Talkin' Boxing with Wladimir KlitschkoWorld IBF/WBO/WBA/RING Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko takes timeout in Kiev, Ukraine to share some final thoughts on his most recent match, his very first fight, the hardest part about boxing, and more…
BoxingInsider: Your comments from the world title unification victory against David Haye?
Wladimir Klitschko: ”I was disappointed that I didn’t knock him out. Very. [...]
Biofile with Wladimir KlitschkoStatus: 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 [...]
Some former opponents of Wladimir Klitschko describe what it’s actually like to box against the current IBF/WBO/Ring Heavyweight champion…
“He’s an all around athlete. A great athlete, a better athlete than what I had anticipated when I got in there with him,” said Ray Austin, who was defeated in two rounds by ‘Dr. Steelhammer’ in March [...]
I collected these memories and anecdotes from boxing insiders about Bernard Hopkins in the mid 2000s. Combined together they create a special portrait of Bernard Hopkins, composed of not colors or paints from an artist, but words and actions of his peers…
Hasim Rahman: “Obviously I feel like
he’s a man, he did it his way. And [...]
IN 2008 I did a cover story for a magazine about Roger Federer comprised of various memories and anecdotes about Roger intertwined around some quotes from Roger himself…
Henri Leconte: “I like to watch Federer, of course. Because he can do whatever he wants.”
Akiko Morigami: “I think he’s like the God of tennis.”
Wladimir Klitschko: “Roger Federer, [...]
What a pleaure to watch the important heavyweight clash between Tomasz Adamek and Michael Grant at ringside with none other than popular American Monte Barrett.
Here is the ringside commentary…
Round one: Grant comes out and lands the first right hand he throws, right on the chin of Adamek. “That’s a good start,” says Barrett’s attorney Mike [...]
Boxing is bestowed with one of the greatest miracles in the history of the sport – the Twin Towers of the Heavyweight Throne, Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko reigning together as the kings of the sport.
Never in the history of boxing could this scenario have ever been imagined by anyone. Two brothers rising from Ukraine to [...]
In this day and age there aren’t any heavyweight contenders with the marquee name recognition like “Foreman”, “Frazier” and “Norton” for Wladimir Klitschko to defeat and acquire the deserved accolades. So boxing has to suffice with the best of today, like Ibragimov, Byrd, Brewster, and Austin, etc. to measure how good Klitschko really is.
“He’s an [...]
It’s been a while but BoxingInsider.com columnist and leader of the band DOWN Philip H. Anselmo rolled into New York City on September 11 to perform at the completely sold out Nokia Theater in Times Square and of course before and after the live set, the topic of boxing was discussed backstage. Present for the [...]
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