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Vitali Klitschko and Dereck Chisora settle their differences today in Munich. (Photo by Alexandra Beier/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Join us for live coverage of the Klitschko vs Chisora card!
This afternoon on American time, Vitali Klitschko will put his WBC heavyweight title on the line in Munich against Britain's Dereck Chisora in a fight that picked up a lot of attention yesterday when Chisora slapped Klitschko at the weigh-in.
Bad Left Hook will be here with live, round-by-round coverage of the card (we'll go live at 2:30 with the U.K. broadcast), and here's how you can watch and join us.
Fight time: 2:30 p.m. EST (U.K. TV) / 4:30 p.m. EST (U.S. TV)
Location: Olympiahalle - Munich, Germany
TV channel: BoxNation (U.K.) / Epix (U.S.) / RTL (Germany)
Odds: Klitschko is an enormous favorite, between -1400 and -1600, with Chisora the underdog at anywhere between +750 to +1000.
Undercard: Klitschko undercard regular Johnathon Banks (27-1-1, 18 KO) takes on Nicolai Firtha (20-9-1, 8 KO) in a 12-round heavyweight bout. ... Ukrainian junior welterweight Serhiy Fedchenko (29-1, 13 KO) meets Laszlo Fazekas (8-0-1, 6 KO) in an eight-round contest. ... Former British featherweight champ Stephen Smith (12-1, 6 KO) faces Arpad Vass (7-2, 5 KO) in another eight-rounder. ... Welterweight prospect Timo Schwartzkopf (5-0, 4 KO) meets Andre Deobald (4-2-2, 3 KO) in a six-round bout. ... And Emanuel Steward protégé Tony Harrison (4-0, 4 KO) continues his education against Suleyman Dag (9-31, 4 KO) in a four-round fight.
You can watch online legally if you're in the United States, at EpixHD.com. In the past they've streamed their fights live for anyone, but I'm not sure if they're still doing that for non-subscribers.
Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO) will be looking to win his 12th straight overall, a streak that dates back to 2003 (though there was a four-year retirement in the middle of the run), and his third straight by knockout. Last year, he got Odlanier Solis out in one (though due to injury), and pounded down Tomasz Adamek in the 10th round.
Chisora is looking to pull off what would be the biggest heavyweight upset in many years, and attempting to end the dominant reign of the brothers Klitschko, who have held the division in check since Vitali's return to action in 2008. Not only haven't the brothers lost, they almost never even lose a round, or a full minute of action.
The odds are long, and we find out today if Dereck Chisora can back up his mouth, or his slap.
0 recs | 12 comments
Thank you, Scott, for the Epix link; I’ll try it. The best part besides the actual fight will be, as always, the BLH banter and analysis.
DrRck - February 18, 2012
I second that DrRck. Thx Scott for the link.
Brandon Rico - February 18, 2012
If Vitali goes in there angry: Klitschko TKO-3
If Vitali goes in there composed: Klitschko TKO-8
Olbas - February 18, 2012
italy?
burge - February 18, 2012 via mobile
you can sign up for a free trial to get the epix trial just be sure to use a different email if you have already done it before
moidadabum - February 18, 2012
Just to say BoxNation are slated as going live from Munich at 6.30pm GMT on the Sky planner.
They are also showing the Brian Magee – Rudy Markussen fight from Denmark, apparently.
Matt Mosley - February 18, 2012
No doubt there will be a load of Buncey bollocks and nonsense before they actually start showing any fighting though.
The other week his sidekick Steve Lillis kept referring to Amir Khan as Naseen Hamed.
Matt Mosley - February 18, 2012
just to confirm your post, epix will be showing it for US viewers with the free trial
thetruth - February 18, 2012
I will say this for the Epix stream: I’ve had major issues running it smoothly every time I’ve tried in the past. The quality is very good…when it works.
Scott Christ - February 18, 2012
I think I tried it once before, and it drove me nuts. But I’ll give it another go, just to have a springboard my my usual inanity.
DrRck - February 18, 2012
interesting. hope it’s improved for today
thetruth - February 18, 2012
It's early but
My stream looks fantastic so far. Signed up in ~15seconds
Flashpacker - February 18, 2012
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