By Jim Dower: Ola Afolabi (18-2-3, 8 KO’s) will be fighting 35-year-old Russian Valery Brudov (39-3, 28 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout for the interim World Boxing Organization cruiserweight title on Saturday night on the undercard of Wladimir Klitschko vs. Jean Marc Mormeck at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Jean-Marc Mormeck
Wladimir Klitschko in no win situation
(Photo credit: Michael Eaton Sterling/KMG) By John F. McKenna (McJack): (Super) WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO and The Ring heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) is in a no win situation when he enters the ring to do battle with challenger Jean-Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s). The pair will be squaring off at the ESPRIT arena in Dusseldorf, Germany this Saturday night.
Wladimir: It’s extremely difficult to fight a short guy like Mormeck
(Photo credit: Michael Eaton Sterling/KMG) By Allan Fox: 6’6″ IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) sees his own height advantage over 5’11” challenger Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) more of a curse than a blessing going into their fight on Saturday night at the ESPRIT arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Wladimir interested to see what happens with Mormeck at Friday’s weigh-in
(Photo credit: Michael Eaton Sterling/KMG) By Jim Dower: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko was slapped in the face by challenger Dereck Chisora the Friday before their February 18th fight in Munich, Germany. Vitali held back and didn’t return fire after being slapped, but he may have wished he had because Chisora turned around and spat water in his younger brother Wladimir Klitschko’s face when he saw him in the ring on the night of the fight.
Wladimir: I’m going to take a chance to KO Mormeck
(Photo credit: Michael Eaton Sterling/KMG) By Allan Fox: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) will be taking some chances this Saturday night to try and get a stoppage win over #9 IBF, #10 WBA, #10 WBO, 39-year-old Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) at the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Wladimir: Mormeck is faster than Tyson
(Photo credit: Michael Eaton Sterling/KMG) By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) is having to work twice as hard to interest boxing fans in his fight this Saturday night against the smallish 39-year-old Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s). Boxing fans have been largely turned off toward’s Wladimir choice of opponent since the fight was first announced a couple of months ago.
Mormeck: I will break Wladimir mentally
(Photo credit: Michael Eaton Sterling/KMG) By Allan Fox: #9 IBF, #10 WBA, #10 WBO, Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) likes his chances this Saturday night against IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) when he takes a monstrous step up in competition at the ESPRIT arena, in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Wladimir faces Mormeck this Saturday
By Jim Dower: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) will be facing 39-year-old Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 Ko’s) this Saturday night in one of Wladimir’s least interesting title defenses in many, many years at the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Mormeck has to put a ton of pressure on Wladimir to beat him on March 3rd
By Jason Kim: As we saw last Saturday night with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko struggling under the heavy pressure that was put on him by challenger Dereck Chisora in an eventual 12 round decision win for Vitali. The big Ukrainian won the fight, but he sure didn’t look good and was really gassed out by the end of the fight. The Klitschko brothers simply don’t handle pressure very well when they face a good pressure fighter that knows what he’s doing like Chisora. Now it’s IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) to prove how he himself handles pressure in the form of former cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) in a bout that will be taking place in the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Wladimir battles Mormeck in two weeks
By Jason Kim: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) takes on Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) in the next two weeks on March 3rd in what Wladimir hopes will be a a much easier fight than his brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko experienced against Dereck Chisora last weekend in Munich, Germany.