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Is Wladimir Klitschko The Next One? (2003)

Ukrainian IBF and WBO world champion Wladimir Klitschko (L) and British WBA champion David Haye fight during their heavyweight title boxing match in the northern German city of Hamburg on July 2, 2011. The fight has been dubbed the "unification bout" as the winner takes all three major heavy weight title belts. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)  | read this item

Is Wladimir Klitschko The Next One? (2003)

By Scoop Malinowski
(This article was originally published in Boxing Digest in April 2003.)
Sullivan…Johnson…Dempsey…Louis…Marciano…Ali…Holmes…Tyson…Lewis. This is the linear line of boxing’s nine dominant heavyweight champions. The question now is who will be the next and tenth man to join this exclusive brotherhood? There are indications that suggest it could very well be Wladimir Klitschko.
“He’s the one,” [...]

HBO To Continue To Ignore The Klitschkos  | read this item

HBO To Continue To Ignore The Klitschkos

You’ve all heard the old saying, “As goes the heavyweight division, so goes boxing…”
Well, newly-appointed HBO Sports chief Ken Hershmann sounds like a man who doesn’t fully subscribe to that age old maxim.
“(The heavyweight division) has just languished for so long,” Hershmann told journalist Keith Idec of The Record. “It’s really no fault of the [...]

Biofile with Wladimir Klitschko

Ukrainian IBF and WBO world champion Wladimir Klitschko (L) and British WBA champion David Haye fight during their heavyweight title boxing match in the northern German city of Hamburg on July 2, 2011. The fight has been dubbed the "unification bout" as the winner takes all three major heavy weight title belts. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)  | read this item

Biofile with Wladimir Klitschko

Status: IBF/WBO/WBA Heavyweight champion.
Ht: 6-5 Wt: 241
DOB: March 25, 1976 In: Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan (is of Ukrainian descent)
Childhood Heroes: “I had very many heroes. Bruce Lee, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Muhammad Ali, my brother (Vitali). All the best boxers, so many people.”
Nickname: Dr. Steelhammer.
Hobbies/Interests: “Kite surfing is my passion. Computer, surfing the Internet. I like to wakeboard, snowboard … it’s [...]

Biofile with Fedor Emelianenko  | read this item

Biofile with Fedor Emelianenko

 Status: Former Pride Heavyweight champion is a Mixed Martial Arts legend.
Ht: 6-0 Wt: 233
DOB: Sept. 28, 1976 In: Rubeshnoe Lugansk, Russia
Childhood Hero: “Yuri Vlasov — Olympic champion (weight-lifting in super heavyweight division in 1960).”
Inspiration:  “The biggest inspiration is that I represent my country and the sport. I help people see that I fight for my [...]

Biofile with Vitali Klitschko  | read this item

Biofile with Vitali Klitschko

 
Status: WBC Heavyweight Champion.
Ht: 6-7 Wt: 250
DOB: July 19, 1971 IN: Belovodsk, Soviet Union
Nicknames: Dr. Iron Fist, Iron Chin.
Hobbies/Leisure Activities:  “Chess, wakeboarding, kitesurfing, jet skiing, scuba diving, table tennis.”
Childhood Dream: “Spaceman or astronaut or do karate like Bruce Lee [smiles].”
Age Started Boxing: “13.”
 
First Boxing Memory: “Losing my first fight.”
Boxing Inspiration:  “To make history in [...]