By Chris Williams: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) will be making a title defense against number #1 rated WBO challenger Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s) on March 20th, at the ESPRIT arena, in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Chambers, 27, is arguably the best heavyweight in American fight now, and is coming into the March 20th fight with Klitschko with a lot of confidence due to wins over top contenders Samuel Peter and Alexander Dimitrenko.
Eddie Chambers
Wladimir Klitschko wants to fight Chambers in a Football stadium
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 Klitschko-Eddie Chambers set for 20th March- News
By Peter Wells: On the 20th March 2010 World Boxing Organization, International Boxing Federation and IBO Heavyweight champion of the world Wladimir Klitschko 53-3(47) will defend against improving star Eddie Chambers 35-1(18) who recently outpointed Alexander Dimitrenko in a WBO eliminator. Wladimir is the favourite for this fight and so he should be but Eddie is a rising star with one defeat to IBF #2 Alexander Povetkin. Despite two good victories against Dimitrenko and Samuel Peter they were both majority decisions and could just be another hopeful who’s dreams will be shattered before the final bell.
Chambers: “Dimitrenko is a little more fluid than he [Wladimir] Is”
By Sean McDaniel: Heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s) feels really confident about his chances at beating IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in their upcoming March 20th bout next year. In an interview with James Slater of East Side Boxing, Chambers had this to say about Klitschko: “Dimitrenko is a little more fluid than he [Klitschko] is, and he’s a more rounded fighter. Dimitrenko can fight on the inside and variuous things like that. He’s very athletic for a guy his size…I think the Dimitrenko fight was an excellent blueprint for me, and that fight gave me a look at what I will face when I get in there with Wladimir.”
Chambers: “He [Wladimir Klitschko] will eventually fall”
By Dave Lahr: Top heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers is confident about his next fight with WBC/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and is predicting a knockout win over him. Chambers won’t be facing Alexander Povetkin for the interim IBF heavyweight title, he says. Chambers would prefer to fight for the real title. Chambers has this to say about Wladimir: “If I keep hitting his chin, even if it’s 150 times, he [Klitschko] will fall eventually.”
Povetkin to fight for IBF Interim title, possibly Against Chambers – News
By Dave Lahr: After waiting two long years for a title shot against International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, Alexander Povetkin, the mandatory challenger to Klitschko’s title, will fight for the interim IBF title in January 2010.
Wladimir Klitschko vs. Eddie Chambers in March 2010 – News
By Jim Dower: With IBF/WBO Wladimir Klitschko’s recent surgery on his shoulder, his bout with American Eddie Chambers has had to be postponed/.As of now, it looks as if Klitschko will be facing Chambers, 27, in March 2010, based on news reports. This could be changed depending on how the healing goes for Klitschko’s surgically repaired shoulder.
2009- The End Of The Line For The Klitschko Brothers And Valuev?
By Tom Stokes: For the past several years the eastern Europeans have become somewhat a staple in the heavyweight boxing division, much to the dislike of many boxers and boxing fans alike, calling them slow, fat, boring. Now the current champions (all eastern Europeans): Nikolay Valuev, Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko are all putting their titles on the line against some good competition, so are these challengers going to be another walk in the park for the champions or are their reigns over the heavyweight division slowly drawing to a close?
News – Bute vs. Andrade on November 28th; Wladimir Klitschko to Fight Chambers
By Erik Schmidt: A year after their controversial fight, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (24-0, 19 KO’s) will finally be giving a much needed rematch to Librado Andrade (28-2, 21 KO’s) on November 28th, in Quebec, Canada. Bute and Adrade fought last year in October, with Bute getting knocked down in the 12th round by Andrade and ended up winning the fight on a long count by referee Marlon Wright.
Is Chambers too Small to Beat Wladimir Klitschko?
By Chris Williams: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) will be making a decision soon as to which of his two heavyweight titles he’ll be defending next in his upcoming fight later on this year. Klitschko, 33, isn’t tipping his hand as to which fighter it will be – either Eddie Chambers or Alexander Povetkin – and is saying that he’ll make his decision sometime this month or in September.