Klitschko vs Chagaev Is On; Valuev-Chagaev - WBA Delays Ruling

Wladimir Klitschko will defend his IBF, WBO heavyweight title and fight for the vacant Ring championship against WBA "Champion In Recess" Ruslan Chagaev on June 20 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Klitschko manager Bernd Bönte told ESPN.com that he made a verbal deal with Chagaev: "We will now exchange the contracts, we have verbally agreed with each other on the Chagaev fight. The fight is on, we are all absolutely thrilled because this is an even bigger name and he is unbeaten. Chagaev offers something. It shows Wladimir's class, too, that on short notice he accepts this strong guy and has to change his training to prepare for a different kind of fighter because Chagaev is a southpaw." Boente said from Germany..

Chagaev-Valuev: WBA Delays Ruling

Panama, June 5th , 2009 – After the facts finding hearing on the cancellation of Chagaev v. Valuev II held in Helsinki, Finland last May 30th, 2009 various parties requested additional time to submit more information and material related to this case, thus extending the timeline to June 8, 2009, at 5 pm (-5 GMT). The WBA Medical Committee has asked for advice from Hepatitis B specialists around the world seeking for the most accurate diagnose on the blood test results presented by Finland Boxing Professional Federation in the above mentioned hearing. Consequently we shall -once again- apologize to the media, boxers and fans for not being able to issue a resolution in a timely manner but the new information must be analyzed in order to provide a fair decision for all parties involved in this situation.