Vitali Klitschko announced his departure from the sport
Baku, October 28 (AZERTAC). Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko and politician announced that he ends his career in 2010. This is the website of TV channel TSN.
“I left to win only one belt.” So this year I`ll hang boxing gloves on a nail and stop to ride to different cities to `polish` to someone`s face, “- said Klitschko during his visit to Kiev HPP.
Championship belts of WBA heavyweight champion, who plans to conquer the elder Klitschko belongs Briton David Heyu. The first protection zone to be Heyu April 3, 2010, when he will meet with John Ruiz of the United States. Experts believe that this fight should be fairly easy for the British, so he very soon will be ready to meet with aspiring to the title of champion Vitali Klitschko.
However, given the elder Klitschko plans to finish his career in the near future, everything becomes less likely that Ukrainians will meet in the ring with former world champion on the version of the WBA, Russians Nikolai Valuev. Agreeing to conduct this battle has not previously possible because of the position of promoter Don King, who filed for Valuev`s fee of four million dollars. Representatives Klitschko named sum is too large.
Vitali Klitschko is the first ever European to become world champion in professional boxing heavyweight champion of the most prestigious version of the WBC and retained the title in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009.
Previously, Klitschko has already left the sport: in 2005 he was forced to finish his career because of injury. At the same time he was actively engaged in politics, leading the party “Reforms and Order” (block “Time”). In 2008 he returned to boxing in the first round, knocking out world champion on the WBC version of the Nigerian Samuel Peter.
Other news in this section
