By Luke Furman

Many years ago, during a joint training group at the Universum gym in Hamburg - two young heavyweights, Wladimir Klitschko and Mariusz Wach, met face to face. Before the end of the year, also in Hamburg, "The Polish Giant" Wach (27-0, 15 KOs) will challenge Wladimir (58-3, 51 KOs) for the IBO, WBO, IBF, WBA championship titles.

Luke Furman covers boxing for bokser.org