Wladimir Klitschko vs. Jean Marc-Mormeck
12 Rounds - Heavyweight Division (for RING/WBO/IBF/WBA titles)
Saturday, March 03, 2012, 4:30 PM ET/1:30 PM PT
Esprit arena, Dusseldorf, Germany.
KLITSCHKO VS. MORMECK LIVE STREAM 12 ROUNDS
Wladimir Klitschko withdraws from the fight against France's Jean-Marc Mormeck.
Wladimir Klitschko withdraws from the fight against France's Jean-Marc Mormeck this weekend after two operations in two days to remove a kidney stone.
The 39-year-old Mormeck is a former WBC and WBA unified cruiserweight champion has won all his fights since moving to the heavyweight division in 2009. He has a career record of 36 wins (22 KOs) and four defeats.
Saturday's fight was supposed to be Klitschko's 20th title bout and his first appearance since beating Britain's David Haye in July. His record is 56-3 with 49 KOs.
Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO's) will be fighting his hand-picked opponent 39-year-old Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO's) in a fight at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Wladimir Klitschko vs Jean Marc Mormeck. This is an absurd mismatch of the worst kind, and Klitschko trying to sell this pathetic crap just seems unusually dishonest even for boxing, especially since the Klitschko legend of gentlemanly conduct and dignity is so heavily forced down our throats too often. There's nothing sporting about this matchup. Mormeck is old, way too small, and and hasn't had a good win in five years, since he beat O'Neil Bell. But obviously we're going to cover it anyway. Epix and EpixHD.com will have the fight again in the U.S., and last week I had great luck with their free stream on the web site. I've been fair when their streams routinely did not work for too many people, but last week went better, and I think they learned some lessons from the Klitschko vs Chisora fight the week before, where it was so bad they had to admit having problems for the first time ever. So in the interest of fairness, this week I can truly recommend giving EpixHD.com a shot again. We all want it to work, because it's more boxing on U.S. TV (or at least internet). If this fight takes longer than a handful of rounds, Klitschko is carrying it.
Wladimir Klitschko expects a Mike Tyson-like challenge from Jean-Marc Mormeck but says no amount of planning will help the Frenchman when the two get into the ring.
Ukrainian Klitschko, who holds the WBO, IBF, IBO and WBA heavyweight belts, will look to clinch his 50th knockout from 60 professional bouts when he takes on the former cruiserweight world champion on December 10 at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Wladimir recently beat WBA heavyweight champion David Haye by a one-sided 12 round decision last July in one of Wladimir's easier bouts. Haye, despite talking constant trash while hyping the fight, wanted no part of Wladimir on the night of the fight. It ended up being a very boring fight to watch because Haye didn't come to win; he came to survive. Mormeck will have to fight in a similar way if he wants to finish on his feet.
12 Rounds - Heavyweight Division (for RING/WBO/IBF/WBA titles)
Saturday, March 03, 2012, 4:30 PM ET/1:30 PM PT
Esprit arena, Dusseldorf, Germany.
KLITSCHKO VS. MORMECK LIVE STREAM 12 ROUNDS
Wladimir Klitschko withdraws from the fight against France's Jean-Marc Mormeck.
Wladimir Klitschko withdraws from the fight against France's Jean-Marc Mormeck this weekend after two operations in two days to remove a kidney stone.
The 39-year-old Mormeck is a former WBC and WBA unified cruiserweight champion has won all his fights since moving to the heavyweight division in 2009. He has a career record of 36 wins (22 KOs) and four defeats.
Saturday's fight was supposed to be Klitschko's 20th title bout and his first appearance since beating Britain's David Haye in July. His record is 56-3 with 49 KOs.
Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO's) will be fighting his hand-picked opponent 39-year-old Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO's) in a fight at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Wladimir Klitschko vs Jean Marc Mormeck. This is an absurd mismatch of the worst kind, and Klitschko trying to sell this pathetic crap just seems unusually dishonest even for boxing, especially since the Klitschko legend of gentlemanly conduct and dignity is so heavily forced down our throats too often. There's nothing sporting about this matchup. Mormeck is old, way too small, and and hasn't had a good win in five years, since he beat O'Neil Bell. But obviously we're going to cover it anyway. Epix and EpixHD.com will have the fight again in the U.S., and last week I had great luck with their free stream on the web site. I've been fair when their streams routinely did not work for too many people, but last week went better, and I think they learned some lessons from the Klitschko vs Chisora fight the week before, where it was so bad they had to admit having problems for the first time ever. So in the interest of fairness, this week I can truly recommend giving EpixHD.com a shot again. We all want it to work, because it's more boxing on U.S. TV (or at least internet). If this fight takes longer than a handful of rounds, Klitschko is carrying it.
Wladimir Klitschko expects a Mike Tyson-like challenge from Jean-Marc Mormeck but says no amount of planning will help the Frenchman when the two get into the ring.
Ukrainian Klitschko, who holds the WBO, IBF, IBO and WBA heavyweight belts, will look to clinch his 50th knockout from 60 professional bouts when he takes on the former cruiserweight world champion on December 10 at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Wladimir recently beat WBA heavyweight champion David Haye by a one-sided 12 round decision last July in one of Wladimir's easier bouts. Haye, despite talking constant trash while hyping the fight, wanted no part of Wladimir on the night of the fight. It ended up being a very boring fight to watch because Haye didn't come to win; he came to survive. Mormeck will have to fight in a similar way if he wants to finish on his feet.