Gamer
11-17-2010, 12:18 AM
c/p By Ruslan Chikov
WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is planning to fight three times in 2011. The first meeting will be a mandatory defense against the winner of December's final eliminator between Odlanier Solis and Ray Austin. Klitschko is picking Solis to win. He hopes his prediction comes true because the cable networks will not little interest in a fight with Austin. Klitschko wanted to fight Polish boxer Tomasz Adamek. The WBC turned down his request and ordered him to make his mandatory against next month's winner.
"Austin is 40 years old and Solis is 30. In this case, I think youth will win. Although even here it's not really about age, but the kind of opponent. Solis is a fighter with an excellent amateur background. He was an Olympic champion and triple amateur world champion. But a possible future fight with him does not draw as much interest as a meeting with Adamek," Klitschko told Bleek.
That is going to be fight number one. Klitschko aims to fight twice more in 2011. He only fought twice in 2010, but says the reason for that was due to several factors.
"In professional boxing, a fight is made with several factors in mind - the interest from television, the location of the fight, etc. And don't forget that champions usually fight twice, or a maximum of three times per year. But next year, I think I will be able to enter the ring three times," Klitschko said.
WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is planning to fight three times in 2011. The first meeting will be a mandatory defense against the winner of December's final eliminator between Odlanier Solis and Ray Austin. Klitschko is picking Solis to win. He hopes his prediction comes true because the cable networks will not little interest in a fight with Austin. Klitschko wanted to fight Polish boxer Tomasz Adamek. The WBC turned down his request and ordered him to make his mandatory against next month's winner.
"Austin is 40 years old and Solis is 30. In this case, I think youth will win. Although even here it's not really about age, but the kind of opponent. Solis is a fighter with an excellent amateur background. He was an Olympic champion and triple amateur world champion. But a possible future fight with him does not draw as much interest as a meeting with Adamek," Klitschko told Bleek.
That is going to be fight number one. Klitschko aims to fight twice more in 2011. He only fought twice in 2010, but says the reason for that was due to several factors.
"In professional boxing, a fight is made with several factors in mind - the interest from television, the location of the fight, etc. And don't forget that champions usually fight twice, or a maximum of three times per year. But next year, I think I will be able to enter the ring three times," Klitschko said.