Klitschko-Povetkin on September 11th in Frankfurt, Germany
July 15th, 2010
By Eric Thomas: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) will be defending his titles on September 11th against his number #1 IBF challenger former 2004 Olympic heavyweight Gold Medalist unbeaten Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) at the Commerzbank-Arena, in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. It’s been known already that the 34-year-old Klitschko was going to be fighting Povetkin next.
In an article at Sky Sports, Wladimir had this to say about the 30-year-old Povetkin: “Povetkin is a very strong opponent — that we are both Olympic champions speaks for itself. It will be a tough fight, but for me there are no doubts that I will keep my titles.” Klitschko won an Olympic Gold Medalist in the super heavyweight class in the 1996 Olympics while fighting for Ukraine.
For Wladimir, this will be his 9th defense of his International Boxing Federation heavyweight title that he won way back in April 2006 with a 7th round TKO of then IBF champion Chris Byrd. Since capturing the title, Klitschko has blown out his last eight opponents, stopping seven of them inside the distance. None of the fights have been particularly entertaining to watch unfortunately, as Klitschko has dominated all eight of his last opponents. The closest fight that you could remotely consider competitive was Wladimir’s 11th round TKO win over 6’5” southpaw Tony Thompson in July 2008. Wladimir was hit more in that fight than he had ever been hit before. The combinations of Thompson’s height, reach, southpaw stance and Wladimir’s over-cautiousness left Thompson in the fight far too long and enabled him to land a lot of shots. When Wladimir’s trainer Emanuel Steward was able to get Wladimir to go after Thompson looking for a knockout, Wladimir put an end to matters in the 11th.
Klitschko had hopes of fighting a unification bout with WBA heavyweight champion David Haye next, but Haye couldn’t agree on a contract with Wladimir during their recent negotiations. Wladimir still hopes to fight Haye in the future, perhaps early next year if possible. Beyond Haye and Adamek, there are really no other heavyweights that can attract much interest as an opponent for Klitschko right now. The other heavyweights in the division are either too limited and or not well known enough for fans to really take notice as a potential opponent for Wladimir or his brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. Haye is the number #1 target for both Klitschko brothers, but they’ve been having problems trying to get Haye into the ring for some reason.
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mark save some of that love for the other boys pictures hanging on your wall
long time before the title leaves blighty
hayes gonna ko the lot
hayes gonna clean up these hasbeens
hayes gonna clean upthis division
It’s pretty obvious that Greenburg does not like the Kltschko bros. There are a lot of Americans, me included that love watching the Klitscho’s fights. I am tired of watching fat, lazy American heavyweights who don’t care enough about themselves to get into shape before climbing into into the ring. A lot of American fight fans can’t handle the fact that the Eeast Europeans dominate the heavyweight division. Suck it up because it’s not going to change anytime soon. The Klitschko’s don’t seem to have any trouble filling the stadiums in Europe. Come to think of it, the Vitali Klitschko vs Chris Arreola fight did very well on HBO in Los Angeles.
What gives Mr. Greenburg? You can’t handle fighters that have a brain in their head and want to participate in the financial arrangements?
HI THERE BOYS HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT ?
HBO is just mad that there is not an american fighter fighting,
even though there are many fans for the Klitchko’s
I’m surely not taking anything away from Povetkin but IMO he’s a perfect fight for Wlad. Wlad doesn’t have any problems with being pressured despite what these fools say. It’s hard to pressure a guy when a stiff jab is beating your face in. Povetkin just doesn’t have the speed, power or boxing skill to beat Wlad. But then again, who does. Wlad will KO Povetkin somewhere around round 7 or 8.
this guy has the right style…he throws lots of punches and i think he may be able to tire vlad out….if he doesnt get knocked out…it depends on whether his defense has improved…knocking vlad out is a lottery ticket….its happened once…a big puncher…and other big punchers havent done it again…but vlad has dropped from exhaustion twice
mark my words… this fight’s gonna take longer than haye vs any of the klitschkos if ever in future! Should be interesting.
Two top handfull of the best heav,s go at it,should be great.
I am disappointed in the general lack of interest in the Klitschko-Povetikin fight. Povetkin was the most decorated amateur heavyweight in the world behind only Felix Savon and Teofilio Stevenson, and he deserves better than to be dismissed like this. Congratulations, by the way, to Mr. Ross Greenburg, who seems to epitomize the short-sighted greed shared by just about every US boxing promoter who takes whatever he can from the sport and gives nothing back to promote it. If Mr. Greenberg really gave a damn about boxing, he would be showing 24/7-type clips of Povetkin, and if more Americans knew about the depth of Povetkin’s talent, then they might show more interest in this fight. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this is going to be a good fight.