Comments Thread For: Klitschko To Return on December 10 - With or Without Joshua

[BoxingFan85]

His WBA strap won't be worth the paper its written on.

Imagine Mayweather fighting Paulie after he won the regular WBA against Senchenko.
Wlad fighting Browne would be worse than that.

Oh ideal scenario would be to avenge your loss & win all the titles back... We all know why that is not happening..
as for Wlad fighting Browne, it could have so easily been Ortiz instead of Browne & it would make it a good match..
Can't blame the guy who wants to get back at his pride possessions.. Its running behind chickens now to get them back...

[Wicky]

Hearn promotes Ortiz, so he can throw Luis a bone to keep him happy while he steps aside.... and a guaranteed shot next against the Wlad-AJ winner. Not a bad situation for anybody.

[Burt Saxby]

Oh ideal scenario would be to avenge your loss & win all the titles back... We all know why that is not happening..
as for Wlad fighting Browne, it could have so easily been Ortiz instead of Browne & it would make it a good match..
Can't blame the guy who wants to get back at his pride possessions.. Its running behind chickens now to get them back...

The IBF belt was the belt that kick started his reign. Thats the belt he should be going after if 'sentimental value ' stance is to be believed.

Its a lame excuse. He wants a no risk route to a vacant title. He's to scared to face a green 17 fight novice.

[KillaCamNZ]

Why should AJ be in a fight for the WBA title anyway? He's not even ranked by them. Nor is he ranked by the WBC or WBO, just for arguments sake.

He got the IBF by beating a guy who was possibly the worst champion in HW history, he literally hasn't earned a shot at other titles.

[Eastcoast]

HBO's December boxing schedule (Hopkins/Smith, Ortiz/Scott, Klitscko/Ortiz), will be as bad as it's October schedule.

[Burt Saxby]

Why should AJ be in a fight for the WBA title anyway? He's not even ranked by them. Nor is he ranked by the WBC or WBO, just for arguments sake.

He got the IBF by beating a guy who was possibly the worst champion in HW history, he literally hasn't earned a shot at other titles.

You're correct. The WBA belt should not be on the line. Wlad had no cause to demand it.
He lost his belts. He should have been happy to get the IBF shot against Joshua.
The man is acting like a pure pampered sissy boy.

[The plunger man]

Oh FFS dude See the rankings : http://www.boxing.com/ranking
Wlad isn't ranked by IBF, don't you think a guy who has the best legal team in the boxing business would have thought about it.. SMDH

Dude if you think its all about the money for a guy who has ruled a division for a decade then you are plain ****** & wrong.. Ofcourse AJ is a big draw but he comes with 1 title, win WBA & call Hearn for unification & sell out a freakin stadium & whoop that boy's a$$ for all its worth..

The mans 41 years of age and almost at the end of his career and if it Is for the WBA title against a Browne or oquendo it wouldn't be Dec 10th because although klitchcko is in training no guarantee those two are...look at with a wise head if it against one of those two it's a chery pick and an easier way to pick up a world title than face Joshua ...look klitchcko said because the WBA have been loyal to him and my response was he was a IBF champion long before he became WBA champion so that loyalty and I'll tell you another thing if he gos the WBA route against a Browne and wins you can kiss goodbye to a big stadium fight between AJ & kilt next year because if klitchcko has a world title then HBO and showtime will not do business ..guarantee you that

[KillaCamNZ]

You're correct. The WBA belt should not be on the line. Wlad had no cause to demand it.
He lost his belts. He should have been happy to get the IBF shot against Joshua.
The man is acting like a pure pampered sissy boy.

This has definitely been a cluster**** of a situation. Neither of them have rights to fight for this belt - it should be IBF only or move along.

It's disappointing that both camps have screwed this up - Wlad's ridiculous expectations, and Hearn lying through his teeth at every corner.

I guess I can switch my focus to Parker-Ruiz fully now.

[The plunger man]

The IBF belt was the belt that kick started his reign. Thats the belt he should be going after if 'sentimental value ' stance is to be believed.

Its a lame excuse. He wants a no risk route to a vacant title. He's to scared to face a green 17 fight novice.

Yes and that's what I said ...an IBF champion long before he was WBA so that knocks his loyalty waffle right out the window....just wants an easy route to a world title and Joshua is not an easy route

[Jewish-Reptile]

Wlad thinks winning a belt against a nobody is better than beating a guy like Joshua. He has the heart of a business man , not an ATG Champion.

Of what I have read I think the issue is Wlad can ill afford to forfeit a lofty WBA ranking to chase the IBF which is always going to be there whilst Joshua has it, he can grab the WBA upon being mandated due to the high ranking then come back to the IBF once he has it the WBA in his possession, make no mistakes it's only big fights or at least title fights from here on out.

Wlad looks certain to fight well into his 42nd year should he continue winning against the likes of Browne and Joshua, I just hope Joshua can retain the belt long enough the wish is to see Wlad crush the manufactured title holder Joshua and it will happen if Wlad has half of what he had left in 2011-2012.