MOSCOW, February 22 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko outweighs his Saturday bout contender, Russia's WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov, by over 8 kg (18 lbs).
Thursday's weighting procedure showed that Klitschko (49;3, 44 KOs) has a weight of 108 kg (238 lbs), while Ibragimov (22; 0; 1, 17 KO) weighs 99.3 kg (219 lbs).
The two champions will meet in a title unification bout on February 23 in New York, at Madison Square Garden Arena.
Currently all heavyweight champion titles belong to boxers from the former Soviet Union - Russians Oleg Maskayev and Sultan Ibragimov are WBC and WBO Champions respectively, Uzbekistan's Ruslan Chagayev is the WBA Champion, and Klitschko holds the IBF Champion title.
32-year-old Ibragimov first won the WBO heavyweight title in June 2007 after beating America's Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs in Atlantic City.
