Klitschko, Vladimir

March 25, 1976 in Semipalatinsk 1.99 meters Left display Heavyweight dr Steelhammer

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Wladimir Klitschko was born the son of Wladimir Rodionowitsch and Nadezhda Ulyanovna. Like his older brother Vitali Klitschko, he studied philosophy and sports science at the University "Hryhory Skovoroda" in Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi in the Ukraine. In 2001 he successfully completed his doctorate in sports science.

His amateur boxing career began at the age of 14, he won 112 fights as a beginner and suffered only 6 defeats. In 1993 he became European Junior Heavyweight Champion and in 1994 second at the World Junior Championships in Istanbul. There were a number of other victories, but his greatest amateur success came at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, when he became the first "white" boxer to win the gold medal in the 200-pound weight class.

At the end of 1996 Vladimir Klitschko fought his first fight in the professional league and, apart from a few defeats, he has been successful again and again to this day. But Vladimir Klitschko is not only active in boxing, he also takes part in various charity projects, including for children in South America, Asia, Africa, Brazil and Morocco. For this commitment, he and his brother Vitali were honored by UNESCO as role models for success, education and fairness. As a further award he received in the year
2005 the Bambi in the "Sports" category. Since 2007 he and his brother have been running their own agency called “Klitschko Management Group GmbH”, the managing director is their manager Bernd Boente .

Battle Stats:

Fabian Meza (Mexico) Hamburg Victory - KO 1st round Exum Speight (US) Vienna Victory - TKO 2nd Round Bill Corrigan (US) Frankfurt am Main Victory - TKO 2nd Round Troy Weida (US) Stuttgart Victory - TKO 3rd Round Carlos Monroe Cottbus Victory - Disqualification Round 6 Mark Young (US) Aachen Victory - task 2nd round Mark Wills (US) Frankfurt am Main Victory - KO 1st round Paul Ashley (US) Oberhausen Victory - KO 2nd round Salvador Maciel (Mexico) Offenburg Victory - KO 1st round Gilberto Williamson (US) Hagen Victory - TKO 3rd Round Biko Botowamungu (Congo) Stuttgart Victory - TKO Round 5 James Pritchard (USA) Aachen Victory - TKO 3rd Round Marco González (Mexico) Cottbus Victory - KO 2nd round Jerry Halstead (US) Offenbach Victory - TKO 2nd Round Ladislav Husarik (Slovakia) Hamburg Victory - TKO 3rd Round Derrick Lampkins (US) Offenburg Victory - TKO 1st Round Marcus McIntyre (US) Stuttgart Victory - KO 3rd round Everett Martin (US) Hamburg Victory on points after 8 rounds Cody Cook (US) Offenburg Victory - KO 4.round Najee Shaheed (US) Munich Victory - KO 1st round Carlos Monroe (US) Marksville (USA) Victory - TKO Round 6 Steve Pannell (US) Oberhausen Victory - KO 2nd round Eli Dixon (US) Augsburg Victory - KO 3rd round Donnell Wingfield (US) Munich Victory - KO 1st round Ross Puritty (US) Kiev (Ukraine) Defeat - TKO Round 11 Zoran Vujecic (Montenegro) Stuttgart Victory - KO 1st round Everett Martin (US) Munich Victory - TKO Round 8 Tony LaRosa (USA) Budapest (Hungary) Victory - TKO 1st Round Joseph Chingangu (Zambia) Dusseldorf Victory - TKO Round 5 Axel Schulz (D) Cologne Victory - TKO Round 8 Phil Jackson (US) Las Vegas (United States) Victory - KO 2nd round Lajos Erös (Hungary) Hanover Victory - KO 2nd round Paea wolfgram (Tonga) Hamburg Victory - KO 1st round David Bostice (USA) New York (United States) Victory - TKO 2nd Round Monte Barrett (USA) London (UK) Victory - TKO Round 7 Chris Byrd (US) Cologne Point victory after 12 rounds Derrick Jefferson (US) Munich Victory - TKO Round 6 Charles Shufford (US) Las Vegas (United States) Victory - TKO 2nd Round Francois Botha (South Africa) Stuttgart Victory - TKO Round 6 Ray Mercer (US) Atlantic City (US) Victory - TKO Round 6 Jameel McCline (US) Las Vegas (United States) Victory - TKO Round 10 Corrie Sanders (South Africa) Hanover Defeat - TKO 2nd Round Fabio Eduardo Moli (Argentina) Munich Victory - KO 1st round Danell Nicholson (US) keel Victory - TKO Round 4 Lamon Brewster (US) Las Vegas (United States) Loss - TKO Round 5 DaVarryl Williamson (USA) Las Vegas (United States) Victory - TD Round 5 Eliseo Castillo (Cuba) Dortmund Victory - TKO Round 4 Samuel Peter (Nigeria) Atlantic City (US) Victory on points after 12 rounds Chris Byrd (US) Manheim Victory - TKO Round 7 Calvin Brock (US) New York (United States) Victory - TKO Round 7 Ray Austin (US) Manheim Victory - TKO 2nd Round Lamon Brewster (US) Cologne Victory - surrender in the 6th round Sultan Ibragimov (RUS) New York (United States) still open

year	day	Opponents	place	Result
1996	16/09
1996	30/11
1996	21/12
1997	25/01
1997	15/02
1997	12/04
1997	10/05
1997	13/06
1997	27/06
1997	12/07
1997	23/08
1997	20/09
1997	11/10
1997	06/12
1997	13/12
1997	20/12
1998	14/02
1998	14/03
1998	23/05
1998	10/07
1998	06/08
1998	19/09
1998	03/10
1998	14/11
1998	05/12
1999	13/02
1999	23/04
1999	22/05
1999	17/07
1999	25/09
1999	12/11
1999	04/12
2000	18/03
2000	29/04
2000	15/07
2000	14/10
2001	24/03
2001	04/08
2002	16/03
2002	29/06
2002	07/12
2003	08/03
2003	30/08
2003	20/12
2004	10/04
2004	02/10
2005	23/04
2005	24/09
2006	22/04
2006	11/11
2007	10/03
2007	07/07
2008	23/02