Boxing: Wladimir looks to unify heavyweight titles.(Sport)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: February 25, 2008 | Copyright information

WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO promised to unify all the heavyweight titles as soon as possible after adding the WBO crown to his IBF and IBO belts at Madison Square Garden.

Ukrainian Klitschko earned a unanimous decision (119-110, 117-111, 118-110) over Russia's Sultan Ibragimov in the first heavyweight unification fight since 1999.

That left WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev of Russia and the winner of next month's WBC title showdown in Mexico between Samuel Peter and Oleg Maskaev as obstacles to Klitschko achieving heavyweight domination.

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