On December 10, it will be Jean-Marc Mormeck (France) to challenge IBF/WBA/IBO/WBO and “The Ring Magazine” World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko. Both fighters had a first encounter in the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf (Germany) on Wednesday, October 12 – nearly 8 weeks before their highly anticipated clash.
Former WBA/WBC World Cruiserweight Champion Mormeck was very confident and said he knew how to beat Klitschko. “I have overcome every challenge I have set myself in the past. I have tried to win every championship belt in the past and now I have the chance to get them. I am strong enough to do it, I am a warrior in the ring”, he said.
The youngest of the Klitschko brothers will be returning to the ring for the first time since his dominating win against Britain’s David Haye in their unification fight in Hamburg in July. “I don’t want to give him any chance, I want to destroy him”, said Klitschko of his opponent. “I might have a glass jaw, but I will knock you out before you even touch it”, he added in response to claims made by Mormeck recently.
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The fight will be broadcast live on RTL in Germany and also shown in 120 countries worldwide.
Official tickets are available on www.eventim.de and +49- (0)1805 – 12 13 14 with prices starting from only 20 Euro.
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
