There will be no New Year’s Eve parties
for WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov. Instead, he
will be preparing for a bigger prize as he gets ready to drop
bombs on Wladimir Klitschko in their highly-anticipated
heavyweight title unification bout on February 23rd at Madison
Square Garden in New York City.
“Anything worth
having requires sacrifices,” said the unbeaten Ibragimov, who
has just opened up his training camp in Florida. “Ever since
I began fighting, I wanted to become a world champion, and I
achieved that goal in 2007. Now my goal is to become the
unified heavyweight champion and I will have my opportunity on
February 23rd. The work is hard, but I know the reward will
be worth it.”
Klitschko and
Ibragimov, a 12 round heavyweight title unification bout,
headlines a historic night of boxing presented by K2
Promotions and Seminole Warriors Boxing and will be televised
live on HBO World Championship Boxing. Tickets are on sale
now.
A native of Dagestan
who represented Russia and won a Silver medal in the 2000
Olympic Games, Ibragimov (22-0-1, 17 KOs) has continued his
success in the pro game, winning the WBO world heavyweight
title from Shannon Briggs in June of 2007 and defending it for
the first time in October with a unanimous decision victory
over Evander Holyfield. Now he pursues the toughest challenge
of all in IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko.
“Klitschko is a
formidable opponent and I respect him,” said Ibragimov. “But
I feel better than ever, I’m excited to be in training camp
and preparing for the unification bout on February 23rd.”
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