Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschkois a Ukrainian professional boxer. He is a former world heavyweight champion of four sanctioning bodies, having held the titles of the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO, in addition to holding the lineal championship, and being recognized by The Ring magazine as its world heavyweight champion. A highly strategic boxer, Klitschko is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time, and is also thought to be among the hardest punching knockout artists in the history...
NationalityUkrainian
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth25 March 1976
CitySemey, Kazakhstan
CountryUkraine
I run, but boxing conditioning is different, so you have to get used to running in the ring. Boxing movements are very different. Swimming is one of the best because every single muscle is working. I swim a lot. I train very hard at things that mimic boxing. I have to do mostly sport-specific training, such as lots of sparring.
He's been an inspiration for me since the Olympics 1996.
I think that boxing is actually not as dangerous as the politics. In boxing, you're gonna get a bloody nose or a black eye. In politics you can obviously get either dioxin in the food or bullet in the head.
There is no money in this world that will make us fight.
You have to learn the opponent psychologically inside out and mental strength is one of the important makers. You're either gonna break it or make it.
I Was Psychologically Sick For 3 Days Afterwards.
My father told and taught me that the word, can hit harder than the fist.
From nothing to everything is a long way, from everything to nothing is one stop.
I prepare for my fights to well that I don't wanna give a chance to my opponent to crash my 'glass chin' as they say, so I'm knocking them in the way that I like.
I would compare it to an actor. I drive myself into the character that later on is in the ring.
It was like a musician playing notes. Everything we trained worked.
Exactly this type of people like you, at the beginning you're gonna be shy but later on you're gonna jump on a chair and you will scream hit him!
I don't like to get hit, who likes it? I probably wouldn't do this sport if I was getting hit that much.
When people are tipsy, they're really encouraged and they wanna prove they can do something to the Heavyweight champion.