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By Mike C Ryan

 

Brewster back at the Front

 

After his pushover of Rainman Ray Austin, will Wladimir Klitschko undertake a partial-unification Heavyweight fight with the Russian Giant, Nikolai Valuev?

Valuev said he’d be in it. But Daniel Rafael at ESPN.com points out convincingly why not.

Valuev is going for 47-0 against Ruslan Chargaev on April 14. He wants to equal Rocky Marciano’s 49-0. His camp will take all avoidable risks till then.

Instead, Rafael foresees a Lamon Brewster vs Wladimir Klitschko return match coming mid-year. It’s in negotiation, he writes. On April 1st, 2006, Brewster lasted the 12 rounds with a detached retina losing his WBO title at his fourth defence to Serguei Lyakhovich in Cleveland. (Kali Meehan all but decisioned Brewster next outing). That same month of April, Wladimir took the IBF title from Chris Byrd who was making his fifth defence. Wladimir made two defences since.

Brewster lasted the 12 with a detached retina losing his title to Sergei Liakhovich.

Now Lamon’s ready to go with him.

Klitschko-Brewster (IBF this time) would have the whole world watching. (And Kali Meehan at his best, on the card too).