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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
Vitali Klitschko returns to boxing to face Samuel Peter
 Retired Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko is ending his retirement to fight against Samuel Peter from Nigeria.
But so far there has been friction outside the ring when Samuel Peter grabbed the WBC belt from Klitschko before he stormed off in anger at a news conference to promote Saturday's heavyweight fight in Berlin.
27-year-old Peter was annoyed that the conference was held mainly in German, which Klitschko speaks fluently.
37-year-old Klitschko, who retired after defeating Danny Williams in 2004, has decided to make his comeback to boxing by facing Peter at the O2 World Arena.
Klitschko, who has an impressive past record with 35 victories in 37 fights and with 34 knockouts included, lost the WBC belt in 2005 after he pulled out from a title fight citing a torn right knee ligament as the reason he wouldn't take part.
The WBC afterwards decided to dub him "champion emeritus", but nevertheless Peter is the authentic champion having beaten Russia's Oleg Maskaev with a stoppage in March of this year.
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