Klitschko beats Chagaev by TKO

Eurosport - Sat, 20 Jun 23:57:00 2009

Ukraine's Vladimir Klitschko retained his world heavyweight titles by handing Ruslan Chagaev his first defeat thanks to a technical knockout after the ninth round in Germany.

BOXING 2009 Vladimir Klitschko of Ukraine celebrates after defeating Ruslan Chagaev of Uzbekistan during their
IBF/WBO and IBO world heavyweight championship title fight in Gelsenkirchen - 0

Klitschko, 33, held on to his IBF, IBO and WBO belts when the referee stopped the fight before the start of the 10th round in front of 61,000 fans with the Uzbek WBA champion-in-recess bleeding from a large cut above his left eye.

Standing 1.99 metres tall, Klitschko initially held the challenger, who is 14 centimetres shorter, at bay with his longer reach before knocking his opponent down with a powerful left-right combination midway through the second round.

Unable to get close to the champion, Chagaev, who had a 25-0-1 record going into the fight, took a series of punishing jabs that slowly chipped away at his defences.

He suffered a three centimetre cut above his left eye in the sixth round but battled on at the Schalke 04 football stadium.

Chagaev, 30, who did not face WBA champion Nikolai Valuev after the Russian pulled out of their fight late last month because the Uzbek had the hepatitis B virus, managed to come back and landed a couple of body blows.

But Klitschko dominated in the eighth and ninth rounds, forcing Chagaev to the ropes and landing dozens of punches as his shaken opponent's eye bled profusely.

Referee Eddie Cotton inspected the wound after the ninth round and decided to stop the fight in favour of the Ukrainian whose impressive performance takes him to 53-3-0.

Klitschko, whose brother Vitaly holds the WBC crown, was initially scheduled to fight David Haye before the Briton pulled out with an injury earlier this month.

Reuters

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  1. oasis are not @#$%, noel is god

    From neilsenti55, on Wed 24 Jun 2:30PM
  2. Oasis are s hit, vote British Nuclear Power

    From jack torrance, on Wed 24 Jun 1:08PM
  3. Priceless; comedy gold guys!

    From cameron w, on Tue 23 Jun 9:07PM
  4. Today is gonna be the day
    That they're gonna throw­ it back to you
    By now you should've­ somehow
    Realized what you gotta do
    I don't believe­ that anybody
    Feels the way I do about you now­

    Backbeat the word was on the street
    That the fire in­ your heart is out
    I'm sure you've heard it all­ before
    But you never really had a doubt
    I don't­ believe that anybody feels
    The way I do about you now­

    And all the roads we have to walk along are­ winding
    And all the lights that lead us there are­ blinding
    There are many things that I would
    Like to say­ to you
    I don't know how

    Because maybe
    You're­ gonna be the one saves saves me?
    And after­ all
    You're my wonderwall

    Today was gonna be the­ day
    But they'll never throw it back to you
    By now­ you should've somehow
    Realized what you're not­ to do
    I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I­ do
    About you now

    And all the roads that lead to you­ were winding
    And all the lights that light the way are­ blinding
    There are many things that I would like to say­ to you
    I don't know how

    I said maybe
    You're­ gonna be the one who saves me?
    And after all
    You're­ my wonderwall

    I said maybe
    You're gonna be the­ one who saves me?
    And after an
    You're my wonderwall­

    Said maybe
    You're gonna be the one that saves­ me
    You're gonna be the one that saves me
    You're­ gonna be the one that saves me

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 8:02PM
  5. Well that's all folks got to go to bed,night shifts­ are a b itch eh

    From jack torrance, on Tue 23 Jun 3:14PM
  6. Must remember to watch that movie, did wonders for you.­ :)

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 3:09PM
  7. p.s can't remember belittling anyone's job or­ house,which post was that again?

    From jack torrance, on Tue 23 Jun 3:07PM
  8. You see that's what you don't get neil,if you­ work hard i.e not be some dickless wonder who thinks­ armed robbery is working,then you can improve yourself­ and "change your stars" watch a­ 'Knight's Tale' with Heath Ledger,it's­ all in there.

    From jack torrance, on Tue 23 Jun 3:05PM
  9. and where u gettin hillbilly from

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 3:04PM
  10. Torrense. So hold on. I accept that you started your­ life as a working class person and worked your way up­ and I respect you for that. well done. good move.­ However, if you have been in a working class life, then­ surely you would not slate WORKING CLASS PEOPLE AND­ THEIR LIFESTYLE. Your belittling, on about how we have­ @#$% jobs, houses, etc etc. obviously coming from a man­ with no experience in the class whatsoever.

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 3:02PM
  11. Torrense. So hold on. I accept that you started your­ life as a working class person and worked your way up­ and I respect you for that. well done. good move.­ However, if you have been in a working class life, then­ surely you would not slate WORKING CLASS PEOPLE AND­ THEIR LIFESTYLE. Your belittling, on about how we have­ @#$% jobs, houses, etc etc. obviously coming from a man­ with no experience in the class whatsoever.

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 3:02PM
  12. I just wonder what "working class" job allows­ you to sit on a computer all day long?Quick run down­ neil so you can appreciate what living a real life can­ have to offer,I started off chopping wood for a living­ and selling it door to door,then did a stint cleaning­ windows which was substituted with door work in­ Durham,which despite it's middle class pretentions­ could get a bit sporty on a weekend.I then paid my own­ way through university got a Degree in Health Studies­ which in turn has led to a reasonably well paid­ professional job,nice 5 bedroom house,3 kids a wife­ that loves me,an estate car,sports car and a 1300cc­ motorbike.(Stop me if this sounds just like your life­ neil) oh yeah and I love following sport.Now neil does­ being the son of a farmer make me working class? or­ does my profession make me middle class,does my Italian­ grandad make me an immigrant? something for you to­ ruminate over while drinking your white cider and­ sniffing your hillbilly cocaine trailer boy,oh yeah you­ still know s hit about boxing.

    From jack torrance, on Tue 23 Jun 2:55PM
  13. john u fuki n little w anker, u lomnely old man

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 2:49PM
  14. john.b, u dont no wot ur on about, u lil t wat. my dad­ is pureto ricasn a nd he lives there so bnp wud have no­ prob with that. or if he lived in britain and way paing­ tax. i did a 12 year stretch for armed robbery. past­ that now tho. not that i have 2 expain anythin 2 you. u­ dare ever say im a peado again and ill find u. thats ur­ business lad.

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 2:48PM
  15. You two will never win an argument on class or anything­ else for that matter with me. Yoir not mentally strong­ enough to argue with me. just cus u can spell, u cant­ win an argument with me.

    now, i bet my house u 2 will­ have nothing at all to say to all this, u'll­ cru,ble now.

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 2:43PM
  16. Neeni Slit you're lying again, you are not working­ class; how can you be? You told us you did a 12 year­ stretch, remember? To do a twelve year stretch it must­ have been for something really 'orrible, like being­ a paedophile fer instance, or perhaps a bad case of­ necrophylia.(look it up sunshine, look it up.) So­ don't give out with all the rubbish about being­ working class, you are non-working class, you are a­ millstone around the neck of society. It will take you­ the rest of your sorry life to pay off the cost of you­ being in jail for that amount of time. That is, if­ someone would be mug enough to employ such a person as­ yourself.
    Stop the press!Stop the press! Here's­ just the job for you Slit, A wringer-outer for a one-­ armed widow cleaner, must be intense. sorry my mistake,­ it said dense. Well. thats right up your street then­ Neeni. Who knows, if you try hard, you could go up in­ the world, like standing on the 2nd rung of the ladder.­ What a mixed up peasant! He tells us his father is a­ Peurto Rican and so he votes BNP.
    You really do have­ to laugh, don't you?

    From JOHN B, on Tue 23 Jun 2:43PM
  17. lance, i thought we were here to comment on our much­ varied and vast views on the sport of boxing, not have­ friken speeling commpetion, or am I just going crazy.­ Jack, I understand Durham is a complete boreing dump­ full of the middle and upper classes am I correct my­ good man. AGAIN, I ask, U say ur gifted, in terms of,­ what I no of that ur gifted in:

    1.very small d­ ick.
    2.You support the BNP (which is good, ur helping­ to clean up)
    3.at spelling
    4.Your probably good at polo­ or crokey
    5.LANCE IS GAY
    6.U have a very hairy arse (­ the bit just between the cheeks)(lance dont laugh cus­ so do you).
    7.You work in either an office/bank/posh­ job
    8.youve never experienced the lows of the typical­ working class lifestyle, therefore can never experience­ the high of achievment. Your mommy has given you­ everything and Ur a disgrace to the Wclasses.
    9.Your a­ virgin
    10.You should spend less time praxctising your­ spelllinngg and try and get a s hag for the 1st time,­ you vi rgin.

    No lance you have it all wrong. Again, u­ obviously have never even been working class if you­ class us all as thiefs and muggers. WE are WORKERS. we­ GRAFT for people like YOU who sit in your luxary pads­ and read boxing autobiograPHYS so then think you no­ more thsn people like me that have had members of their­ family boxing for hundreds of years, My GRANDAD WAS A­ BARENUCKLY BOXER. WHAT WAS URS LANCE OR JAKE OR WHATEVA­ YA NAME IS. AN accountant, a lawyer. u see where im­ going with this. You slate the working classes without­ realising without us the world would not spin, man­ could not survive, the stars would dissapear into the­ velvet sky, the moon would shrivel in the cold night,­ god himself would shed a tear.

    Always remember this-­ middle class boys. JESUS supported the working classes­ not you lot. were here for a reason. your here to be­ greedy and pigs.

    I will backup my state ment that u 2­ no nothing on boxing. Lance u sed 'Chagaev would be­ too fast, speed will be the key.' really la

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 2:39PM
  18. See Jack, now you've been told. You can only­ understand boxing if you spent all your school years­ mugging kids five years younger than you for their­ dinner money instead of learning to spell. Like our­ esteemed font of knowledge - neil.

    From Lance, on Tue 23 Jun 2:09PM
  19. neilsenti the staff at the unit really should feed you­ more,you're becoming quite hostile.Vote BP down­ with Shell

    From jack torrance, on Tue 23 Jun 1:42PM
  20. torrense u idiot, ur the 1 who knows f uk akll bout­ boxing, cus ur middle class, u have 2 be workin class 2­ be a boxing fan. not posh wan kers like u. how r u­ gifted exept pushin a pen in ur office h omo boy.

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 23 Jun 1:03PM
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