News - Vitaly Klitschko

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko was a interested viewing party, watching David Haye capture the WBA crown from 7'2 Nikolai Valuev by way of a majority decision in Germany. Klitschko was due to fight back in September. The talkative British fighter withdrew from the bout and signed read more ...

Oleg Maskaev says he is happy that he can now see a clear path in his bid to regain the World Boxing Council heavyweight title. After considerable political manuevering, in Oleg’s view, the WBC, during his current convention, has decreed that the No. 2 ranked Maskaev (36-6, 27 KOs) will fight a title-eliminator by May 10 of 2010 against No. 1 ranked Ray Austin (28-4-4, 18 KOs) read more ...

The defense of champion Vitali Klitschko against Chris Arreola, then the #1 contender was considered Klitschko’s mandatory defense. A deadline of May 1, 2010 has been posed for a final eliminator between #1 Ray Austin and #2 Oleg Maskaev to determine the new mandatory challenge read more ...

BoxingScene.com has learned that heavyweight Chris Arreola will face either Derric Rossy (22-2, 12KOs) or Brian Minto (34-2, 21KOs) on December 5 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Contenders Michael Grant and Malik Scott have also been mentioned but the Rossy and Minto appear to be the two names at the top of the list read more ...

At their 47th annual convention in South Korea, the World Boxing Council suspended Chris Arreola on Tuesday [from the rankings and fighting for the title] due to his foul language in the ring, when he expressed himself after he lost to Ukrainian champion Vitali Klitschko on September 26th, 2009 in Los Angeles when Vitali put his Heavyweight title on the line read more ...

Two-time and reigning World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai “The Russian Giant” Valuev isn’t letting constant trash- talking by 3-time world cruiserweight champion David “The Haymaker” Haye get into his head as he makes final preparations for Saturday’s “David vs. Goliath” world title fight being broadcast in North America live on Pay-Per-View from Nuremberg, Germany read more ...

Although the arbitration court postponed the potential bout between Vitali Klitschko and Oleg Maskaev, the Russian boxer still can meet the WBC heavyweight champion in the ring if he wins an eliminator bout against the fighter holding the number one ranking of the WBC. Most likely he will face veteran Ray Austin, who currently holds the position read more ...

At 6-feet, 3-inches tall and upwards of 240-pounds, it’s pretty hard to miss Kevin Johnson. Unless, that is, you’re a boxer claiming elite-level status in the heavyweight division. In that case, according to Star Boxing President/CEO Joe DeGuardia anyway, ignoring the 30-year-old native of Asbury Park, N.J. has been far too easy for way too long read more ...

After his tremendous victory against Chris Arreola, WBC Champion Vitali Klitschko steps into the ring again in 2009. His opponent will be Kevin Johnson at PostFinance-Arena in Bern, Switzerland, on December 12th. Bernd Bönte, Managing Director of the Klitschko Management Group: “Vitali`s performance against Chris Arreola in Los Angeles showed his extra class. With Kevin Johnson, Vitali will again face a very strong contender. Johnson is undefeated, self-conscious and knows what read more ...

Heavyweight sensation Solis needed only two rounds to get rid off two-time world title challenger Monte Barrett. David Haye (2008, tko 5), Wladimir Klitschko (2000, tko 7) and Nikolai Valuev (2006, tko 11) needed far more time to stop the durable and hard-hitting 38-year-old read more ...