Feb 18, 2012 4:00 PM EST
Olympiahalle - Munich, Germany
Olympiahalle - Munich, Germany
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PREVIEW
Heavyweight champions Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KOs) and little brother Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KOs) have been ruling over the former glamour division of boxing collectively since October of 2008, when 'Dr. Iron Fist' came out of retirement to take the WBC title from Nigerian Samuel Peter.This Saturday night the talking will end and the fight can begin. Dereck Chisora faces the biggest challenge of his career as he looks to wrest away the WBC World Heavyweight Championship from Vitali and break the Klitschko brothers' stranglehold on the World belts. Vitali Klitschko of borther of Wladimir Klitschko will be taking on Great boxer Dereck Chisora in the 12 Rounds - Heavyweight Division (for WBC title) on 18th February 2012 at Olympiahalle Munich, Germany. Vitaly Klitschko is Two time champions will go into the fight as favourte and it will be interesting to see how this fight goes about.
Pre-fight analysis
Dereck "Del Boy" Chisora takes on Vitali "Dr. Ironfist" Klitschko for the WBC World Heavyweight Championship, live from the Olympiahalle, Munich on Saturday 18th February. The Londoner is up for the challenge and if he fights like he did against European champion Robert Helenius when he was robbed of the title in 2011, then he's got a chance of pulling off an amazing win. Chisora is confident of causing an upset against reigning champ Klitschko, saying: "The Klitschko brothers have ruled for too long and it's now time to start smashing down the Iron Curtain of heavyweight boxing, starting with Vitali".
The Tension Grows in January
The big fight build-up began in earnest back in the second week of January when the two heavyweights met for a pre-fight press conference. Chisora attended the event in a canary yellow Reliant Robin; a tribute to his fighting nickname, "Del Boy", taken from the Only Fools and Horses character. "You can only punch something you can see, and you won't be seeing me. You're the Ironfist but I'm going to destroy you in your back yard. I am the black plague," said the Londoner, while also promising to win the fight with a knockout.
Continuing the tradition of having heavyweight battles not on Showtime or HBO, a series of three heavyweight title fights will be airing on Epix according to an official press release on Business Wire. The fights will start with Vitali Klitschko against Dereck Chisora on February 18th for the WBC title. This fight will probably be the best of the three fights with Del Boy looking very good in his last fight against Robert Helenius. Although Chisora did pick up the loss, many observers, myself included, thought that he deserved to win the fight.
The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall
Del Boy Chisora might be on foreign shores, but he will have the whole of Britain behind him as he looks to bring a Heavyweight World Championship home for the first time since Lennox Lewis was at his fighting best.
