Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko (R) and British boxer Dereck Chisora pose in front of the Munich Olympic tower after a press conference at Olympic Hall on December 15, 2011 in Munich, Germany. Two-time WBC World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title against Dereck Chisora at the Olympiahalle Munich, Germany on February, 18, 2012. Dereck “Del Boy” Chisora is 27 years old and is rated in the Top 15 in the WBC world rankings. From 2010 until 2011, Chisora was the Commonwealth and British heavyweight champion. In his last fight, Chisora lost a very controversial split decision against Robert Helenius in Helenius’ hometown of Helsinki, Finland. Every boxing fan that watched this fight thought that Chisora clearly won and should be the real European champion. Dereck Chisora‘s fight record is 15 wins (9 KOs) with two defeats.
Dereck Chisora: “Wladimir Klitschko did not fight me last year so I am now going to get the world championship belt from his older brother Vitali. I will show Vitali that his time is over and make him retire. After I beat Vitali, if Wladimir wants revenge I will also fight him and take all their heavyweight championship belts back to London!”
Vitali Klitschko is 40 years old with a professional record of 43-2 with 40 KOs. His two defeats came only as a result of injuries and he never lost his title in the ring. Klitschko has the highest knock out percentage of any world champion with 93 percent. Vitali Klitschko is only the fourth boxer along with Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis to win a heavyweight championship belt for the third time. It will be Klitschko’s 16th World Heavyweight Championship fight in Munich.
Vitali Klitschko: “Chisora has proven in his last fights that he is very strong with his infighting. His great performance against Helenius showed that he should be the European champion but I won’t be intimidated by his trash talking.”
In Germany, Klitschko vs. Chisora will be shown live and exclusively on Klitschko’s German TV partner RTL.
Ticket sales start on December 14 and will be available on www.eventim.de.
Dereck who ? We realize that the heavyweight division is in a terrible state of lack-of-talent, but where do they find these guys ? WHO CARES anymore ! Can you imagine what would have happened to the Klitschko’s had they been around in the Ali-Frazier-Foreman era ? Anything over 168 pounds is hardly worth viewing these days. Lucky for we boxing fans that our present lower weight classes are loaded with talent. To Jonny-Boy, bless you friend, you are a true die-hard fan of the sport to still show so-much interest in these boring big guys. And I have to admit, that even-though they continue to put me to sleep, I still watch, and keep hoping for another heavyweight star to someday appear. Hopefully before I’m too old and senile to enjoy it.
Not very interesting, this will be another easy night for Vitali, I did not see Chisora’s fight with Helenious but from my understanding it was a robbery. He might have a slight chance if he fights completely different from Vitali’s recent opponents who seem to tense up and get intimidated by the size and reach of Klitschko. The only way I think an upset occurs is if he blitz’s Klitschko right out the gate and lands a series of hard punches.
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