Here is an article about Klitschko fighting Adamek late this year. The fight could be in Newark which is right by me. I'll certainly be at the fight if it happens at the Prudential Center or Madison Square Garden.
Wladimir Klitschko's New Year's resolution
is to fight three times in 2011. The first two bouts tentatively are set
with Klitschko defending his IBO, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles
against Britain's Derek Chisora on April 30 in Germany before a
potential unification bout with WBA champion
David Haye somewhere in Europe on July 2.
If those two bouts go well, Klitschko told the Post he is open to
fighting Tomasz Adamek sometime in the fall at a site on the East Coast.
Adamek, a former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion, has won
five fights as a heavyweight and is hoping for a title shot.
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Klitschko said he is willing to give Adamek an opportunity and
won't object to the fight being at Madison Square Garden or Newark's
Prudential Center, where Adamek (43-1, 28 KOs) has established a home
base. The native of Poland trains out of Jersey City and has fought six
times at the Rock, drawing enthusiastic crowds in excess of 5,000. A
title bout with Klitschko, a Ukrainian, likely would sell out the
18,000-seat arena.
"I don't care where I fight [Adamek],"
Klitschko said. "What I care about is a full stadium. I know that he has
a good following there. So it possible this year after Haye, we'll take
Adamek."
Klitschko was in Manhattan this week to attend the
premier of "Lights Out," the new boxing-based television series on FX.
Despite conflicting reports, Klitschko said he has a deal in place to
fight Haye on July 2 but wanted to take an interim bout because he
hasn't fought since last September.
"We have agreed to fight on
July 2," Klitschko said of a bout with Haye. "We've got the date
confirmed from Sky for a pay-per-view fight. It's valid. But I don't
want to wait that long so I'm taking a fight in between. Then we'll roll
on to David Haye."
The 6-foot-6 Klitschko had been scheduled
to fight Chisora (14-0, 9 KOs) in December, but the bout was called off
when Klitschko (55-3, 49 KOs) suffered an abdominal injury four days
before the fight. He said he was hoping to fight Haye in April, but Sky
Box Office in England didn't have any available pay-per-view dates until
July 2.
"If I don't fight until July and then maybe Haye
doesn't show up and I will be off for one year," said Klitschko, whose
last fight was a 10-round TKO over
Samuel Peter in September. "I want to stay active."
Klitschko hasn't fought in the United States since February 2008, when
he defeated Sultan Ibragimov in a lackluster 12-round bout at the
Garden. His last five bouts have been in Germany, where he has drawn
crowds up to 60,000. Along with his brother Vitali, who is the WBC
champion, the Klitschkos have ruled the heavyweight division for the
last five years. Some might argue their dominance isn't good for the
sport, but Wladimir disagrees.
"For us it's such an enjoyable
thing because never in the history of the heavyweight division have two
brothers been champion," he said. "We support each other. We're a team,
and I don't need to fight him. We're looking to get the WBA belt that
David Haye holds, so I'm hoping we'll make that fight this year to get
all the titles under one name: Klitschko."
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Micky Ward said he's enjoying touring the country promoting "The Fighter," a movie based on his life.
"It's been really good. I'm enjoying it and it's exciting," he said. "I'm just trying to take it in stride."
Asked how the recent cinematic interest in boxing can translate to
larger crowds at live events, Ward said: "It's about putting the two
best in there. People don't want to see blowouts. Just get competitive
fights and good fights. And let's just have one champion per division."
Amen.
george.willis@nypost.com
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