At the headquarters of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) in Springfield, New Jersey auctioned the match for the world title of IBF heavyweight between the champ Wladimir Klitschko and the challenger Kubrat Pulev.
Klitschko will receive 80 percent of the price fund (5,800,105) and the remaining 20% are for Kubrat (1,450,026).
It will be the 17th defense for the 38-year-old Ukrainian since he climbed to the top before more than eight years. According to this indicator (16 successful defenses) Wladimir Klitschko ranks as third at the all time chart heavyweight, and more than he has have only Larry Holmes (20) and Joe Lewis (25).
