By Jim Dower: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) wants to make his next title defense against American Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s) in a large football stadium, in Dusseldorf, Germany. Klitschko, 33, will be fighting Chambers next year on March 20th at a still to be determined location in Germany. About fighting in a large stadium, Klitschko has this to say about it: “I want to hold my next fight against mandatory challenger Eddie Chambers on the football stadium in Dusseldorf. In a fight against Chagaev at the Schalke stadium I had tremendous feelings.”

Wladimir last fought on June 20th, against former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev at the Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The stadium was jam packed with over 60,000 fans, and Klitschko would like to relive that experience by fighting Chambers in another similar sized stadium. Besides the applause factor that Klitschko enjoys in a large stadium like that, he would also make more money than in a much smaller arena like the ones he usually fights in.

Klitschko will be making his 4th defense of his WBO title, which he won with by a lopsided 12 round decision over then champion Sultan Ibragimov in February 2008. Wladimir was supposed to fight Chambers this month, but because of a hand injury from the Chagaev bout that required surgery, his fight with Chambers was pushed back to March.

Chambers recently beat 6’7″ Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko by a 12 round majority decision in July in a WBO heavyweight title eliminator bout. Chambers looked good in getting inside on the taller Dimitrenko and was able to punish him at close range for 12 rounds. Chambers figures that he’ll be able to do the same thing with Klitschko, because of his similar fighting style with that of Dimitrenko. Chambers doesn’t want to stay on the outside and eat jabs and right hands from Klitschko because he doesn’t have the reach to compete with him at long range. Chambers figures he has a good chance of beating Klitschko if he can stay in close and use his superior quickness to get the better of him.

Chambers will have to find a way to get his shots off without being clinched constantly by Klitschko, who doesn’t let his opponents get inside on him for any length of time. Chambers will also have to come up with a plan to avoid some of Klitschko’s powerful left hooks and right hands while coming at him. Klitschko, unlike his brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, has one punch power and can turn a fight around at a moments notice with one big shot.