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world heavyweight champion vitali klitschko WBC version will soon be to defend his title against Kevin Johnson. Meanwhile, away from Valuev, WBA belt David Haye compared the pros and cons of the Klitschko brothers.

Former manager of former world heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov, Boris Grinberg in an interview with the “Blick” recalled the fight of his ward with Kevin Johnson and assessed the possibility of a future contender Vitali Klitschko:

“The judges just laugh at Timur, awarding a draw. The fight was chetyrehraundovym. I'm sure if the fight lasted 6 or 8 rounds, Ibragimov would make Americans “click sneakers” – that is, would have knocked Kevin “

“Yes, there do not talk about. Kevin Johnson – this one! Klitschko can beat him, but he did not. Even if Vitali will stand with hands down, Johnson fails to knock him out. I am convinced that Americans will continue to get away from the Ukrainian. As in the recent fighting David Haye was running away from Nikolai Valuev. But Klitschko Valuev's not. It will overtake American and translated in a horizontal position. I have no doubt that Vitali will win the fight by knockout. ”

“It is extremely unlikely that in America, this battle will be interesting. Because Johnson in the U.S. no one knows. I've heard that neither HBO nor Showtime refused to buy the rights to this fight. It seems that the fight will be televised on ESPN. Only there is one caveat – that public television can pay for the broadcast of 30-40 thousand dollars. Maximum – 100 000. Compare with HBO and Showtime, which fights for the good agreement put 3-4 million “evergreen”. But the fight Klitschko-Johnson is not interesting to them – because in America, this battle will be watching one. In the U.S., no one interested in martial arts “.

At the same time David Haye will not part with the hope to meet one of the Klitschko brothers on reasonable, in his opinion, conditions. Meanwhile, the British world champion took up comparing the strengths and weaknesses of the Ukrainian brothers:

“I think they are similar in many respects. Each has its strengths – quoted David Haye Allboxing.ru. – Vladimir is much more flexible and fast, but he is more vulnerable to strikes an opponent. It is much more fearful of attacks. He prefers to eschew strikes, which makes his actions a little awkward. Vitali is much harder. He does a lot more strikes. He holds a better punch, but he is much older, and his knee problems are known to all, so it's not as agile, well … maybe … [Not so agile], as he was in his last fight. Yet it is less mobile than younger brother. They are different boxers, so I have to prepare differently for a fight against each of them “.

“Fighting with them – this is the most significant event. The biggest purse. This is what people want to see – not only in Britain but around the world. When they check their bills after their next fights, and compare with what they can get a fight against me, they see the sales figures of paid broadcasts of my fights – they probably will make the right business decision “.

Expects to fight with Vitali Klitschko and former four-time world champion Evander Holyfield :

“I look forward to an uncompromising and tough confrontation with Botha – quoted Holyfield Sportbox.ru with reference to the BoxingScene. – I'm going to win it, and then defend the title against Vitali Klitschko WBF. ”

David Haye: “I will beat both Klitschko”

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