USA: BOXING - HEAVYWEIGHTS VITALI KLITSCHKO OF THE UKRAINE AND SOUTH AFRICAN CORRIE SANDERS READY FOR WAR

Record ID: 647770

  • Title: USA: BOXING - HEAVYWEIGHTS VITALI KLITSCHKO OF THE UKRAINE AND SOUTH AFRICAN CORRIE SANDERS READY FOR WAR
  • Date: 24th April 2004
  • Summary: (S1) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (APRIL 21, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. CORRIE SANDERS, VITALI KLITSCHKO, AND LENNOX LEWIS BEING INTRODUCED AT NEWS CONFERENCE 2. PAN SHOT OF CROWD TO MEDIA TABLE 3. INTRO TO KLITSCHKO 4. ZOOM TO SANDERS 5. CLOSE UP OF LENNOX LEWIS 6. PULL OUT FROM FROM JUMBO TRON 7. SHOT OF BROTHER WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO IN CROWD 8. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) TRAINER INTRODUCING CORRIE SANDERS SAYING "I just want to call up the sniper, Corrie Sanders." THEN SANDERS SAYING "Hello everybody, this was the first time I heard the word sniper so its a nice word for me. Everything has been said to everybody and all I can say is that I'm ready and Saturday night must come and I want to get in the ring and get out and go home and be the champion and I'm looking for ward to fighting Vitali." 9. INTRO OF KLITSCHKO 10. CROWD SHOT 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VITALI KLITSCHKO SAYING "All preparation is done and I am in great shape and I'm ready to show a great performance again on Saturday night." 12. PULL OUT OF CROWD 13. INTRO TO LENNOX 14 (SOUNDBITE) (English) LENNOX LEWIS "Thank you this ia great you know to be at the podium and not being able to fight and its great that two great boxers are actually boxing for my belt. Its not going to be my belt after Saturday so I'm kind of holding onto it." 15. SHOT OF FIGHTERS WITH FIST 16. SINGLE SHOT OF KLITSCHKO THAT PANS TO SANDERS AND THEN PULLS OUT TO A HANDSHAKE 17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CORRIE SANDERS SAYING "He's a tough guy and will have to see saturday night and its heavyweight and two or three punches can make a difference in a fight. I still believe he hasn't been tested proper once you get in a good proper shot it makes a difference in the life in you." 18. SET UP SHOT OF KLITSCHKO 19. (SOUNDBITE) (German) KLITSCHKO SAYING: "Lennox Lewis promised me a revenge match and he didn't keep his promise. Today he is a promoter of Sanders and he will not fight himself. I'm fighting Corrie Sanders and I will do my best to win and then hopefully Lewis will comeback." 20. KLITSCHKO TALKING TO PRESS 21. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LEWIS SAYING: "Yeah definitely there is a chance we can get together and drink a glass of champagne don't know where he parties. REPORTER THAN ASK IF THEY WILL MEET IN THE RING LEWIS THEN SAYS: "No I've retired mate, been there done that, end of story." 4.30 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA36FVA095CC0UEZLDSRDPLW87W
  • Story Text: Heavyweights Klitschko and Sanders ready for a war.

    It was low key and strictly business at Wednesday's
    (April 21, 2004)news conference for this weekend's heavyweight
    championship fight between top contenders Ukrainian Vitali
    Klitschko and South African Corrie Sanders.

    It will most likely though be different Saturday (April 24) when
    the two will meet at the Staples Center in Los
    Angeles for the WBC Championship. Sanders, the No. 2 rated
    contender, has already knocked out Klitschko's brother
    Wladimir and picked up a new nickname at the press
    conference.

    "Hello everybody, this was the first time I heard the
    word sniper so its a nice word for me. Everything has been
    said to everybody and all I can say is that I'm ready and
    Saturday night must come and I want to get in the ring and
    get out and go home and be the champion and I'm looking
    forward to fighting Vitali," said Sanders.

    The 6' 8" Klitschko is the top rated contender and is
    coming off an impressive performance against Kirk Johnson,
    who he knocked out in the second round. He also vowed to
    revenge his brother loss to Sanders. The giant Ukrainian
    fighter said he'd also liked to get another shot against
    retired WBC champion Lennox Lewis who attended the press
    conference.

    "Lennox Lewis promised me a revenge match and he didn't
    keep his promise. Today, he is a promoter of Sanders and
    he will not fight himself. I'm fighting Corrie Sanders and
    I will do my best to win and then hopefully Lewis will
    comeback," said Klitschko.

    Lewis, whose final fight before retiring was a 6th
    round stoppage of Vitali said that he's retired for good.

    "Yeah definitely there is a chance we can get together
    and drink a glass of champagne. I don't know where he
    parties. But no I've retired mate, been there done that,
    end of story."
    Saturday's fight is expected to provide plenty of
    action with both fighters being heavy hitters.


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