Former unified heavyweight champion of the world Wladimir Klitschko is reportedly ending his retirement and now has agreed to a ₹830 Crore deal with sports streaming app DAZN.
Klitschko will be back inside the ring after a two-year absence and according to a Ukrainian news portal said he will fight at the Olympic National Sports Complex in Kyiv. According to the website, the opposition will be: “The most significant battles that will be most attractive in terms of demand in the market.”
The 43-year old former heavyweight champion retired from the sport after suffering a technical knockout loss to Anthony Joshua back in 2017 at the Wembley Stadium in front of 90,000 fans in what is regarded as the best heavyweight fight in more than a decade.
With the new DAZN deal there’s now a possibility for a rematch with WBA. IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. The first fight was the highest selling pay-per-view fight in the history of British boxing as it sold over 1.5 Million PPV buys.
Further possibilities include a fight with Dillian Whyte and former undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world Oleksandr Usyk who has also signed a deal with DAZN and Matchroom Boxing.
DAZN has signed some of the biggest names in world boxing including Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin.
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