WBO Championship Committee Resolution Designating Claressa Shields as WBO Female Super Champion

The present ruling is issued upon a petition filed on Wednesday, June 19th 2019, by Mr. Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions on behalf of Undisputed WBO, WBA, WBC & IBF Female Middleweight Champion of the World Ms. Claressa Shields, whereby official designation as WBO Female Super Champion is requested.

The WBO World Championship Committee having reviewed the foregoing request, considered WBO Participant Shields’ distinguished amateur record and professional accomplishments including, having fulfilled a historic achievement by unifying all four major Female Middleweight Championship Titles from the recognized sanctioning organizations (WBO, WBA, WBC & IBF), in just nine (9) professional fights, in light of the aforementioned, and in accordance with our governing rules and regulations, their applicability, and enforcement, and having been fully advised in the premises, it is hereby determined as follows:

WHEREAS, in 2012, Ms. Shields won a Gold medal for United States of America (USA) Olympic team at the Middleweight Division, in London, United Kingdom. It was the first time international competition recognized Olympic Female Boxing; and,

WHEREAS, in 2016, Ms. Shields won a Gold medal for the United States of America (USA) Olympic Team at the Middleweight Division, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and,

WHEREAS, Ms. Shields is the first American boxer female or male to win consecutive Olympic medals; and,

WHEREAS, Ms. Shields is the first American women to win an Olympic Gold medal in boxing; and,

WHEREAS, Ms. Shields finished her decorated amateur record with seventy-seven (77) wins, with only one (1) loss and eighteen (18) if said wins by way of knockout; and,

WHEREAS, on Saturday, November 19th 2016, Ms. Shields made her professional female boxing debut facing Ms. Franchon Crews Dezurn, winning via Unanimous Decision (UD); bout held at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; and,

WHEREAS, on Friday, March 10th 2017, Ms. Shields fought her second professional bout and won the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) Female Middleweight Championship against Ms. Szilvia Szabados winning via Technical Knockout (TKO) in round four (4); bout held at the MGM Grand Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USA; and,

WHEREAS, on Friday, June 16th 2017, Ms. Shields in just her third professional bout, won the Vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Female Super Middleweight Championship by defeating Ms. Sydney LeBlanc via Unanimous Decision (UD); bout held at the Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan, USA; and,

WHEREAS, on Friday, August 4th 2017, Ms. Shields fought for the Vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) World Female Super Middleweight Championship against former IBF and WBC Female Super Middleweight Champion Ms. Nikki Adler (16-0-0), winning via Technical Knockout (TKO) in round five (5); bout held at the MGM Grand Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USA; and,

WHEREAS, Ms. Shields became a Unified Female Super Middleweight Champion from two of the major recognized sanctioning organizations in just her third professional fight; and,

WHEREAS, on Friday, January 12th 2018, Ms. Shields defended successfully her Unified Female Super Middleweight Championship Titles against former World Boxing Council (WBC) World Female Middleweight Champion Ms. Tori Nelson (19-2-3), via Unanimous Decision (US); bout held at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York, USA; and,

WHEREAS, on Friday, June 22nd 2018, Ms. Shields made history in just her sixth (6) professional bout in becoming a two-division Female World Champion upon winning the Vacant WBA & IBF Female Middleweight Championship Contest against former Unified Female WBO & WBA Jr. Middleweight Champion Ms. Hanna Gabriels (18-1-1); bout held at the Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan, USA; and,

WHEREAS, on November 17th 2018, Ms. Shields successfully defended her Female Unified WBA & IBF Middleweight Championship Titles and also, won the Vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Female Middleweight Championship against Ms. Hannah Rankin via Unanimous Decision (UD); bout held at the Kansas Star Arena, Mulvane, Kansas, USA; and,

WHEREAS, on December 8th 2018, Ms. Shields successfully defended her Female Unified Middleweight Championship Titles against former WBO Female Super Middleweight Champion Ms. Femke Hermans (9-1-0) winning via Unanimous Decision (UD); bout held at the Stubhub Center, Carson, California, USA; and,

WHEREAS, on December 17th 2018, the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) selected Ms. Shields as the 2018 Female Boxer of the Year; and,

WHEREAS, on April 13th 2019, Ms. Shields made history in just her ninth (9) professional bout by successfully defeating then-undefeated (24-0-0) and former Unified Female WBO & WBC Middleweight Champion Ms. Christina Hammer via Unanimous Decision and becoming the Undisputed Female WBO, WBA, WBC, and IBF World Middleweight Champion; bout held at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New York, USA; and,

WHEREAS, Ms. Shields currently holds a perfect professional record consisting of nine (9) wins with no losses and no draws; and,

WHEREAS, the total combined record of Ms. Shields’ opposition consists of one-hundred ten (110) wins, sixteen losses (16) with five (5) draws; and,

WHEREAS, in just nine (9) professional bouts Ms. Shields became a Two-Division Female Unified World Champion; and,

WHEREAS, Ms. Shields is one of the only seven boxers in history, female or male to hold all four of the major recognized sanctioning organizations championship titles (WBO, WBC, WBA and IBF) along with Bernard Hopkins, Jermaine Taylor, Ms. Cecilia Braekhus, Terrence Crawford, Oleksandr Usyk and Katie Taylor; and,

WHEREAS, on Wednesday, June 19th 2019, Mr. Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions on behalf of Undisputed WBO, WBA, WBC & IBF Female Middleweight Champion Ms. Claressa Shields, filed a petition officially requesting designation of Ms. Shields as WBO Female Super Champion in consideration of the foregoing amateur and professional accomplishments; and,

WHEREAS, the petition arises upon Ms. Shields continuous desire in accomplishing history in different weight divisions specifically, vying in her next professional bout the WBO Female Jr. Middleweight Championship Title; and,

WHEREAS, said request was forwarded to this Committee for consideration and ruling accordingly based upon all the foregoing amateur and professional accomplishments stated herein, and in accordance with the WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests, specifically, those provisions relevant with the WBO Super Champion Status recognition; and,

WHEREAS, This Committee having carefully examined, reviewed and considered all the foregoing accomplishments of Ms. Shields, and pursuant with this Committee’s full authority as per our WBO Rules and Regulations of World Championship Contests to resolve any and all matters with the following being within our powers and discretion, and shall be interpreted to include any or all powers necessary, helpful or convenient to accomplish the purpose, policies and the intent of these rules; and,

WHEREAS, Section 14 of the WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests provides as follows:

SECTION 14. SUPER CHAMPIONS

(a) “ It is the policy of the World Boxing Organization to encourage its Champions to pursue recognized status as undisputed World Championship and to unify the Championships of the four major world sanctioning organizations (the WBO, WBA, WBC and IBF) . A World Champion who has achieved preeminent status may require and be entitled to additional scheduling flexibility to achieve his place in boxing history and for the good of the sport .”

A boxer may be considered for designation for Super Champion status when he meets the following criteria:

(1) The boxer presently or previously has or had a multiple bout contract with a major television network or other similar broadcast company for multiple years; and,

(2) As a WBO Champion,

(A) The boxer has successfully defended his title cumulatively a minimum of ten (10) title bouts, or;
(B) In the event of less than ten (10) successful defenses has defended his title against opponents of high recognition and high skills; and,
(C)“ Has substantially met the other standards set forth herein .”

(3)“ The boxer’s amateur history will be considered; and,
(4) The quality of prospective Super Champion’s record including the quality of his opponents and their records will be considered.
(5) Additionally, the following factors will be considered in determining Super Champion designation:

(A) If the prospective Super Champions has been a WBO World Champion in more than one (1) weight division;or      (B)“If the Prospective Super Champion has held more than one (1) Championship of the four major world sanctioning organizations; or
(C)“If the prospective Super Champion has unified the Championships of more than one (1) of the four (4) major world sanctioning bodies.
(D) Current champion status is not required to qualify or continue as a Super Champion.
(E) The Championship Committee may recommend Super Champion status for the boxer to the Executive Committee, if a boxer has substantially complied with the conditions set forth herein. Super Champion status shall be determined by the vote of the Executive Committee.

(F) PRIVILEGES AFFORDED SUPER CHAMPIONS. Those fighters recommended by the Championship Committee and approved by the Executive Committee qualify for the following rights and privileges:

(1) EXTENSION OF MANDATORY TITLE DEFENSE
The Championship Committee may extend a Super Champion’s mandatory title defense for good cause shown mandatory title defense for good cause shown one or more times beyond the time provided for in the WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests for the purpose of giving a Super Champion opportunity or opportunities to unify the titles of more than one major sanctioning body either in a unification bout or a unification tournament, or any other important match or matches that the Committee determines would contribute to the Super Champion’s legacy or would be of great interest to boxing fans.

(2) ELIGIBILITY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR DESIGNATION AS THE MANDATORY CHALLENGER IN HIGHER OR LOWER DIVISION.
If requested by a Su per Champion, the Championship Committee may designate the Super Champion as the Mandatory Challenger for the immediate higher or lower division .

(3) ELIGIBILITY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR DESIGNATION AS THE MANDATORY CHALLENGER IN THE SAME DIVISION
If requested by a Super Champion who has lost his title and who wishes to fight for the title again, the Championship Committee may designate the Super Champion as the Mandatory Challenger in the Super Champion’s division.
(4) An Honorary member of the WBO for life

(e) PURSE BID
(1) In case of a purse bid involving a contest between contestants one or more whom are WBO Super Champions, or a contest between a current WBO Champion and another current WBO Champion or a contest between a WBO Champion and a WBO Interim Champion, or a contest between two Interim Champions he following rules shall be applied in conjunction with the purse bid rules contained in the WBO Regulations for World Championship Contests; these provisions concerning the division of purse bids shall supersede the rules for division of purse bids contained within Section 13 of these WBO Rules, “DIVISION OF PURSE for CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD PURSUANT TO PURSE BID”

(2) In any of the situations described in Section 14(e)(1) above and a purse bid takes place, the division shall not be greater than 80/20 in any case and shall be calculated by the Championship Committee using a ratio based upon the average purse of each fighter’s last three (3) fights. The WBO may rely upon the purses reported to the WBO on the WBO Participant’s Promoter’s receipts for the fights that are used to calculate the Purse Division for this purpose. By way of example, if contestant A has had his last 3 purses of $1,000,000, $500,000, and $400,000 (a total of $1,900,000) and contestant B has had his last 3 purses of 1,000,000, $2,000,000, and $2,500,000 (a total of $5,500,000), the purse division would be $1,900,000/$7,400,000 or 25.68% for contestant A and $5,500,000/$7,400.00 or 74.32% for contestant B. If by way of further example, if contestant A has had his last 3 purses of $500,000, $400,000, and $300,000 (a total of $1,200,000) and contestant B has had his last 3 purses of 1,000,000, $2,000,000, and $2,500,000 (a total of $5,500,000) the purse division would be 20% for contestant A and 80% for contestant B (as the ratio of the purses is $1,200,000/$6.700,000 or 17.91% for contestant A to $5,500,000/$6,700,000 or 82.09% for contestant B and the purse division cannot be more that 80/20.

(f) LOSS OF PRIVILEGES

(1) All Super Champion privileges referred to in Section 14(d) shall be terminated in the event (a) a Super Champion violates any of the WBO Rules and Regulations, (b) for unsportsmanlike conduct or activities unbecoming to a professional boxer, (c) for drug abuse (of either illegal drugs or performance-enhancing drugs), or (d) conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude.

(2) The Super Champion Privileges referred to in Section 14(d)(1) to 14(d)(3) shall be terminated in the event of the loss of any boxing contest unless the World Championship Committee recommends that Super Champion status be retained and a majority of the WBO Executive Board resolves that Super Champion status be retained.

WHEREAS, the WBO World Championship Committee having considered Ms. Shields decorated amateur record, having reviewed her exceptional professional record whereby in just nine (9) professional fights of her young career Mr. Shields has accomplished a milestone both in the professional ranks; and,

WHEREAS, Ms. Shields won two consecutive Olympic Gold medals during her amateur career, became a Two-Division Female World Champion (Middleweight and Super Middleweight), and became the Undisputed WBO, WBA, WBC & IBF Female World Middleweight Champion; and,

WHEREAS, Ms. Shields substantially meets the criteria set forth in our WBO Super Champion Status provision and therefore, warrants consideration for such designation; thus, this Committee rules as follows:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the WBO Championship Committee pursuant to the WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests as follows: The WBO World Championship Committee hereby recommends to the WBO Executive Committee official designation of Ms. Claressa Shields as WBO Female Super Champion in accordance with the foregoing.

This is a final decision of the WBO Championship Committee. The affected WBO participant may appeal such determination to the Complaint and Grievance Committee as per Rule 34, which as per Rule 3(e) of the WBO Appeals Regulation, must be submitted in writing to the WBO President within fourteen (14) days of this decision as its sole and exclusive remedy.

Dated in San Juan, Puerto Rico on this 24th day of June 2019
WBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE

By: Luis Batista Salas, Esq.
Chairman Championship Committee

WBO SUPER CHAMPION AMANDA SERRANO TO BE HONORED AT NEW YORK CITY PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE ON JUNE 9

Looks for Biggest Fights in Second Half of 2019

New York, NY (May 30, 2019) Women’s boxing superstar Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano (36-1-1, 27 KOs) has been named the “Athlete of the Year” by the 62nd Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade Committee ahead of their famed annual parade on Sunday, June 9, in New York City.

Winner of world titles in a record seven weight divisions, Serrano is overwhelmed with excitement by the honor.

“The Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City is the biggest day of the year for me to celebrate my homeland. For many years, my family and I have attended and to be recognized in this manner for my accomplishments means a great deal to me,” said Serrano.

An estimated three million spectators are expected to watch the demonstration of ethnic and cultural pride as the parade makes its way up Fifth Avenue.

Among the other honorees at the parade will be nine-time Grammy award-winning musician Jose Feliciano and seven-time baseball All-Star Edgar Martinez.

The Brooklyn-based Serrano is coming off of a sensational performance on January 18 with a devastating first-round knockout of Eva Voraberger earning the vacant WBO Jr. Bantamweight World Title. The record-setting world title victory came in Serrano’s seventh different weight class, a feat never previously accomplished by a female fighter.

Stated promoter Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment, “This is a great honor for Amanda and we’re very proud to have promoted her throughout her historic run of world titles in seven weight divisions. She is very proud of her Puerto Rican heritage and well deserving of this recognition. We’re currently working on some big plans for her return to the ring this summer and later in the year.”

“Amanda has worked very hard to attain the status that she has as one of the very best female fighters in boxing in addition to her accomplishments in mixed martial arts,” said her longtime trainer and manager Jordan Maldonado. “We are very interested in watching Katie Taylor this Saturday in her attempt to become the undisputed champion in the lightweight division. If she is successful, there is no bigger fight in women’s world boxing than a fight with Amanda.

“We’re looking to get back in the ring in the summer and build toward the fight with Katie Taylor later this year. Amanda and I will also be cageside in support of featherweight boxing champion Heather Hardy on June 14 at Bellator 222. We’ve known Heather for many years and if she is successful on June 14, a boxing match with Amanda has been talked about recently, which would be a very big fight in New York City.”

Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko has been honored with the Lightweight Super Champion belt by the World Boxing Organization (WBO).

“Vasyl Lomachenko [has been] honored with [the] Lightweight Super Champion Belt at @trboxing presser for Loma v. Crolla on @espn,” the WBO wrote on Twitter on April 10, 2019.

The Super Champion title gives Lomachenko the right to claim the WBO belt in any weight category. The owner of such a trophy can also get immediate revenge if he loses in the fight for the championship belt. Lomachenko’s next fight against British boxer Anthony Crolla will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the United States, on April 12, 2019.

Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/society/10512984-ukrainian-boxer-lomachenko-honored-with-lightweight-super-champion-belt.html

Photo by Mikey Williams Top Rank

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It is time for business. Marco Huck’s (38-2-1, 26 KOs) preparations for his upcoming fight are well and truly under way. The reigning WBO Cruiserweight Champion will take on Krzyzstof Glowacki (24-0, 15 KOs) from Poland on August 14th. It will be the first time that the two Europeans have fought on American soil, when they step into the ring at the Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey. And to ensure that defense number 14 will be as successful as his previous fights, the 30-year-old has chosen to hold his camp under the burning sun of Nevada.

“I have been in Las Vegas since June 25th”, said Huck. “I used the first weekend to adjust to the nine hour time difference, however my coach and I began working full on last Monday.”

Although the champion has been outside of the ring for almost a year his fitness is proving to be no problem at all. “I have kept myself fit over the last ten months to ensure that I don’t lose my stamina, hence I was able to get back into the training rhythm immediately. The only thing that is exerting at the moment is the intense heat. Temperatures rise to 113 degrees during the day and even when the sun sets and I go for a run with my coach, it is still 98 degrees. I am drinking more than eight liters (two gallons) of water a day.”

The current WBO-Super-Champion is convinced that the extreme circumstances of his training camp will pay off. “I doubt that a lot of European fighters would opt to come to the dessert to prepare themselves. But I am certain that the burning sun and the dry dessert will add to my firepower which Glowacki will ultimately get to feel come August 14th.

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/huck-starts-camp-in-las-vegas-296909

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GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Revered Filipino boxing superstar Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao who has just returned to the Philippines after a 3-week hectic tour that brought him to New York, Los Angeles, London, Miami and Washington, received his WBO super champion belt from WBO Vice-President for Asia-Pacific region Leon Panoncillo Jr Tuesday night here at Pacquiao’s sprawling residence-complex.

The $10,000 WBO super champion belt embedded with swarovski crystals and diamonds. 

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The $10,000 worth diamond-encrusted custom-designed belt was awarded by the WBO to Pacquiao after the world’s only 8-division world champion and the WBO champion of the decade wrested back his welterweight crown from Timothy Bradley on April 12, 2014. According to Panoncillo, WBO president Francisco ‘Paco’ Valcarcel wanted to have the belt given to Pacquiao earlier but scheduling conflict and Pacquiao’s hectic lifestyle contributed to the delay.

WBO Vice-President Leon Panoncillo Jr (L) handed the belt to WBO super champion Manny Pacquiao at Pacquiao’s residence in General Santos City. 

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A super champion is a rare recognition given by the WBO, one of the world’s top governing bodies of boxing, to its champions who have achieved preeminent status while holding the championship belt. The WBO’s current super champions include heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine, junior heavyweight champion Marco Huck of Germany and light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev of Russia.

“This is great for the unification!,” Pacquiao, who has tendered a dinner for the WBO and selected guests, blurted out upon receiving the belt to the amusement of everyone present knowing that an elephant in the room – the highly desired and highly anticipated Pacquiao-Mayweather welterweight unification bout for the WBC and WBO belts – casts its huge shadow. Pacquiao later enthralled everyone by discussing the details of his one-on-one meeting with Mayweather and the many details of the ongoing negotiation. “But this is off the record,” he said.

Pacquiao poses with his belt as guests take photos from their cellphones

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Pacquiao hosted a dinner after receiving his WBO super champion belt.   pac.receives.wbo.sc.belt.06.500w

 http://philboxing.com/news/story-103869.html

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Posted at 01/23/2014 3:56 PM | Updated as of 01/23/2014 3:56 PM

MANILA, Philippines – World Boxing Organization (WBO) president Francisco Valcarcel welcomes a rematch between Filipino champ Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and welterweight champion Timothy Bradley Jr.

Bradley won the WBO welterweight belt off Pacquiao when he defeated the Filipino boxer via a contentious split decision in June 2012.

“It’s one of the great battles that can happen this year,” Valcarcel told Boxing Scene of a potential Pacquiao-Bradley rematch.

“The controversy of the first fight makes it very interesting, adding to the fact that they are great fighters, and Bradley is a great champion. Pacquiao needs no introduction,” he added. “It is a fight that cannot be missed.”

According to Top Rank chief executive Bob Arum, the terms of the rematch has yet to be finalized, although they are working with both camps to iron out the details.

Valcarcel believes Bradley is the best option among Pacquiao’s options, which also included Russian brawler Ruslan Provodnikov.

“Among the options that were being considered, this is the most interesting,” said the WBO president. “They had a rematch clause in the contract for his fight and both belong to the same promoter.”

Pacquiao returns to the ring on April 12.

Known as “The Steel Hammer,” Klitschko first achieved world attention at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He defeated Paea Wolfgramm to win the Super-Heavyweight gold medal. Klitschko turned professional with Universum Box-Promotion in Hamburg under the tutelage of Fritz Sdunek. He suffered his first setback after 24 bouts without a loss to journeyman Ross Puritty, who entered the bout with a record of 24–13–1. Klitschko won the WBO Heavyweight title from American Chris Byrd. Byrd had previously upset his elder brother Vitali (who pulled out injured during their bout).

After five successful defenses of the WBO belt, but on March 2003 Klitschko suffered an upset loss to Corrie Sanders. Sanders battered Klitschko for two rounds knocking him out. After winning two minor bouts in Germany and enlisting the services of legendary boxing trainer Emmanuel Steward, Klitschko again fought for the vacated WBO title on 10 April 2004, in Las Vegas, against Lamon Brewster. Klitschko sent Brewster to the canvas in the fourth round; however, things turned around in the fifth when Brewster’s punches began backing him up. Not defending himself and leaning into ropes for support, Klitschko took a standing eight count. On unsteady legs, Klitschko went to his knees after the bell and the referee stopped the fight for his safety. Following his loss to Brewster, Klitschko began his journey back towards the top of the heavyweight division. First, he defeated DaVarryl Williamson by technical decision. He then knocked out undefeated Eliseo Castillo. Klitschko then signed to fight undefeated power puncher Samuel Peter in an IBF eliminator. The much anticipated bout proved to be hugely entertaining. It went some way towards redeeming Klitschko in the heavyweight division.

Though Peter scored three knockdowns (two in round 5, one in round 10) Klitschko withstood the Nigerian’s power and went on to dominate for long periods. He even rocked Peter in the final round. The win against Peter showed that Klitschko was capable of defeating power punchers. On 22 April 2006, in Mannheim, Germany, Klitschko again defeated Chris Byrd by TKO and won the IBF Heavyweight title. Klitschko then avenged one of his previous losses as he defeated Lamon Brewster in July 2007. Klitschko later defeated WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov at Madison Square Garden in New York City on 23 February 2008 to unify the IBF and WBO heavyweight titles. On 12 July 2008, Klitschko defeated Tony Thompson by KO in the eleventh round. Klitschko was scheduled to defend his titles against Alexander Povetkin later in 2008,[6] but on 25 October, Povetkin withdrew from the fight due to an ankle injury. Instead, Klitschko faced Hasim Rahman on 13 December 2008 and won by TKO.

Rahman seemed unable to withstand Klitschko’s punch power. The referee finally called a stop to the one-sided contest in the 7th round after Rahman failed to respond to a series of good shots. Klitschko was scheduled to face David Haye who pulled out within weeks of the fight complaining of a back injury. Salvaging the 20 June 2009 date and venue, Klitschko instead retained the IBF, WBO, IBO world heavyweight titles and also won the vacant Ring Magazine heavyweight title by defeating replacement opponent and Ring #3 ranked Ruslan Chagaev when Chagaev retired after an onslaught of punches towards the end of the ninth round. As Chagaev was WBA champion in recess, the title was not on the line.

Klitschko’s win over Chagaev was seen as one of his most impressive performances in the ring. In December 2009, Klitschko defeated Chambers by KO five seconds before the end of the final round. Following the match with Chambers, a unification fight between Klitschko and David Haye, who as of May 2009 held the WBA title, appeared to be in the offing. Both sides began negotiations for a potential fight and the bout was targeted for September. The fight did not materialize and Klitschko took on mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin. The bout between Klitschko and Povetkin was tentatively scheduled to take place in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 2010. In July 2010, it was confirmed that the bout would be taking place in Frankfurt. However, Povetkin backed out of the $2 million purse fight. Samuel Peter replaced

Povetkin for the scheduled fight. Peter fought Klitschko on 11 September 2010, for the Ukrainian’s IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles. Klitschko won again, by knocking out Peter in the 10th round. Klitschko was set to fight Dereck Chisora on 11 December, but the fight was later called off on 8 December due to a Klitschko injury. On 5 January 2011, it was announced that Dereck Chisora would get his fight with Klitschko. The fight against Dereck Chisora was rescheduled for 30 April 2011. However, on 4 March, it was announced Klitschko pulled out of the fight. On 5 March, it announced that the fight against David Haye will take place on 2 July 2011. Klitschko fought David Haye in a heavyweight unification fight for the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO and The Ring heavyweight titles. The fight took place at the Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany on 2 July 2011. Klitschko dominated the fight from the start. Klitschko won by unanimous decision.

REGIONAL TITLES:

1. WBC International Champion (twice)

2. WBA Inter-Continental Champion (twice)

3. EBU Heavyweight Champion

4. WBO NABO Heavyweight Champion

5. NABF Heavyweight Champion

WORLD TITLES:

1. WBO Heavyweight Champion (twice)

2. IBF Heavyweight Champion

3. WBO Super World Champion

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