Vitaliy Klichko
Ukrainian Vitaliy Klitschko
4th Kyiv City Mayor
from June 5, 2014
8th Head of the Kyiv City State Administration
from June 25, 2014
1st Chairman of the faction of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms of Vitaliy Klitschko in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
December 12, 2012 - June 5, 2014
People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation
December 12, 2012 - June 5, 2014
Leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc “Solidarity” party
from August 28, 2020
Leader of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform Vitali Klitschko
April 24, 2010 – August 28, 2020
Advisor to the President of Ukraine
October 13, 2006 - November 7, 2008
| Date of Birth | July 19, 1971 |
| Place of Birth | USSR |
Awards
| Vitaliy Klichko | |
| general information | |
| Nickname: | Doctor Iron Fist |
| Accommodation: | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Weight category: | Heavy (over 90.92 kg) |
| Rack: | left-handed |
| Height: | 202 |
| Arm span: | 203 |
| Trainer: | Fritz Zdunek |
| Ratings | |
| BoxRec rating position: | 1 |
| Professional career | |
| First fight: | November 16, 1996 |
| Last Stand: | September 8, 2012 |
| Championship belt: | WBC, WBO, The Ring |
| Number of battles: | 47 |
| Number of wins: | 45 |
| Wins by knockout: | 41 |
| Losses: | 2 |
| Draws: | 0 |
| Failed: | 0 |
| Amateur career | |
| Number of battles: | 95 |
| Number of wins: | 80 |
| Knockouts: | 72 |
| Number of defeats: | 15 |
| Track record (boxrec) | |
Vitaliy Vladimirovich Klitschko
(Ukrainian Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Klitschko) - Ukrainian statesman, professional boxer who competed in the heavy weight category, kickboxer, candidate of sciences in the field of physical education and sports[1].
[edit] Early years
Born on July 19, 1971 in the village of Belovodskoye in the Chui region, Kirghiz SSR. His brother is Vladimir Klitschko. Their grandmother, Tamara Efimovna Klitschko (Etinzon), is Jewish. My great-grandfather and his family on my father’s mother’s side were shot by the Germans during the Holocaust. On November 30, 1943, Tamara Efimovna Klitschko’s brother, Anatoly Efimovich Etinzon, was killed.
In 1985, the family moved to the Ukrainian SSR.
In 1995 he graduated from the Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky Pedagogical Institute.
Later he completed postgraduate studies at the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine and graduated from the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, receiving a master’s degree in the specialty “Management of Social Development”.
In February 2000, at the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine, he defended his PhD thesis on the topic “Methodology for determining the abilities of boxers in a multi-stage sports selection system.”
[edit] Biography
Klitschko was born in 1971 on July 19 in the village of Belovodskoye. In 1985, the Klitschko family left for the Ukrainian SSR.
Klitschko repeatedly worked to clean out objectionable facts from his biography. Some of the facts that Klitschko's team cleaned up:
- Jewish roots of Vitali Klitschko;
- information that Vitali Klitschko has not lived in Ukraine for more than 10 years;
- Klitschko's connections with crime bosses;
- information about real estate;
- presence of illegitimate children.
You can read more about this here.
[edit] Boxing
Since 1995, he has been involved in boxing. He won the title of world champion among military personnel, and in the same 1995 he won a silver medal at the World Championships. After a successful career in amateur boxing (95 fights / 80 wins (72 by knockout) / 15 losses), he made his debut in the professional ring in November 1996.
On October 24, 1998, he knocked out Mario Schiesser from Germany in the 2nd round and won the EBU European title.
From October 24, 1998 to 1999 - European heavyweight champion (EBU).
On June 26, 1999, he defeated WBO world champion Herbie Hyde by knockout. With this victory a world record was set. He had 25 consecutive knockout victories, all of which were completed in the first half of the fight (up to the 6th round), and the number of rounds spent on the path from beginner to champion is less than Mike Tyson. In October 1999, he defeated previously undefeated Ed Mahone by knockout in the 3rd round. Defended his WBO champion title and strengthened his record with his 26th early victory in the first half of the fight. In December, he defended his world title for the second time, defeating Obed Sullivan from the USA by technical knockout in the 9th round.
On January 27, 2001, in the fight for the WBA intercontinental title, he knocked out American Orlin Norris in the 1st round in 1 minute.
From June 26, 1999 to April 1, 2000 - WBO world heavyweight champion.
From November 25, 2000 to 2001 - European heavyweight champion (EBU).
From April 24, 2004 to November 9, 2005 - WBC world heavyweight champion.
From October 11, 2008 to December 16, 2013 - WBC world heavyweight champion.
Compromising evidence and rumors
Today, the life of a professional boxer is always on people’s lips. The fact that one day the mayor of the city, who had expressed a desire to ride a bicycle to work and on errands, fell off his bike did not go unnoticed.
The fall from the bicycle was associated with a high curb, which he was unable to overcome. As a result, a fact that happened in 2020 caused heated discussion on the Internet.
Vitali Klitschko on Maidan
There are other interesting points regarding his personality. So, in 2020, journalists managed to capture on video the heavily drunk mayor of Kyiv with a cigarette in his hands. This happened when he arrived on a charter flight from Naples.
On board the plane with him were developer Nikolai Mikitas and businessman Vadim Stolar. In an interview, the mayor of the city made the excuse that he could fly with anyone. After all, he doesn’t know who bought the ticket for the seat next to him on the plane.
The famous boxer's fortune is in the millions. In the electronic declaration for 2020, he declares more than eight and a half million euros lent to third parties. He lent another almost 750 thousand dollars.
Among the real estate he owns is a metropolitan apartment with an area of 251.8 m². The wife is the owner of a mansion of 785.5 m², which is located in Lyutezhi, Vyshgorod district, Kyiv region. Here Natalya Valerievna owns a land plot of 2,500 square meters.
Among the valuables, the declaration includes: an antique mantel clock, several men's watches from the brands IWC, Frank Muller, and Mont Blanc. The wife has jewelry and expensive watches.
Among the vehicles, his wife owns a Toyota Sequoia, 2014, Land Rover Discovery, 2013.
Vitaly has a Fine Custom Puncher motorcycle, 2009, and an Ironhorse Widebody flatbed trailer, 2013. Eight expensive bicycles are included in the declaration: Scott Addict CX10 (for example, the current cost of such a new “iron horse” is 174 thousand UAH), Scott Genius, Scott Big Jon, Coratec Revolution, Coratec Inside link carbon, Cannondale, 2014 bicycles .v., Scott Genius 700 Plus Tuned Bike 2020, Scott Spark 700 Plus Tuned Bike 2020
Many different statements have appeared on the Internet about how Vitali Klitschko kisses the icon. The mayor unsuccessfully kissed her and hit his head. As a result, a video of a small incident with a loud “boom” immediately spread around the World Wide Web. The Internet was full of headlines: “Klitschko butted an icon”, “The mayor hit an icon with his head - horror! shock!”, “Which is stronger: the icon or Klitschko’s head?” etc.
Today Klitschko is engaged in a major overhaul of the capital’s streets. He notes on his social network page that repairs continue day and night and on weekends. And soon he promises to open another updated and beautiful street in the city center.
A cycling enthusiast has restored the cycle track. The facility works, pleases the people of Kiev, and gives them the opportunity to play sports. It continues to work and provide residents of the capital with new locations for recreation and mass sports.
However, there are also dissatisfied citizens who believe that it would be better if the mayor paid attention to the railway station or are indignant about the illegal construction of a number of objects in the capital.
On August 2, 2020, a presentation of the monument to Ilya Muromets took place. The sculpture of the hero became a real decoration of Kyiv. A lot of work was done with money from patrons. Not a penny of money has been allocated from the budget for the project. Vasily Verastyuk posed for the eleven-meter sculpture, which was erected in Muromets Park.
Vitaliy Klichko
In 2020, Vitaly turned 47 years old. On his birthday, he went to a camp with children in the USA for several days. Once upon a time this age seemed to him to be the twilight of his life. But now, as Klitschko himself notes, “it is not age that is important, but its content.” The mayor claims that his 48th year will be even more productive, interesting and eventful.
In addition, Vitali Klitschko recently got into a big corruption scandal. He was spotted on a charter in company with the owners of large construction corporations. The mayor of Kyiv was accompanied there by Maria Kazantseva, a former member of the supervisory board of the construction company City Capital Group, who is engaged in the construction of cottage communities in the capital.
In addition, the mayor’s traveling companion was Maxim Mikitas, a member of the Verkhovna Rada and the head of the state corporation “Ukrbud”, which is an “umbrella” for offshore companies.
And what is the promise of the mayor of Kyiv to give each participant in the hostilities in the east and the families of the victims 10 acres of land? Then the authorities took up this matter, but either they failed to bring it to fruition, or they simply decided that giving away so much land was not at all profitable. The promises remained as far back as 2014.
Yes, there were isolated cases of land transfer - only 135 families. And this is only half a percent.
They explain all this by saying that there is simply not enough land in Kyiv. But this is a little strange, because at almost every meeting, deputies of the City Council distribute land to developers for new shopping centers, residential complexes, and so on. It is still unclear how they are going to solve this problem, and this issue is unlikely to move forward in the near future.
Let’s not forget about the situation with Vitali Klitschko’s deputies. Besides the joke that “two, four of whom...”, there is also a rather deplorable situation with the fact that they are constantly changing and not from a good life. Over the course of 3 years, Vitaliy Klitschko lost two first deputies, that is, in fact, “second in command,” which indicates problems within the city government
At the moment, the mayor of Kyiv has 6 deputies.
Vitali Klitschko's deputies
Sex scandals also did not spare Vitali Klitschko. In 2017, after hackers hacked the city mayor’s email, the media reported that Klitschko was cheating on his wife and with more than one girl. Some said that lovely ladies almost lined up to sign up to see the former boxer.
But the most interesting of them is Zoryana Vyshinskaya, who affectionately called the mayor of Kyiv “Clubfooted Bear.” Judging by the correspondence that was then found in Vitaly’s mail, she was pregnant with his child and insisted that the mayor divorce his wife, with whom they had been married for more than 20 years.
Klitschko with Zoryana Vyshinskaya
In addition, several messages from the material published online were addressed to the no less charming Anna Baston, who once tried to conquer the domestic stage. No one was able to get any comments about what happened from the singer of popular songs.
And with the arrival of Vitali Klitschko as mayor of Kyiv, problems with hot water among residents of the capital became commonplace. Of course, the mayor's office says that it is not their fault at all, but they have not been able to solve this problem for several years now. Every time there are new culprits for the lack of water in the capital.
When in the summer of 2018, three thousand houses in the capital had no hot water for two months, the mayor of the city claimed that he had nothing to do with it. And he blamed NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine for everything that was happening. Its head, Andrei Kobolev, suggested that Klitschko discuss controversial issues regarding gas debts at a television debate.
Naftogaz stopped supplying gas to the capital due to Kyivenergo's debts. This private company owes a large amount of money, and also a fine of 1.2 billion. UAH Naftogaz of Ukraine refused to enter into a gas supply agreement with the newly created company, which became the legal successor of Kyivenergo.
As a result, Kiev residents were left without hot water. Meanwhile, Klitschko said that this issue is controversial. And it needs to be resolved in court, but under no circumstances should gas supplies be stopped. In one of the interviews, Fr.
However, things do not go beyond promises. The dates are postponed, but there is still no hot water. It is not a fact that it will appear closer to winter. Perhaps the townspeople and guests of the city will have to live without civilization. By the way, hot water problems have been haunting Klitschko since his election as mayor. However, things never go beyond words.
Another negative aspect associated with Klitschko’s reign is the elimination of the consequences of bad weather. After a strong summer cyclone in Kyiv, large amounts of water flooded the streets. In the capital they joked that you could even ride gondolas. However, in reality the situation was not entirely cheerful: 800 trees were knocked down, the bridge was washed away, etc.
According to the mayor, all utilities were rushed to eliminate the consequences, and soon there was no water. After the incident, Klitschko promised that the bridge would be reconstructed in a few weeks. He promised to do everything by Independence Day.
According to him, there are no threats to those who will use it. The mayor said that he had given certain instructions and that technical issues would be eliminated by the end of the year. Stressing that this problem will never exist in the future. But is this really so? Or will the situation be calm until the first heavy downpours?
Early mayoral elections
During the presidential elections in Ukraine, Vitaliy Klitschko supported the current President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. And experts found a rather interesting subtext in this. In addition to the fact that Vladimir Klitschko received full support from Poroshenko, there is also a rather interesting fact.
This happened after Vladimir Zelensky’s victory in the elections. Klchiko, in turn, almost immediately expressed a desire to hold mayoral elections several months ahead of schedule.
Leonid Kosakovsky, who served as the first head of the Kyiv City State Administration from 1993 to 1996, the head of the Kyiv City Council from 1994 to 1997, and the Kyiv City Mayor in 1997-1998, gave a rather interesting analysis of what was happening.
“The semi-legitimate Vitali Klitschko panicked. He, like all heads of administration, will have to write a letter of resignation to the newly elected President. Whether they will be reassigned or not is a big question. The statement that the new team does not take over the old ones, the way he “stoked” for Poroshenko in the elections, the recognition of how he himself voted for him, the results of the expression of the will of the people of Kiev, make us worry,” the expert said.
As Leonid Kosakovsky emphasized, a huge legal mistake is added to all this - the lack of official approval of him as head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
“They forgot to appoint him as head of the Kyiv City State Administration after the next city mayor election in the fall of 2020, despite the legal position of the Constitutional Court. That is, he remains only appointed according to the Yanukovych-Popov scheme and therefore can easily be replaced in this post by another person. That is why he recently launched “Nemtsova” in the DW project. Interview" to check the reaction to the thesis about early mayoral elections, which in turn largely depend on who will head the capital’s administration after the inauguration, so there may also be surprises here,” explains Leonid Kosakovsky.
Evaluation of Vitali Klitschko's work as mayor
In April 2020, a survey about Vitali Klitschko was launched on the Facebook page of the “Association of Taxpayers of Ukraine Territorial Branch in Kiev”. Users of the social network were asked to evaluate the actions of the politician as mayor of Kyiv. It was not possible to derive the average score. But users were divided into two camps: those who gave it a solid 0 and those who liked his work as mayor.
Beating of an ATO veteran
In December 2020, Vitali Klitschko got into a scandal because of his security guards. During a planar meeting of the City Council, news was heard that surprised everyone. Then Kiev City Council deputy Aleksey Novikov addressed the mayor: “I learned that at night a participant in the hostilities, a journalist and my friend, foreman Sergei Yakovlevich, was beaten. According to him, from about 1:00 to 2:00 a.m. he was filming on the street. B. Khmelnitsky near the opera house and filmed your motorcade. after that, he was attacked by your guards, whom he knows personally,” he said.
Vitali Klitschko after that only said that he would take control of the situation and deal with it all. But no visible actions were taken after that, and the story remained open.
Shulyavsky Bridge
Reconstruction of the Shulyavsky Bridge began on March 16, 2020. And, of course, there were scandals here too. Journalists found information that two companies that did not have the necessary equipment and experience in similar work reached the final stage of the tender for the construction of a new interchange.
But both of these companies are associated with the controversial developer Maxim Mikitas, who is called a “friend” of Mayor Klitschko. At the same time, as the construction time for the interchange increased, the amounts planned to be spent on the bridge also increased. 600 million that were announced at the tender grew into 1.5 billion
[edit] Politics
Since July 1998 - founder, member of the board of the International Fund for the Promotion of Sports "Sport-XXI Century".
Since August 2003 - Chairman of the Board of the Klitschko Brothers Foundation Charitable Foundation.
December 31, 2004 - Hero of Ukraine - for outstanding personal services to the Ukrainian state in the development of sports, exceptional sporting achievements, raising the international prestige of domestic boxing.
From March 5, 2005 to October 9, 2006 - Advisor to the President of Ukraine (out-of-state).
Since June 2005 - member of the NOC of Ukraine.
In March 2006, he ran for the Verkhovna Rada and the Kiev City Council as the leader of the “It’s Time—PRP” Bloc, and competed for the post of mayor of Kyiv. But in the elections for the mayor of Kyiv, it took 2nd place, receiving 23.7% of the vote, and in the parliamentary elections, the Pora-PRP bloc did not overcome the 3% barrier, receiving only 1.47%.
From October 13, 2006 to November 7, 2008 - Advisor to the President of Ukraine.
In February 2007 - Civil servant 5th rank.
In 2008, in the early elections of the mayor of Kyiv, he received 17.97% of the votes. In early elections to the Kiev City Council in 2008, the Vitali Klitschko Bloc, which included the People's Movement of Ukraine, the European Capital party and the Ukrainian Social Democrats party, received 10.61% of the votes.
On April 24, 2010, the political party “New Country” (Nova Kraina) was renamed the UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms) party, headed by Klitschko.
In 2010-2015 - deputy of the Kyiv City Council, head of the faction of the UDAR Party of Vitaliy Klitschko. Leader of the Ukrainian political party “UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms) of Vitaliy Klitschko” from 2010 to 2020 and Petro Poroshenko’s Bloc “Solidarity” since 2015. Ukrainian nationalist, Russophobe. He opposed the introduction of the Russian language in Ukraine to the rank of a regional language, not to mention a state one. Gay lobbyist, supporter of introducing tolerance towards sodomy in Ukraine (“we must be treated with understanding” - in a media interview).
In October 2012, Vitaliy Klitschko’s “UDAR” Party received 42 parliamentary seats in the parliamentary elections, and Klitschko headed the faction and became a member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on State Construction and Local Self-Government.
On January 25, 2014, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych invited Klitschko to take the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, but Klitschko refused due to Yanukovych’s reluctance to make concessions.
May 29, 2014 acting President of Ukraine, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Alexander Turchynov said that Klitschko won the election of the mayor of Kyiv.
Since June 5, 2014 - Kiev mayor.
Since June 25, 2014 - Head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
On August 28, 2020, he joined the party “Petro Poroshenko Solidarity Bloc.”
Also involved in business.
Careers in other industries. Vitali Klitschko: politics and art
In 2003, the talented Ukrainian fighter, together with his brother, created the Klitschko Brothers Charitable Foundation, which has been developing sports in Ukraine for ten years. In addition, our today's hero can boast of some striking achievements in the field of art. With the active support of Vitaly and Vladimir Klitschko, the musical “Rocky” was staged in Germany. As a producer and actor, the famous athlete also took part in the work on the biographical film “Klitschko,” which was shot by German director Sebastian Denhardt in 2011. In addition to this, our today’s hero performed cameo roles in several more full-length films.
[edit] Professional fights
How to read a boxing match results table
The table lists the results of all boxing matches. Each line indicates the result of the match. Additionally, the match number is indicated by a color that indicates the result of the fight. Explanation of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.
| Example | Decoding |
| Victory | |
| Draw | |
| Defeat | |
| Planned fight | |
| The fight was declared invalid | |
| KO | Knockout |
| MSW | TKO |
| UD, PTS | Unanimous decision of the judges |
| M.D. | Majority decision |
| SD | Split decision |
| RTD | Refusal to continue the fight |
| DQ | Disqualification |
| NC | The fight was declared invalid |
| The battle | Record | Age | date | Rival | Battle location | Rounds | Additionally |
| 45(41)-2 | 41 years, 1 month | September 8, 2012 | Manuel Charr (21-0) | Moscow, Russia | TKO4 (12) 2:04 | WBC champion title, Klitschko's 9th defense (voluntary), after re-conquest. Charr is knocked down in the 2nd round. The referee stopped the fight by doctor's decision due to a dangerous cut on Charr. | |
| 44(40)-2 | 40 years, 7 months | February 18, 2012 | Dereck Chisora (15-2) | Munich, Germany | UD (12) | WBC champion title, Klitschko's 8th defense (voluntary), after re-conquest. | |
| 43(40)-2 | 40 years, 1 month | September 10, 2011 | Tomas Adamek (44-1) | Wroclaw, Poland | TKO10 (12) 2:20 | WBC champion title, Klitschko's 7th defense (mandatory), after re-conquering. | |
| 42(39)-2 | 39 years, 8 months | March 19, 2011 | Odlanier Solis (17-0) | Cologne, Germany | ТKO1 (12) 2:59 | WBC champion title, Klitschko's 6th defense (mandatory), after re-conquering. | |
| 41(38)-2 | 39 years, 3 months | October 16, 2010 | Shannon Briggs (51-5-1) | Hamburg, Germany | UD (12) | WBC champion title, Klitschko's 5th defense (voluntary), after re-conquest. | |
| 40(38)-2 | 38 years, 10 months | May 29, 2010 | Albert Sosnovsky (45-2-1) | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | KO10 (12) 2:30 | WBC champion title, Klitschko's 4th defense (voluntary), after re-conquest. | |
| 39(37)-2 | 38 years, 5 months | December 12, 2009 | Kevin Johnson (22-0-1) | Bern, Switzerland | UD (12) | WBC champion title, Klitschko's 3rd defense (voluntary), after re-conquest. | |
| 38(37)-2 | 38 years, 2 months | September 26, 2009 | Chris Arreola (27-0) | Los Angeles, USA | RTD10 (12) 3:00 | WBC champion title, Klitschko's 2nd defense (mandatory), after re-conquest. | |
| 37(36)-2 | 37 years, 8 months | March 21, 2009 | Juan Carlos Gomez (44-1) | Stuttgart, Germany | TKO9 (12) 1:49 | WBC title, Klitschko's 1st defense (mandatory), after re-conquest. | |
| 36(35)-2 | 37 years, 3 months | October 11, 2008 | Samuel Peter (30-1) | Berlin, Germany | RTD8 (12) 3:00 | WBC champion title, 1st defense of St. Petersburg. Comeback of the Year according to The Ring magazine. | |
| Break | |||||||
| 37 | 35(34)-2 | 33 years, 5 months | December 11, 2004 | Danny Williams (32-3) | Mandalay Bay Resort,& Casino Las Vegas, USA | TKO8 (12) 1:26 | WBC title, Klitschko's 1st defense (voluntary), The Ring championship belt |
| 36 | 34(33)-2 | 32 years, 9 months | April 24, 2004 | Corrie Sanders (39-2) | Los Angeles, USA | TKO8 (12) 2:46 | Vacant WBC title, vacant The Ring belt |
| 35 | 33(32)-2 | 32 years, 5 months | December 6, 2003 | Kirk Johnson (34-1-1) | Madison Square Garden New York, USA | TKO2 (12) 2:54 | WBC Eliminator. |
| 34 | 32(31)-2 | 31 years, 11 months | June 21, 2003 | Lennox Lewis (40-2-1) | Los Angeles, USA | TKO6 (12) 3:00 | WBC champion title, IBO champion title, The Ring champion belt, Lewis's 2nd defense. The fight was stopped due to a cut in Vitali Klitschko's eyebrow. |
| 33 | 32(31)-1 | 31 years, 4 months | November 23, 2002 | Larry Donald (39-2-2) | Dortmund, Germany | TKO10 (12) 2:35 | WBA Eliminator, WBA Intercontinental Champion belt, Klitschko's 3rd defense |
| 32 | 31(30)-1 | 30 years, 7 months | February 8, 2002 | Won Bin (42-2) | Braunschweig, Germany | TKO11 (12) 1:40 | WBA Intercontinental Champion Belt, Klitschko's 2nd defense |
| 31 | 30(29)-1 | 30 years, 5 months | December 8, 2001 | Ross Purity (28-14-3) | Oberhausen, Germany | TKO11 (12) 1:16 | WBA Intercontinental Champion Belt, Klitschko's 1st defense |
| 30 | 29(28)-1 | 29 years, 6 months | January 27, 2001 | Orlin Norris (51-6) | Munich, Germany | KO1 (12) 1:09 | Vacant WBA Intercontinental Championship belt |
| 29 | 28(27)-1 | 29 years, 4 months | November 25, 2000 | Timo Hoffmann (22-0) | Hannover, Germany | UD (12) | Vacant EBU European Championship belt |
| 28 | 27(27)-1 | 28 years, 8 months | April 1, 2000 | Chris Bird (30-1) | Berlin, Germany | RTD9 (12) 3:00 | WBO champion title, Klitschko's 3rd defense. Klitschko suffered a shoulder injury. |
| 27 | 27(27)-0 | 28 years, 5 months | December 11, 1999 | Obed Sullivan (34-5-1) | Hamburg, Germany | RTD9 (12) 3:00 | WBO champion title, 2nd defense of Klitschko. |
| 26 | 26(26)-0 | 28 years, 3 months | October 9, 1999 | Ed Mahone (21-0-2) | Oberhausen, Germany | TKO3 (12) 1:45 | WBO champion title, Klitschko's 1st defense. |
| 25 | 25(25)-0 | 27 years, 11 months | June 26, 1999 | Herbie Hyde (31-1) | London, Great Britain | KO2 (12) 1:14 | WBO title, Hyde's 4th defense. |
| 24 | 24(24)-0 | February 20, 1999 | Ismael Yola (11-2) | Hamburg, Germany | TKO2 (12) 1:30 | EBU European Championship title, Klitschko's 2nd defense | |
| 23 | 23(23)-0 | December 5, 1998 | Francesco Spinelli (19-4) | Kyiv, Ukraine | TKO1 (12) 1:49 | EBU European Championship title, Klitschko's 1st defense | |
| 22 | 22(22)-0 | October 24, 1998 | Mario Schiesser (36-3-1) | Hamburg, Germany | TKO2 (12) 2:00 | Vacant EBU European Championship title | |
| 21 | 21(21)-0 | August 11, 1998 | Ricardo Kennedy (14-6-1) | Miami, USA | TKO1 (8) 1:31 | ||
| 20 | 20(20)-0 | June 5, 1998 | Jose Ribalta (38-14-1) | Wandsbek, Germany | TKO2 (8) 2:31 | ||
| 19 | 19(19)-0 | May 2, 1998 | Dickie Ryan (46-3) | Lubeck, Germany | TKO5 (12) | Vacant WBO Intercontinental World Title | |
| 18 | 18(18)-0 | April 18, 1998 | Julius Francis (18-6) | Aachen, Germany | TKO2 (12) | ||
| 17 | 17(17)-0 | March 20, 1998 | Levi Billups (21-16-1) | Frankfurt, Germany | KO2 (10) | ||
| 16 | 16(16)-0 | March 7, 1998 | Louis Monaco (7-11-2) | Cologne, Germany | KO3 (10) | ||
| 15 | 15(15)-0 | January 30, 1998 | Alben Belinski (5-0) | Munich, Germany | KO2 (8) | ||
| 14 | 14(14)-0 | January 17, 1998 | Marcus Road (20-7) | Berlin, Germany | TKO2 (10) | ||
| 13 | 13(13)-0 | December 20, 1997 | Anthony Willis (16-6) | Offenburg, Germany | KO5 (8) | ||
| 12 | 12(12)-0 | November 29, 1997 | German Delgado | Daxlanden, Germany | TKO3 (8) | ||
| 11 | 11(11)-0 | November 8, 1997 | Gilberto Williamson | Frankfurt, Germany | KO6 (8) 2:50 | ||
| 10 | 10(10)-0 | October 4, 1997 | Will Hilton | Hannover, Germany | KO2 (6) | ||
| 9 | 9(9)-0 | June 14, 1997 | Jimmy Haynes | Aachen, Germany | KO2 (6) | ||
| 8 | 8(8)-0 | May 10, 1997 | Cleveland Woods | Frankfurt, Germany | KO2 (6) 2:16 | ||
| 7 | 7(7)-0 | April 12, 1997 | Derrick Roddy | Aachen, Germany | TKO2 (6) 2:14 | ||
| 6 | 6(6)-0 | March 8, 1997 | Calvin Jones | Cologne, Germany | KO1 (6) 2:58 | ||
| 5 | 5(5)-0 | February 22, 1997 | Troy Roberts | Wandsbek, Germany | KO2 (6) | ||
| 4 | 4(4)-0 | January 25, 1997 | Mike Ackley | Stuttgart, Germany | KO1 (6) 0:32 | ||
| 3 | 3(3)-0 | December 21, 1996 | Brian Sargent | Frankfurt, Germany | TKO2 (6) 1:08 | ||
| 2 | 2(2)-0 | November 30, 1996 | Frantisek Sumina | Wiener Neustadt, Austria | TKO1 (4) 1:12 | ||
| 1 | 1(1)-0 | November 16, 1996 | Tony Bradham | Wandsbek, Germany | KO2 (4) 1:14 | Professional debut. | |
Personal life of Klitschko
There was one official marriage in the athlete’s life. 1.5 years after registering the relationship, Vladimir Klitschko’s wife, model Alexandra Avizova, broke up with him. After this, the athlete had several romantic relationships.
In 2009, Vladimir began a relationship with Haider Panettiere, which lasted about six months. The couple separated, but met again in 2013. The relationship resumed. In December 2014, the couple had a daughter. The girl was named Kaya-Evdokia.
Vladimir and Haider were in a civil marriage. Throughout their life together, they planned a wedding more than once, but the celebration was constantly postponed. Haider announced their engagement back in 2013. However, in 2020, the couple broke up again.
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Maidan
In 2013, Vitaliy Klitschko gradually manifests himself in the processes taking place in society. Since November of the same year, together with the People's Deputy of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, as well as the head of the All-Ukrainian Association "Freedom" Oleg Tyagnibok, he led protest actions in Ukraine.
The events in Ukraine in 2014 are significant in Klitschko’s life. Many citizens who did not agree with the government’s policies already saw Vitaly Vladimirovich as the president of the country. During Euromaidan, the presence of a world-famous personality on the barricades inspired people to believe in victory.
Vitali Klitschko on Maidan
Many believed in Klitschko, considering him a strong leader who is capable of changing the situation for the better and leading the Ukrainian nation to prosperity. In part, this “popular faith” allowed him to become the mayor of Kyiv, but soon the participants in the revolutionary events became disillusioned with the actions of the ex-boxer due to the merger of the “Udar” party with the pro-presidential political force “Petro Poroshenko Bloc” “Solidarity”.
Vitali Klitschko and Petro Poroshenko
The politician also publicly spoke about his intention to participate in the presidential elections on May 25, 2014, but later, unexpectedly for the entire Ukrainian political community, he abandoned this idea. On the eve of the presidential elections, Vitali Klitschko's rating changed significantly for the worse, and there was no confidence in victory. Then, having set his priorities, Vitaly Vladimirovich decided to abandon his presidential ambitions and take part in the elections for the mayor of the Ukrainian capital.
Vladimir Klichko. As the Steel Was Tempered
The defeats of the Klitschko brothers are a special topic. After all, it was they who gave them the opportunity to rethink strategy and tactics and make the necessary adjustments to their training process. They couldn't exist. After all, brothers are always in sight. The recordings of their fights are played hundreds of times by the opponents' boxing headquarters, looking for gaps and deficiencies in the defense.
For almost twenty years now, the boxing of the Klitschko brothers has been a significant incentive and, undoubtedly, a useful irritant for the development of the world super-heavy boxing division.
The beginning of Vladimir’s professional career was not easy. But at this time, learning from his mistakes, among other things, he progressed rapidly.
Three opponents managed to beat Vladimir, outright outplaying him in the ring.
The first of them was the American Ros Purity (12/05/1998). 32 years old versus 22. Experience and endurance won. The athlete with the nickname Boss withstood eight rounds under a hail of blows from Vladimir, and then imposed his fight on the exhausted opponent, who was physically not ready for the full distance of 12 rounds.
Vladimir’s second defeat was inflicted on March 8, 2003 by South African Corrie Sanders. In battle, he fully lived up to his nickname Sniper. He managed to find a weakness in Vladimir’s defense, the key to which was a left direct blow. This fight was sad for the younger brother. He was unable to adapt to his opponent. Corrie beat, and Vladimir fell...
The third defeat to American Lamon Brewster on April 10, 2004 turned out to be mysterious and dramatic. After the bell of the fifth round, the Ukrainian, not reaching his corner, simply collapsed onto the ring cover. The fight was interrupted, doctors diagnosed his blood sugar level as critical.
