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RE: Heavyweight Division - diehard - 04-27-2015
Believe he has a mandatory against Tyson Fury, who should be his next opponent anyway. After he KO's Fury, he should and probably will fight Wilder to unite the titles in the US. After that, who knows?
RE: Heavyweight Division - justafan - 04-27-2015
I would love to see him fight Wilder but I think that fight is to risky for Wilder until he has cashed in with a few fights to defend his title at home.
If he fought Klit next and lost he could find himself on the outer very quickly.
I also want to see Klit v Fury but I don't hold out much hope for Fury. While it seems like Klit was a little flat the other night (only saying that as it seems to be what is in a few of the reports on the fight) I can't see him being off his game for Fury.
RE: Heavyweight Division - justafan - 04-27-2015
Klit talking Fury to be next
Wladimir Klitschko says Tyson Fury set to be next challenger
Wladimir Klitschko said Britain's Tyson Fury is set to be his next challenger after retaining his world heavyweight titles for the 18th time in a row.
The 39-year-old Ukrainian, who holds the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts, secured a unanimous points victory over American Bryant Jennings at New York's Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
British champion Fury, 26, is the mandatory challenger for the WBO crown.
"I think this fight needs to happen in Europe," said Klitschko, 39.
"Fighting Fury in Germany or in Great Britain, that's something we have to figure out."
Klitschko, competing in a record-equalling 27th heavyweight title fight, was awarded victory over Jennings 116-111, 116-11 and 118-109.
"Jennings would have beaten a lot of heavyweights," said the champion, who has won 64 of his 67 fights. "He's a tough competitor."
Tale of the tape
Klitschko
Fury
6ft 6in (1.98m)
Height
6ft 9in (2.06m)
242lb (110kg)
Weight
262lb (119kg)
67
Fights
24
64
Won
24
0
Drawn
0
0
Lost
0
Klitschko relied on his heavy jab to pile up points against his previously unbeaten 30-year-old opponent.
Jennings fought defensively for the first third of the bout with his gloves held high over his face, only occasionally springing into offensive action.
In the middle third of the 12-round bout, the American turned more aggressive, scoring with some rights into Klitschko's ribs and by the ninth round had caused a cut under Klitschko's left eye.
Klitschko responded by throwing more combinations, following up his stiff jab with a dangerous right and finished strongly, landing a big right hand in the final seconds.
Jennings thought the fight was much closer than the scoring.
"Every time I started working he held me," said the American. "When he was holding I was hitting him to the body.
"I must have hit him with about a hundred body shots, but not much to the head."
Fury beat Romania's Christian Hammer in his most recent fight, taking his record to 24-0.
Asked about Klitschko after that bout, the Manchester fighter said: "I'm ready for him."
RE: Heavyweight Division - diehard - 04-27-2015
I'm guessing Klit may have been flat playing second fiddle to the Pacman vs Mayweather fight. Jennings did all the right things, just not busy enough. Nor powerful enough.
JF, if you look at the tale of the tape, as you noted, Fury has the size on him, so Klit will have to do more than just sit back and box him. Luckily for him, Fury's skill level is much below Klit's. Fury carries his left low, but he has a good jab. Klit will KO him in five.
RE: Heavyweight Division - diehard - 04-29-2015
1.7 million see Klitschko-Jennings; most watched HBO boxing telecast since 2012
Last Saturday night HBO Boxing televised the return of heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko to the United States for the first time in more than seven years and it proved to be a smash hit in the television ratings. Per Nielsen Media Research, Klitschko’s fight against Bryant Jennings delivered an average viewership of 1,637,000, peaking at 1,742,000 viewers. This is by far the top performing bout on premium OR basic cable this year, and was the most watched HBO World Championship Boxing event since June 2012.
The opening bout of the telecast, Sadam Ali vs. Francisco Santana, delivered on average 1,000,000 viewers for the live, first time airing. The opening bout peaked at 1,134,000 viewers.
The entire HBO telecast on April 25th from Madison Square Garden averaged 1,300,000 viewers.
RE: Heavyweight Division - cranky - 05-14-2015
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/boxing/alex-leapai-distances-himself-from-joseph-parker-as-he-prepares-for-manuel-charr-20150513-gh0vnk.html
RE: Heavyweight Division - Daneo - 05-14-2015
Leapai v Parker is an exciting matchup, hopefully they can make it!
RE: Heavyweight Division - diehard - 05-22-2015
Good fight this weekend:
Povetkin-Perez undercard on ESPN3 also
ESPN3 will present live coverage in the U.S. of the 12-round WBC heavyweight title eliminator between contenders Alexander Povetkin (28-1-1, 20 KOs) and Mike Pérez (21-1-0, 13 KOs) on Friday. The winner will become the mandatory challenger for Deontay Wilder’s heavyweight belt. The card, from Moscow is presented by K2 Promotions. ESPN3 will also include additional live undercard bouts beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET. ESPN2 will televise Povetkin-Perez on tape-delay at 9 p.m. leading into the Boxcino 2015 finals on the series finale of ESPN Friday Night Fights.
The Povetkin-Perez undercard includes:
– The 12-round WBC World Cruiserweight title fight between titleholder Grigory Drozd (39-1, 27 KOs) and Lukasz Janik;
– A cruiserweight bout between 2008 Olympic gold medalist Rakhim Chakhkiev (22-1, 17 KOs) and undefeated Junior Wright (13-0-1, 11 KOs);
– A cruiserweight matchup between undefeated Dmitry Kudryashov (17-0, 17 KOs) and Vikapita Meroro (28-4, 14 KOs).
RE: Heavyweight Division - shamrock - 05-22-2015
Should be good viewing Die, I expect Povetkin to give Mike Perez a hard time. Hope Perez can shake off his haunting past to get back to real competitiveness.
RE: Heavyweight Division - gothenaki - 05-23-2015
That was damn impressive from Povetkin - he looks bigger? Mandatory for Wilder. Risky fight for Wilder (to say the least). Leapai / Charr was slloooowwwww, with Leapai being slower