Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine poseswith the trophy after the World Heavyweight unification fight at the Imtech Arena on July 2, 2011 in Hamburg, Germany.

WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko pulled out of his fight against French challenger Jean-Marc Mormeck yesterday after undergoing an operation to remove a kidney stone.

The fight had been scheduled for Saturday in Duesseldorf. Klitschko had abdominal pain at his training camp in Austria on Friday. The 35-year-old Ukrainian was taken to Innsbruck for initial treatment before being transferred to a Duesseldorf hospital. The stone was removed on Saturday but Klitschko returned to the hospital on Sunday.

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