Ruslan Chagaev: “I will use my chance! I’m going to beat Meehan”

The Universum Champions Night 22 May 2010 on the night of the heavyweights! Besides the main fight of Ruslan Chagaev (25-1-1 (17)) against the strong Australian Kali Meehan (35-3-0 (29)) it can happen in the Rostock StadtHalle to two more duels in the premier class of boxing. In addition, the newly crowned boxing champion Vitali Tajbert Stuttgart WBC super featherweight in the ring against legend Hector Velazquez.
Today, the main fighters first met each other at the press conference at the VW dealership Rostock.

The live fight on ZDF from 23 clock will contest top heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev. The former world heavyweight champion (2007-2009) rises to the official World Cup elimination fight in the heavyweight World Association WBA in the ring. Ruslan Chagaev: ‘I’m in top shape, look forward to Rostock and the fans. I will use my chance, I will defeat Meehan. And I will prove that you have to reckon with me again.”

The sympathetic father of two sons thus returns after 11 month break back in the ring again. Most recently, he had supporters in front of 60,000 at Schalke’s Veltins-Arena 20th June 2009 in a duel as WBA champion against IBF and WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko at a disadvantage when he was in round nine with a technical knockout against the old stable colleagues got. Now he wants to win back stronger and with new coach Magomed Schaburow the championship crown of the WBA. In April 2007 he had Nikolai Valuev can wrest the world championship belt.

His opponent, with the birth name Kalivath Gerald Meehan is a very experienced man, the giant from Wyongah Australia is run by promoter Don King and Guru is therefore up to every trick. The duel vs. Chagaev. Meehan is again small (1.86 m) to large (1.96 m) and also the duel of No. 2 (Meehan) against No. 3 (Chagaev) of the WBA rankings. Meehan went on the weekend of the Don King Training Camp in Cleveland, in Ohio.

Kali Meehan: “The camp is somewhere in the nowhere. Since exercise you can do anything, except. We have also done. I have 70 rounds of sparring behind me. I’m glad to finally get that chance. I was the No. 1 WBA, but Valuev wanted to fight me before. Now I want a different path towards World Championship take. I’m looking forward to this opportunity. Ruslan was once world champion, so I have respect for him. I can defeat him anyway. And it would do with a Ko.”