Wladimir Klitschko Pulls Out of Mormeck Fight
by Scott Christ on Dec 5, 2011 7:58 AM EST
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World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has pulled out of his scheduled December 10 title defense against former cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck of France, according to the Telegraph:
Klitschko, the WBO, WBA and IBF heavyweight champion has failed to recover in time for the bout in Dusseldorf after undergoing an operation at the weekend to remove a kidney stone.
The Ukrainian, 35, initially hoped he would have recovered in time but has now been advised to pull out.
Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO) was sent to the hospital with abdominal problems earlier this week, and the champ was initially expected to recover in time for his defense against Mormeck (36-4 ,22 KO).
Frankly, the world hasn't lost a lot with the absence of this fight, which was dismissed by avid boxing fans as a sham, as Mormeck has struggled to secure hometown wins over the likes of Timur Ibragimov, Fres Oquendo and Vinny Maddalone since hitting the heavyweight class in December 2009.
In other words, this fight is no great loss. Klitschko vs Mormeck was seen as an obscene mismatch by most of us anyway. Hopefully Wladimir will get his health sorted and not entertain another fight this bad.
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I’d prefer January, myself. Or just sometime sooner.
by VirtualBalboa on Dec 5, 2011 9:12 AM EST up reply actions
I guess I'm in the minority...
but I actually like to see the brothers fight. Oh well, if a fight had to be cancelled, this was as good as any.
I’m always up for a Wlad or Vitali fight. But this was a shameful mismatch. I actually lost a few ounces of respect for Wladimir making this fight, and I have a world of respect for Wladimir. That didn’t come easy.
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What’s Wlad doing in that fight? Is he giving Mormeck one of his belts as charity?
"He's still a very strong fighter, but I am way better than he is" - Miguel Cotto
Kidney Stone TKO-6 Wladimir Klitschko
I always thought the way to beat tall guys like Klit is from the inside, working the body.
by Verklemptomaniac on Dec 5, 2011 11:01 AM EST reply actions
Kidney Stoooooones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ITjqLSAZY
"He's still a very strong fighter, but I am way better than he is" - Miguel Cotto
Well,this only means that there will one big European sport event happening this weekend
and that is the El Clasico,between Barcelona and Real Madrid
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