News - Vitaly Klitschko

Joe Calzaghe would like to see his countryman WBA heavyweight champion David Haye fight both of Klitschko brothers in 2010; WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir and WBC champion Vitali. Calzaghe feels that Haye has the skill to fight and beat the brothers but warns that both fighters will be far tougher than the 7'2 giant Nikolai Valuev, who Calzaghe doesn't think could fight very much. Haye must first meet and beat WBA mandatory John Ruiz read more ...

The former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev shared his opinion on the upcoming bout between the owner of the WBC belt Vitali Klitschko and Kevin Johnson. The American used to be Valuev's sparring-partner, that's why he knows Johnson well enough. “When I was preparing for the bout with Monte Barrett I worked with Johnson in Chicago, - told Valuev to Blik newspaper read more ...

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and unbeaten challenger Kevin Johnson faced off at Monday’s press conference in advance of their showdown on Saturday night at the Postfinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland. Johnson stated no one can outbox him. “The whole world will be shocked when I’ve finished Vitali Klitschko in nine rounds read more ...

The WBC has named the officials for the Vitali Klitschko vs. Kevin Johnson heavyweight championship fight on December 12 in Berne, Switzerland. The referee will be Kenny Bayless (USA). Judges are Omar Mintun (Mexico), Guido Cavalleri (Italy) and read more ...

At the presser in Zaporizhia dedicated to the upcoming huge boxing tournament «World Boxing in Zaporizhia. Champions league» Baysangurov’s foe was finally named. On December 19th in local Sport Palace «Yunost» Zaurbek Baysangurov (22-1, 16 KOs) will defend his WBA Inter-Continental light middleweight title in a clash against Frank Shabani (18-1-0, 6 КОs) read more ...

World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman wants heavyweight Vitali Klitschko to be one of the stars of Mexico’s bi-centenary celebrations. Don Jose says it’s his dream for Vitali to defend his WBC Heavyweight Title at the pre-hispanic Pyramids at Teotihuacan. The site which includes the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, is twenty five miles to the North East of Mexico City read more ...

In the final three weeks leading up to his showdown with WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KOs), televised on HBO Dec. 12, undefeated contender Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KOs) will be posting his diary online, exclusive to Fightnews.com readers. Diary entry Sunday, Nov. 29 read more ...

In the final three weeks leading up to his showdown with WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KOs), televised on HBO Dec. 12, undefeated contender Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KOs) will be posting his diary online, exclusive to Fightnews.com readers. Diary entry Friday, Nov. 27 read more ...

WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has to defend his title against mandatory challenger John Ruiz, but he still wants to fight the brothers who rule the division, WBO/IBF/IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko and the WBC chmapion Vitali Klitschko. Haye broke down the strenghts and weaknesses of both brothers read more ...

Former undisputed heavyweight champ Lennox Lewis is backing his friend and countryman David Haye, the new WBA heavyweight champion, to beat Wladimir Klitschko, who holds the IBF/WBO titles. Although Lewis is backing Haye to batter Wladimir, he doesn't view a fight against older brother Vitali Klitschko in the same light read more ...