Factbox: Klitschko v Chagaev

Eurosport - Fri, 19 Jun 17:57:00 2009

All you ever needed to know about the WBO, IBO, IBF and Ring Magazine heavyweight title fight between Vladimir Klitschko and Ruslan Chagaev in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

BOXING 2009 Heavyweight boxer Klitschko of Ukraine and Chagaev of Uzbekistan pose after their weigh-in Dortmund - 0

Wladimir Klitschko

Age: 33

Nationality: Ukraine

Born: Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan

Record: 52-3-0 (46 knockouts)

Losses:

Lamon Brewster, fifth round knockout, Las Vegas, April 10 2004.

Corrie Sanders, second round knockout, Hannover, Germany, March 8 2003.

Ross Puritty, 11th round knockout, Kiev, Ukraine, Dec. 5 1998.

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 1.99 metres

Reach: 81 inches

Last fight: Hasim Rahman, seventh round technical knockout, Mannheim, Germany

Current titles: WB0, IBF and IBO heavyweight

Previous titles: 1996 Olympic gold medal, super heavyweight.

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Ruslan Chagaev

Age: 30

Nationality: Uzbekistan

Born: Andizhan, Uzbekistan

Record: 25-0-1 (17 knockouts)

Stance: Southpaw

Height: 1.85 metres

Reach: 74 inches

Last fight: Carl Drummond, technical decision after the sixth round, Rostock, Germany, Feb. 7 2009

Previous title: WBA heavyweight title.

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  1. donk, how u doin mate. ur right theyve lost their voics­ lad. as soon as u disagreewith what the majority belive­ they rip u up. @#$%s.

    From neilsenti55, on Sat 20 Jun 11:50PM
  2. all the people that gave my original comment a thumbs­ down dont look so clever now

    From donkey, on Sat 20 Jun 11:39PM
  3. well said john. and i was proven right mr k won by tko­ and now he will @#$% slap haye and teach him some­ humility

    From donkey, on Sat 20 Jun 11:38PM
  4. haye has got to much to say for himself and is a very­ avridge boxer,who will learn maners when he fights­ klitchco,or he may allways have a bad back ,if he has­ any sense and stick to domestic fights.khan needs hand­ picked non punchers,i still find it hard to believe the­ stupid british public think he is that good beceause­ they read it in the sun.john j.

    From johnjhandley, on Sat 20 Jun 9:40PM
  5. What? so all the people that have given my comment a­ thumbs down have lost their voice???? ur all­ hypocrites that can’t handle someone with views that­ are not the same as yours you should all consider­ moving to china as you don’t seem to like free speech.­ David haye is a Baw bag and will be found out. Lenox­ Lewis isn’t anything special he was just a bin raker­ that was in the right place at the right time 5 years­ earlier and he would still be a nobody the fact he won­ a poxy gold medal counts for piss all just look at Mr.­ Harrison!!!! Then we have loud mouth Amir who says his­ next opponent isn’t that good he seems to forget being­ thumped (maybe not beaten by limond) and beaten by­ Prescott. He should keep his mouth shut and if he has­ the ability to prove people wrong then fair play but­ the likes of him and haye are just jokes. and as for­ all the silly little children that seem to want to­ argue with each other on here it’s time to grow up stop­ putting people down because they don’t share ur view­ and if someone annoys you ignore them name calling is­ rather pathetic comment on the article not the poster

    From donkey, on Sat 20 Jun 1:13PM
  6. neil is gay

    From gay.neil, on Fri 19 Jun 8:37PM
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    klitschko by knockout nice warm up to show the world­ how much better he is than david "pretty boy"­ haye

    From donkey, on Fri 19 Jun 7:16PM
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