By William Mackay: I’m glad that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) has decided to take on both Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) and Tomasz Adamek (43-1, 28 KO’s) in his next two fights in 2011 instead of facing WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s). Adamek and Chisora will both come to fight and will make it entertaining throughout by attacking Wladimir and looking to make a fight of it. With Haye, all I can see is a bunch of running around the ring with Haye trying to avoid getting hit.
Derek Chisora
Derek Chisora
Why is Klitschko v Chisora a 5 star fight?
By Mohammed Nasir: If you go to boxrec.com right now and look up Wladimir Klitschko v Dereck Chisora you will see that it is rated as a 5 star fight. That’s just a stark example but anyone who follows boxing online will notice that a large section of the boxing community is looking forward to this as though it was Hagler v Hearns II, including some of the other writers on this site.
Wladimir says he took Chisora fight because he didn’t trust Haye
By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) recently decided to take an April 30th tune-up bout against Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) despite having a scheduled July 2nd bout on tap with WBA heavyweight champion David Haye.
Wladimir wants to fight three times in 2011 against Chisora, Haye and possibly Adamek
By Jim Dower: Despite what WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has been saying about his July 2nd bout with IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko being in jeopardy because of his tune-up bout against Dereck Chisora on April 30th, Wladimir is still sees himself fighting Haye on July 2nd. Wladimir wants to fight at least three times in 2011, starting with Chisora and followed by Haye on July 2nd and then possibly Tomasz Adamek near the end of the year.
Wladimir says he’s going to teach Chisora a lesson on April 30th
By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) wants to make his April 30th opponent Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) pay for the remarks he made about him and his girlfriend during their past press conferences. Wladimir was taken aback by Chisora’s ultra confidence that he showed during their prior press conferences and by Chisora’s complete lack of respect for him as a fighter. Chisora made it clear that he thinks Wladimir was bad for boxing because his fights were often boring and didn’t live up to the ideal that Chisora thought that heavyweight champions should represent.
Haye says he’s still hoping Wladimir will change his mind about fighting Chisora
By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye isn’t giving up hope that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will reconsider his April 30th tune-up bout against unbeaten Dereck Chisora – a fight that Haye is strongly against – and will instead wait for July 2nd to fight Haye. Wladimir is already scheduled to fight Haye on July 2nd, and merely wants a tune-up fight but Haye doesn’t want Wladimir to take that fight.
Chisora says his goal is to make sure Haye never fights the Klitschkos
By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten British heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) has lucked out with the news that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) has once again decided to fight him. Chisora, 26, will be facing Wladimir on April 30th in what Klitschko hopes will be a tune-up bout before his scheduled July 2nd unification bout against World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye.
Chisora says the Wladimir fight is a “Late Christmas present”
By Dave Lahr: Unbeaten heavyweight Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) got a huge gift earlier today when he learned that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) had decided not to fight WBA heavyweight champion David Haye next and had instead decided to fight him. Chisora, 26, was supposed to have fought Wladimir last month in December, but Wladimir suffered an injury to an abdominal muscle making it necessary for him to pull out of the Chisora fight.
Haye-Wladimir fight off for now, Haye has to decide who to fight next
By Jason Kim: The chances for WBA heavyweight champion David Haye to fight both of the Klitschko brothers before retiring in October of this year took a major hit when IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko suddenly announced that he’ll be facing unbeaten Dereck Chisora on April 30th instead of facing Haye. This is obviously disappointing news for boxing fans, as the Haye-Klitschko negotiations were reportedly going well as of late.
Wladimir couldn’t decide on date/site with Haye, will now fight Chisora on 4/30
By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) couldn’t agree on a date and venue for his mega fight with WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s). According to Dan Rafael, the earliest date they could agree on was for July 2nd. Since Wladimir wasn’t interested in hanging around and doing nothing until then, he decided to take a bout against unbeaten Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) on April 30th to keep busy.