BERLIN (Reuters) - WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title against Poland's Albert Sosnowski in Schalke's soccer stadium on May 29, the Ukrainian said on Tuesday. The 38-year-old Klitschko, whose brother Vladimir will defend his WBO,IBF and IBO titles against Eddie Chambers on March 20, said Sosnowski, 31, would be a tough rival. "He is ...

Giant Russian Nikolay Valuev insisted Friday he is ready to face WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, describing it as a fight everyone is desperate to see. "I want to fight Vitali. It will be an interesting fight that everybody in the boxing world has been waiting for many years to see," Valuev told the Bild newspaper. Valuev and Klitschko ...

Shane Mosley vowed to hand Floyd Mayweather jnr his first professional defeat as the two fighters touted their May 1 welterweight showdown in Hollywood style. "This fight is going to be on May 1st, but it's also going to be May's first (defeat)," said Mosley as the fighters wrapped up their cross-country publicity tour in the sunshine of ...

Armenian-born Australian Vic Darchinyan puts his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association super flyweight belts on the line Saturday against unheralded Mexican Rodrigo Guerrero. The bout was originally on the undercard of the clash between Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell that was to kick off stage two of the Super Six super middleweight tournament. But Dirrell injured his back ...