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Kohl talks about Lewis, predicts knockout victory for Klitschko

16.06 - Press Release - Hamburg / Los Angeles - Five days prior to the biggest heavyweight fight of the year - the WBC heavyweight championship between Lennox Lewis and Dr. Vitali Klitschko at the Los Angeles Staples Center on June 21 - German promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl predicts a knockout victory for his Ukrainian charge.

"This fight is a huge challenge for Vitali. Lennox Lewis is rightfully regarded as the ultimate heavyweight world champion. But Lewis never fought against somebody like Vitali", Kohl said in the run up to the most important fight in the history of his promotion company, the Hamburg based Universum Box-Promotion, that he founded in 1984.

"Lewis never fought against somebody with the style of Vitali and this will put him into big trouble. I'm confident Vitali will win this fight with his speed and with his jab. And he will win by knockout. I could imagine that Vitali will be ahead on the scorecards at the time the fight is over."

After almost one year of negotiations the 59-year-old German business man is more than satisfied that the fight between Klitschko and Lewis finally takes place. He said he respects Lennox Lewis as business partner. But Kohl was surprised about recent negative comments that Lewis made about alleged lies and overpricing.

"Of course I never lied to the Klitschko brothers. At all stages of our negotiations with Lewis the Klitschkos and our lawyers were always informed about the current situation", Kohl explained who in 9 years made 14 professional boxers world champions. "I never belie my boxers."

"Lewis shouldn't overlook that I represent the interests of Vitali Klitschko and not the interests of Lennox Lewis. Vitali is the WBC and WBA mandatory challenger. He is not just some voluntary challenger. He is ranked #1."

"I think it's normal that Lewis wasn't pleased about every single step we took. But now that mega fight will take place and this means to me that eventually we did everything right."


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