Wladimir Klitschko determined to face 39-year-old Jean Marc Mormeck in December
September 27th, 2011
By William Mackay: With a number of arguably better heavyweights to choose from for his next fight, IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) appears to have his mind made up about wanting to fight 39-year-old former WBA/WBC cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) on December 10th at the Esprit area in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Mormeck was an excellent cruiserweight at one time, but he moved out of the division after being stopped by Haye in 2007. Mormeck has fought three times at heavyweight in the past two years and looked horrible in each one of the fights.
The thing is Mormeck looking horrible still hasn’t affected his ability to draw fans to see him fight in his home city of Paris, France. Fans still flock to see him fight, and he’s won two out of his three fights in front of large crowds in Paris. However, his wins over Timur Ibragimov and Fres Oquendo were very, very questionable. So questionable that Wladimir really should be looking at facing Oquendo or Ibragimov if he wanted a slightly better fight, since a lot of boxing fans thought Mormeck should have lost those two fights.
But Wladimir can certainly do better than this. Look at the guys Wladimir could have faced instead of Mormeck: Denis Boytsov, Alexander Povetkin, Ruslan Chagaev, Chris Arreola, Alexander Ustinov, Tony Thompson, and Eddie Chambers. I’d much prefer to see Wladimir face any one of those guys than seeing him fight a short 5’10″ Mormeck, who is about to turn 40-years-old.
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Ustinov and Helenius are the only real superheavies with some skills out there. Ok, maybe Fury one day, too.
So the only other options for Wlad were journeymen like Welliver, Boswell and Harris. Mormeck is more qualified than these guys.
Mormeck is not an ideal opponent – I’d prefer Dimitrenko, Arreola or Povetkin – but they all turned down the Dec 10th fight.
Denis Boytsov: not ready to fight Wlad in December, returning from an injury.
Alexander Povetkin: sent an offer, he turned down the fight weith Wlad
Ruslan Chagaev: already dominated and stopped by Wlad
Chris Arreola: turned down Wlad’s offer, said he wants to fight Wlad but NOT UNTIL 2012
Tony Thompson and Eddie Chambers: in an eliminator on Oct. 28
HE IS FIGHTING A GUY WHO COULDNT BEAT DAVID HAYE AT CRUISER!! HE MAYSWELL HAVE FOUGH HOLYFIELD! WAT A DISGRACE.. WATS WRONG WITH BOYSTOV OR BOSWELL OR STIVERNE
if this sham fight happens Wlad should be stripped of his belt. a disgrace to the sport. shame on wlad.
This is just a stay busy fight for Wlad. No other heavyweight want a piece of Wlad. The Klitschkos are so advanced of the other heavyweights, that they could fight at least 5 times a year each with no problem. Just get that easy money Wlad.
Ive loads of respect gor vitali none for wlad, a fraud
top hat says:
“Wlad klit boxings biggest fraud. Fight the wba champion your a joke”
Funny if you were meaning it to be…
Agree with Joe — Also, Thompson and Chambers are fighting soon for the IBF mandatory shot at Klitschko. So they are tied up. Arreola already said he is not ready yet for the Klitschko’s until he gets a couple more fights. Alexander Povetkin has pulled out twice from a fight with Klitschko. This is just a stay busy fight. It will make some money in Europe also since Mormeck has a name there.
Wlad has already defeated Chambers,Chagaev and Thompson,Arreola doesnt want to fight Klitschko until 2012,Ustinov seems to be on the shelf at the moment ,Denis Boytsov is too green to fight him and Alexander Povetkin doesn’t want any paert of a Klitschko.
Wlad klit boxings biggest fraud. Fight the wba champion your a joke
I pleasure myself twice a day while looking at pictures of Wlad (strongest champ ever) KlitschKO’s chiselled body
it would be the best for boxing if Helenius gets one more year to improve before he fights a Klitschko. Hopefully Helenius will start taking on the very best.
As much as i don’t like the Klits, they are the most effective in one of the poorest HW era’s of all time. Should be fighting better than Haye leftovers. Haye should fight Vitali cos Wlad would just do the same again. Be glad when Klit Bros retire, just maybe the HW can get interesting again.
I completely agree with Woscars. If this was Amir Khan, Carl Froch or David Haye fighting a similar choice of opponent you’d be tearing into them.
I’m a huge Wlad fan but this fight is a joke
Nordic nightmare…only worthy opponent…please dont give Haye-dough another payday…peace…
I bet he his
How come Wlad doesn’t get a good shoeing from the author for picking a really bollocks opponent for his next fight, despite there being so many other heavyweights out there. Oh I know why – it’s cos Wlad isn’t a Brit!