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Vitali is a friend of former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and the two have played, with Kramnik always winning. Klitschko has commented that "chess is similar to boxing. You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent is doing. You have to be smart.
Wladimir (left) and Vitali (right) with every title in the heavyweight division, which they held from 2 July 2011 to 15 December 2013. Vitali Klitschko (born 19 July 1971) and Wladimir Klitschko (born 25 March 1976), known as the Klitschko Brothers, are Ukrainian former professional boxers. During their peak years between 2004 and 2015, they ...
Wladimir Klitschko. Wladimir Klitschko[ a] (born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held the world heavyweight championship twice, including the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and Ring magazine titles.
Vitali Klitschko film explores boxer’s journey into politics and war. Alex Pattle. August 15, 2024 at 3:24 AM. Vitali Klitschko, whose footwork was derided even during his reign as world ...
Vitali Klitschko, 50, who since his retirement from boxing in 2013 has served as mayor of Kyiv, said in an interview on ITV's "Good Morning Britain" that he would stay and fight.
“I’m an old man, a tough man, but it’s difficult to listen to that, to take the human emotions,” the 6-foot-7 former heavyweight champion said.
Lewis wins via 6th-round TKO. Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko, billed as Battle of the Titans, was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between WBC, IBO, and The Ring champion Lennox Lewis and former WBO titleholder Vitali Klitschko. [ 1] The bout took place on June 21, 2003 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
On October 16, 2010, Briggs fought for the WBC heavyweight title against Vitali Klitschko in the O 2 World at Hamburg, the fight billed as 'Thunderstorm'. During the fight Briggs took a severe beating and after the fight, went down in his quarters. Briggs lost a clear unanimous decision 120–107, 120–107, and 120–105. [27]