Kidney rock forces Klitschko to push back fight with Mormeck
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko pull out of his fight adjacent to French challenger Jean-Marc Mormeck on Monday after undergo two operations in two days to take away a kidney stone. The fight had been listed for Saturday in Duesseldorf.
Klitschko's promoter, Bernd Boente, said Monday that March 3 was a probable new date for the fight. The IBF would have to approve it because nominally Klitschko would be request to fight a mandatory challenger on that date.
"We hope to know in two or three days. Mormeck is also ready to accept it," Boente said, adding that Klitschko was "deeply dissatisfied" by having to call off the fight.
Klitschko had abdominal pain at his training camp in Austria on Friday. The 35-year-old Ukrainian was taken to Innsbruck for initial treatment before being transferred to a Dusseldorf hospital. The stone was detached Saturday but Klitschko return to the hospital Sunday before a scheduled television look.
His older brother Vitali, the WBC champion, appears on the live program and said Wladimir was taken ill soon before the show and return to the Duesseldorf hospital.
Dr. Peter Albers, the chief urologist at the Duesseldorf University Hospital, said Klitschko was doing fine and did not have pain any longer.
"But he is very week after two surgeries and it makes no sense to have a fight now," Albers said.
The 39-year-old Mormeck is a former WBC and WBA united cruiserweight champion. He has won all his fights since moving to the heavyweight division in 2009. He has a vocation record of 36 wins (22 KOs) and four defeats.
Saturday's fight was theoretical to be Klitschko's 20th title bout and his first exterior since thrashing British boxer David Haye in July. His record is 56-3 with 49 KOs.
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