Klitschko, Chambers in Düsseldorf

IBF/WBO/IBO world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and his opponent Eddie Chambers faced off at a press conference yesterday at ESPRIT arena Düsseldorf, where their fight will take place on March 20.

Klitschko: “This is a great arena and the idea of more than 50.000 spectator gives me additional motivation. After a break of 7 months I am really looking forward to stepping back into the ring. Chambers is a very strong and quick opponent; therefore he is the number 1 in the WBO ranking. But for me, there is no doubt that I will win the fight and keep my belts.” Chambers: “Sure, Klitschko is the favorite. But I will surprise him and shock the boxing world when I take his titles to the US on March 20.”

For the second time Klitschko will be fighting in a soccer stadium. The ESPRIT arena Düsseldorf, homefield of Fortuna Düsseldorf, will have a capacity of 51,000 seats on fight night. In his last fight, Champion Klitschko beat Ruslan Chagaev at Schalke Arena in front of 61,000 spectators in June 2009. Tickets for the highly anticipated fight are available at www.eventim.de or via phone +49-1805-570070. Price start at 20 Euro. VIP packages cost 350 Euro or 600 Euro.

Vitali Klitschko-Nikolay Valuev: in works for April/May

By Peter Wells:
According to boxingscene.com, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko vs Nikolay Valuev could be happening in April or May. This fight has been mentioned for quite a while now, but finally it looks like we could be looking at a fight of the giants.

Since Valuev lost his WBA Heavyweight title to David Haye this November, the fight will be for Vitali’s WBC title only, and not unification. David Haye is very much interested in fighting Vitali later next year in a unification fight, and David wouldn’t want Valuev to win the title, so he has to have a rematch.

Klitschko will be the favourite and he should be, but this will be the most boring fight in boxing, two slow tall fighters, who don’t do a thing all fight. But that’s what we’ve come to, and the build up will be more exciting than the fight itself.

I would have to give Vitali the nod to take the victory on a close decision, in which Klitschko will do the more work from the back foot, but Valuev will get his shots in and will make a fight of it, as the ring isn’t that big, so for most of the fight they will both be stuck in center ring.

www.boxingnews24.com