Wladimir Klitschko close to finalizing deal to fight Jean-Marc Mormeck on December 10th
October 1st, 2011
By Eric Thomas: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) is reportedly close to finalizing his December 10th fight against 39-year-old former cruiserweight champion Jean-Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 Ko’s) at the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The Klitschko-Mormeck fight still hasn’t been signed, but is looking very likely according to Dan Rafael at ESPN.
This is fight that makes sense for Wladimir in terms of making money, but not as far as attracting worldwide interest from boxing fans. Mormeck is ranked #9 WBA, #9 WBO and #12 IBF, but there are so many better fighters than Mormeck in the division that would give Wladimir a much better fight.
It’s highly unlikely that either Showtime or HBO will show any interest in televising the Mormeck-Klitschko fight because it’s too much of a blatant mismatch going into the fight. There’s fights that the cable giants are willing to show involving Wladimir, but this clearly isn’t one of them. Wladimir has momentum going for him right now due to his 12 round unanimous decision win over David Haye last July, which brought in great rankings for Wladimir in the U.S. It’s unfortunate that Wladimir is taking such a huge backwards step by selecting the nearly 40 Mormeck instead of a guy that has a chance and someone that boxing fans want to see.
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fighters ali defended against who mormeck would have beaten: lubbers (196 pounds) wepner (30-9) blin (198 pounds) dunn (206 pounds) coopman. evagilista. leon spinks (he lost to him. leon had a record of 6-0-1 and had a draw with scott ledoux and weighed only 200 pounds. leon finished with a record of 26-17)
the fight isnt a big deal. vladimir has fought the number 3 contender (ring magazine) 3 times in the last 3 years. nobody wants the fight with vladimir at present. haye barely beat mormeck and was staggering around the ring and down in one round. it was haye’s biggest win to date…and one of his hardest. state of emergency??? dont make be laugh. frazier defended against a guy ranked 35th in the world. patterson defended against a guy having his first pro fight. ali defended against a lot of fat, 190 pound fighters not ranked in the top 10. and lost to leon spinks, who was smaller and slower than mormeck. foreman lost to 190 pound jimmy young.
Lennox Tyson: did you mention Haye ?? there isnt eny reason to fight Haye again. Boytsov and Helenius are way to green at the moment, they will make a much better fight in a year or two.
David Haye has mentioned numerous times that beating Mormeck was one of his crowning achievements.
Klitschko is probably taking this fight just to diminish Haye’s cruiserweight legacy.
I am a fan of the Klitschkos but this isn’t good.
ah good back to boring fights which DOESNT capture the publics interest. heavyweight boxing back to its old self.
say what you like about david haye but it created excitment before the fight at least.
but to be fair to the klitschko’s there’s no one else out there to fight anyway
Silly klitschko fans.
Klitschko stinks!!!
I pleasure myself twicw a day while looking at pictures of Wlad (greatest champ ever) Klitschko’s chiselled body
If Haye can fight the likes of Fraudly why cannot Wladimir Klitschko do a number on the Mormeck? All’s fair in luv and politics or where and when you can get away with it.
Dr fraud hammer
another easy win to Wlad
This is a joke! the heavyweight division is in a state of emergency and this fight doesn’t help. Wladimir Klitschko is a great boxer no doubt but making a fight like this happen, he has lost all respect from the fans! C’mon Wlad! Haye knocked out Mormeck! what are you thinking? Disgraceful!
Ustinov, Boytsov, Haye, Helenius – why Mormeck?