By Allan Fox: Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) wants to get a stoppage win over challenger Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) on Saturday night in Dusseldorf, Germany. Wladimir wants to get his 50th knockout of his career, and wants to look good in winning this fight after failing to get a stoppage win in his last bout against former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye last July. However, Wladimir doesn’t want to put a lot of pressure on himself by making a prediction about a knockout because he might not live up to his expectations.
Klitschko vs. Mormeck
Mormeck tells Wladimir: I’m not Mike Tyson, but it’s a good public relations stunt
By Allan Fox: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has been comparing his opponent Jean Marc Mormeck to Mike Tyson in the past two weeks leading up to their fight on Saturday in order to drum up interest in this fight with the boxing public. However, instead of it convincing fans that the 39-year-old Mormeck has a chance, it’s making fans see Wladimir as desperate to get people to want to see his mismatch.
Klitschko: Mormeck will be similar to Tyson on Saturday
By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) will be facing one of his shortest opponents of his career on Saturday night when he takes on 5’11” Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) on Saturday night in front of what will likely be a minimum of 50,000 fans at the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The 6’7″ Wladimir will be towering over the shorter Mormeck and this is going to be a huge mismatch unless Mormeck can get close enough to put a dent in Wladimir’s vulnerable chin.
Mormeck’s bob and weave style troubling to Steward
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Legendary trainer Emanuel Steward acknowledges that he is worried about the bob and weave style of challenger Jean Paul Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s). Mormeck faces (super) WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO and The Ring heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) on Saturday night at the ESPIT arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Wladimir says his height advantage won’t benefit him against Mormeck
By Eric Thomas: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) is staying on message that his height, reach and weight advantage over the smaller 5’11” 215 pound challenger Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) won’t be an advantage for him this Saturday night in their fight in Germany. Wladimir wants boxing fans to believe that being 6’6″ against a short fighter like Mormeck won’t help him win the fight.
50,000 fans expected for Wladimir-Mormeck bout on Saturday
(Photo credit: Michael Eaton Sterling/KMG) By Sean McDaniel: U.S. Boxing fans make a big deal out of the 41,000+ fans that showed up to watch WBO welterweight champion Manny Manny Pacquiao’s fight against Antonio Margarito at the Cowboy’s Stadium, in Arlington, Texas in November 2010. That was a huge crowd, right?
Ola Afolabi vs. Valery Brudov for interim WBO cruiserweight title on Klitschko-Mormeck undercard on Saturday
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.
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.