Klitschko vs. Valuev

By Roman Kolaczek: Klitschko is not just a heavyweight boxing champion; he is also heavyweight scholar. In 1996, he graduated from the Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky Pedagogical Institute and was accepted into the postgraduate study program at Kiev University. On 29 February 2000, he presented his doctoral thesis on “Talent and Sponsorship in Sports” at the Kiev University [...]

by Roman Kolaczek: As champion, Klitschko ducks nobody. His opponents are limited only to those contenders who are at the very top of the WBC rankings. Remarkably, Klitschko is a champion that is willing to fight on the road, to defend in his challenger’s hometown. He recently defended his title against Polish hero Tomasz Adamek [...]

By Roman Kolaczek: Boxing has been a mainstream sport for over a century. Many generations have had great heavyweight champions, many of them household names all over the world. Anytime a major fight between two outstanding heavyweights occurs, the same question arises: who is the greatest of all time? Today, most are saying that this [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) earlier this week denied that he was going to retire after one or two more fights. Now “Dr. Ironfist” is toying with the idea of defending his title against Russian giant former World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion Nikolai [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) has apparently lowered his offer to former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) even further to $1.2 million, according to German news publication the Bild. Vitali, 38, was previously offering the 36-year-old Valuev $2.5 million to fight him months ago. [...]

By Jim Dower: Earlier today, former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev’s promoter sent out a press release, saying that they were accepting a $2.5 million offer for Valuev to fight World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. However, Fightnews.com, is reporting that Klitschko manager Bernd Bonte says that was an old offer made eight months [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) is willing to take the fight with World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) for the $2.5 million that he’s offering him, according to German news outlet Bild. Valuev says “Yes, I want to box against Vitali. This is an [...]

By Erik Schmidt: The proposed fight between World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and two-time WBA heavyweight champ Nikolay Valuev has reached an impasse in the negotiations over the money for the fight. Klitschko and his team have offered Valuev an initial $1 million for the fight and then come up to $2 million [...]

Don King Productions and Sauerland Event have countered K2 Promotions latest offer to former two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai “Giant Russian” Valuev (50-2, 34 KOs) to face World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KOs) with a deal calling for a 60-40 percentage split.

By Erik Schmidt: World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) and his management team have made their final offer to former two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) of $2 million, according to the latest news. Apparently, the 36-year-old Valuev and his co-promoter Don King have a week to accept [...]

By Peter Wells: According to boxingscene .com, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko vs Nikolay Valuev could be happening in April or May. This fight has been mentioned for quite a while now, but finally it looks like we could be looking at a fight of the giants.

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) has big goals in 2010, and wants fights against WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and former WBA title holder Russian Nikolay Valuev, according to news from the Ukrainian site NRCU. However, Vitali, 38, sees the fight with Valuev as the the [...]

By Erik Schmidt: According to news from the Bild Zeitung, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) could be facing former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) next in either April or May 2010. This is a bout that the 38-year-old Klitschko likely wants due to the interest that this [...]