News - Vitaly Klitschko

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 ...

BoxingScene.com has just been advised that heavyweight veteran Monte Barrett will replace Fres Oquendo as the opponent for Odlanier Solis on the Juan Manuel Lopez-Rogers Mtagwa undercard on Saturday night at the Latin Fury card at Madison Square Garden in New York read more ...

BoxingScene.com was advised by source close to the negotiations that a deal is in place for Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37KOs) to defend his WBC heavyweight title against undefeated Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9KOs) on tentative date of December 12. A venue in Switzerland is in the running to host the event but other locations are also being considered read more ...

It front of 16,000 live boxing fans and millions on HBO, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KOs) successfully defended his world title against previously undefeated No. 1 ranked contender Cristobal Arreola (27-1, 24 KOs), Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles read more ...

The talking is now done. Both fighters have weighed-in for their heavyweight clash on Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. WBC champion Vitali Klitschko weighed 252-pounds. Undefeated challenger Chris Arreola was a pound less at 251 and appeared to be in much better shape than we've seen in his last couple of fights. Both fighters have promised an action-packed contest. Video of Klitschko vs Arreola Official Weigh-In read more ...

Alexander Ustinov (17-0, 14 KOs), a heavyweight prospect of « K2 East Promotions» will not step into the ring of «Staples Center», Los Angeles, California on September 26th to face Cedric «The Bos» Boswell (30-1, 24 KOs). It was expected that Ustinov and Boswell would clash on the undercard of Klitschko-Arreola title fight read more ...

As undefeated heavyweight prospect Chris Arreola prepares for the biggest fight of his life; Saturday's WBC title shot against Vitali Klitschko, he is ready to go all out in what should be a very exciting fight. For months Arreola has seen the critics take shots at his weight, his style and his determination. He doesn't care what the critics say. He plans to go in the ring at Staples Center and bring the belt back read more ...

The World Boxing Organization 22nd Annual Congress was held on August 24-28th at the Sofitel Hotel in Budapest, Hungary. Both Klitschko brothers were presented with the award «The Best Heavyweight Boxers in Europe who Conquered America» and their promotional company «K2 Promotions» received the award for the record number of spectators (60,000) who attended a bout between Wladimir Klitschko and Ruslan Chagaev in Gelsenkirchen on June 20th read more ...

During a well-attended Media Workout Wednesday at the Pound4Pound Gym, Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko (37-2, 36 KOs) and K2 Promotions Managing Director, Tom Loeffler, announced that 100 tickets for Klitschko’s eagerly anticipated WBC heavyweight title defense against unbeaten, No. 1-ranked Cristobal Arreola (27-0, 24 KOs), of East Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 26, at STAPLES Center would be donated to Southern California firefighters read more ...