossus like “Dr. Steelhammer,” whether by injury, upset or sheer boredom at the prolonged state of competition in the heavyweight division, will one day reach the end of the line.
When he does, though, it’s still a crapshoot as to how he’ll be remembered.
Now that he’s been the IBF/IBO champion for better than eight years and has reached a number of title defenses – 16 – that only guys named Holmes and Louis had previously managed, it’s a natural inclination to start sizing up exactly where such a prodigious reign deserves to be ranked all time. [Click Here To Read More]
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