By Alexey Sukachev

Russian media source “MK” (“Moscow Komsomolets”) contacted Vitali Klitschko, the WBC heavyweight champion of the world and the elder brother of the universally recognized heavyweight #1 in the world, to know more about Wladimir’s victory over Samuel Peter. Vitali expressed some interesting thoughts in his short speech with “MK” reporter and also compared Wladimir’s achievements with those of legendary Muhammad Ali.

“(Samuel) Peter was much better than he was five years ago but Wladimir is also different from himself of the past. He [Peter] was in great shape, he didn’t get tired, and he was aggressive. Wladimir was hit by almost no punches at all, he got no injuries and now he feels himself pretty well. All in all, my brother proved he was in different league with the Nigerian. Samuel had no chance at all, at least in his pre-fight shape."

He then continued, “There was a highlight reel on TV moments before a fight, which compared my brother with the living legend Muhammad Ali. I consider Wladimir’s achievements comparable with those of Ali. The only difference is that Wladimir hasn’t had worthy challengers to his throne. Ali had Smoking Joe Frazier, Big George Foreman and several more stalwarts, who were skillful enough to give him troubles in the ring. Wladimir hasn’t any of these sorts in front of him. There’s no boxer in the world that can cause him major problems. But comparing their technique, their ring strategies and their dominance you can have a point that Wladimir Klitschko is on the same level with the legend."