Brick City Boxing

By Les Dowgier

This weekend is a great one for boxing fans, as Chris Arreola, Paul Williams, Tavoris Cloud & Vitali Klitschko are all in action, with the first three all fighting on the same card.

The elder Klitschko, 43-2, 40 KOs, will be back in the ring this Saturday at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany after defeating a very game but overmatched Tomasz Adamek via 10th round TKO in his last fight in September of last year. Vitali’s opponent will be the unheralded and, according to many, undeserving Dereck “Del Boy” Chisora, 15-2, 9 KOs. Though Chisora is coming off of a very impressive showing against the highly regarded prospect Robert Helenius, with some boxing pundits claiming that Chisora was robbed by the decision, it is hard to imagine this fight ending in any way other than an easy victory for the Ukrainian champ. Despite looking good against Helenius, Del Boy has looked subpar in many of his previous fights, including his loss against Tyson Fury in the summer of 2011, not exactly a top class opponent. The bottom line is that this is a fighter with less than 20 professional fights under his belt (and an amateur career consisting of approximately the same amount of fights) squaring off against a man who, along with his brother, has ruled the heavyweight division for the better part of a decade. Is Vitali getting up in age and is he becoming prime for a fall? Sure. Do upsets happen in this sport? Of course. But I don’t see either of those things happening this weekend in Germany. Looking good against Helenius is one thing but fighting one of the Klitchkos certainly another. Look for another easy victory for Dr. Ironfist.

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