Klitschko vs. Klitschko: Wladimir Profile 1

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! Tonight, here at Athletes and Eras, we are proud to continue this grand event, and we're going to tell you a little bit about the younger Klitschko brother, Wladimir.

Wladimir Klitschko is the holds the champion title for the WBA Super Heavyweight, IBF, WBO Super Heavyweight, IBO, and Ring Magazine. He holds the record for the longest reigning champion with the IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles, and is the 7th longest reigning heavyweight champion in history!
And like his brother, Wladimir has some serious brain power. He has a Ph. D in Sports Science and is fluent in 5 languages.
But it took a lot of work to get to where he is today, and we're happy to show you his rise to power!

Wladimir started his amateur career in 1993 at the Junior European Championships. His class was heavyweight, and he won the championship title. From then on, he was unstoppable.
In 1994, he received second place at the Junior World Championships (not bad for an amateur, right?). In 1995 he won the gold medal at the Military Championships in Italy. His record was 134-6, as an amateur. The next year, at the Olympics, he earned the gold medal!

This Klitschko started off his professional career with 24 consecutive wins! In 2000, he earned his first world title (the WBO). He fought Chris Byrd after his brother's technical loss, and ended up besting the man in fighting and points. Wladimir defended this title for 5 fights, but lost it to Corrie Sanders.

Klitschko fought his way back to the title shot in 2004, but sadly lost this fight to Lamon Brewster. But don't worry fans, that didn't discourage this heavyweight.!
Wladimir started fighting with renewed vigor - taking out first DaVarryl Williamson, then Eliseo Castillo (who, until then, had been undefeated), and finally Samuel Peter. That fight opened up the WBO challenges again, and Wladimir went up to fight Chris Byrd again.

Wladimir handed defeat to Chris Byrd, and the next fighter, and the next until he won the WBO title in 2008. He now held the IBO, IBF, and WBO belts. He unified the belts, which hadn't been done since the Holyfield-Lewis fight in 1999!
In 2009, Klitschko won the Ring Magazine heavyweight title.

In 2010, Wladimir called out David Haye, who had previously found excuses to not fight him and his brother. A fight was going to happen in September of 2010, but Haye pulled out at the last minute, claiming he'd rather fight the elder Klitschko. (If you ask us, David Haye was too scared to fight Wladimir.)
But Wladimir got his chance to fight Haye in 2011. And, as expected, the Klitschko tore Haye a new one!

And as a final fun fact, Wladimir Klitschko is an actor! You can see him in Ocean's Eleven!

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