Who is vitali fighting next

Klitschko surprised everyone by taking the fight right to Lewis. He strafed the equally giant heavyweight with hard right hands for much of the action-packed slugfest. We feel confident that he would have beaten Lewis had the doctor allowed the fight to go on. But referee Lou Moret halted the fight on the advice of ringside physician Dr. Paul Wallace, and Lewis chose to retire rather than agreeing to a lucrative rematch with Klitschko.

After Lewis retired, Klitschko established himself as the premier heavyweight in boxing. He stopped Kirk Johnson, Corrie Sanders and Danny Williams in succession to set up a showdown with former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, a huge promotion that was slated for pay-per-view in the United States in It would have been huge fight. But that was really the fight that led to his break from boxing.

The bout never happened. At age 34, Klitschko was forced to pull out because of torn ligaments in his right knee. He announced his retirement a week before the fight was scheduled to happen in Las Vegas and was out of boxing for the next three years.

But after four years out of the ring, his body started healing and he felt better than he even did before. He dominated every round. He was just as destructive as ever and showed virtually no ring rust from the long layoff. From to , he defended his WBC title nine times before hanging up the gloves for good in December at age Unlike Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali never seemed to be anything other than completely in control of every one of his fights during that time frame.

There was never a scary moment for the champion, even when an injury forced him to essentially fight one-handed against Dereck Chisora in Though Usyk's two fights so far at heavyweight haven't been champagne performances, Lapin remains confident that we will see the dominant Usyk who unified the cruiserweight division at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

He continued: "More than two years have passed since Oleksandr's transition to heavyweight — and today he is in optimal physical and mental condition to face Anthony Joshua. In our world, everyone always needs to prove themselves, which is what Usyk does time and again when everybody doubts him. But of course, AJ is a great boxer, he has passed a difficult path in his career.

So we wish him good preparation and are waiting for him in the ring. DAZN uses cookies to help us deliver our services and improve your user experience. He also has a solid amateur background to go with his undefeated record. His biggest liabilities are his not so slim waistline and his inexperience at the top level. It's inevitable that Arreola will have to face a Klitschko, but is this the right time?

Eddie Chambers , 18 KO's —Chamber's stock has risen quite a bit since his last outing. In his last fight, he dominated the Klitschko brother's sparring partner Alexander Dimitrenko. While not possessing the power of Arreola, he is a versatile boxer with great hand speed. Like Arreola, he tends to come into fights overweight. If he can come in shape like he did in his last outing, he may be able to give "Dr.