Affairs at the Jupiter hotel

by Alfred Wainwright £65.00

I will give my very best to show a good performance. I am sure the American audience will see the fight. This will be a very emotional and dramatic fight. I will give my best to knock my opponent out and send him to the floor. That's what boxing fans want to see!

We gave a very fair proposal: 50-50. We split the money 50-50. We're two world champions. Everyone wants to see a unification fight. One champion against another champion. Who is the strongest in the world? Is David Haye? Be honest! I feel that all boxing fans know- David Haye is afraid. Just afraid not to fight, but to lose his title!

After the interview, Klitschko took his place among the gathered champions on stage at City Hall where a luncheon was being served. Several group photos were snapped and after all the hubbub waned, there were Klitschko and Shannon Briggs- face-to-face. They shook hands, posed for a few snapshots and chatted. Briggs told Klitschko, 'Whether or not we fight, I want to play you in chess.' Vitali responded with raised eyebrows, 'Oh, how long have you been playing chess?' Briggs proudly replied, 'Twenty seven years. I'm thirty-eight-years-old, so since I was eleven!' To that the two shook hands and gave fans another potential heavyweight battle: the heavyweight championship of chess!