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Klitschko, Ibragimov close to signing for unification bout
November 6, 2007
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBO titleholder Sultan Ibragimov hope to wrap up negotiations this week for a bout to unify two of the four heavyweight world titles.
Leon Margules, Ibragimov's promoter and lawyer, told Germany's Die Welt newspaper on Tuesday the fighters expect to sign this week in New York to fight on Feb. 23 in Madison Square Garden.
"We have to clear up some small things," Margules said. "But since all of us absolutely want this fight, we'll make it."
Regarded by many as the best of the current heavyweights, Klitschko (49-3, 44 knockouts) tops the independent IBO rankings. Ibragimov (22-0-1, 17 knockouts) pounded out a unanimous decision against Evander Holyfield last month.
Holyfield lost heavyweight boxing's last unification fight in 1999, dropping his WBA and IBF belts to WBC champion Lennox Lewis. The current fractured state of the title in boxing's marquee division is blamed in part for a slide in the sport's popularity.
The other two heavyweight champions are Ruslan Chagaev of the WBA and Samuel Peter of the WBC.
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Klitschko To Fight Ibragimov To Unify 2 Titles In Feb.
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Klitschko to fight Ibragimov in February to unify 2 heavyweight titles
November 20, 2007
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBO titleholder Sultan Ibragimov will fight Feb. 23 in Madison Square Garden to unify two of the four heavyweight world titles.
Regarded by many as the best of the current heavyweights, Klitschko (49-3, 44 knockouts) tops the independent IBO rankings. Ibragimov (22-0-1, 17 knockouts) pounded out an unanimous decision against Evander Holyfield last month.
MSG president Steve Mills and Klitschko's management confirmed the fight Tuesday.
Holyfield lost heavyweight boxing's last unification fight in 1999, dropping his WBA and IBF belts to WBC champion Lennox Lewis. The current fractured state of the title in boxing's marquee division is blamed in part for a slide in the sport's popularity.
The other two heavyweight champions are Ruslan Chagaev of the WBA and Samuel Peter of the WBC.
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The following is off the AP Newswire:
Klitschko to fight Ibragimov in February to unify 2 heavyweight titles
November 20, 2007
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBO titleholder Sultan Ibragimov will fight Feb. 23 in Madison Square Garden to unify two of the four heavyweight world titles.
Regarded by many as the best of the current heavyweights, Klitschko (49-3, 44 knockouts) tops the independent IBO rankings. Ibragimov (22-0-1, 17 knockouts) pounded out an unanimous decision against Evander Holyfield last month.
MSG president Steve Mills and Klitschko's management confirmed the fight Tuesday.
Holyfield lost heavyweight boxing's last unification fight in 1999, dropping his WBA and IBF belts to WBC champion Lennox Lewis. The current fractured state of the title in boxing's marquee division is blamed in part for a slide in the sport's popularity.
The other two heavyweight champions are Ruslan Chagaev of the WBA and Samuel Peter of the WBC.
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