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Article: Boxer has back surgery; Ex-WBC champ Vitali Klitschko still eyes return.(Sports)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- September 11, 2007
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Byline: Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany - Former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has postponed his planned comeback against Jameel McCline after undergoing an emergency back operation.
The fight was scheduled for Sept. 22 in Munich.
"Vitali is not giving up his goal," trainer Fritz Sdunek said Monday.
Klitschko sustained the injury in training Saturday and underwent surgery the same evening in a hospital in Innsbruck, Austria. He will need six weeks to recover, Sdunek said.
"Then he can start training again," Sdunek added.
Klitschko's last fight was in December 2004 when he stopped Britain's Danny ...