The man's last title defense was past the age of 40 and he had still never been knocked down or lost a decision. Stiverne wouldn't have been a problem. Vitali was very involved in politics before giving up the belt and becoming WBC champion emeritus.
Vitali was the tougher of the two brothers for sure. He could get into a slugfest war and keep on trucking.
His brother was more the Amir Khan. You would hold your breathe anytime someone landed clean on him, yet they were heavyweight bombs that put him down. Either those heavies shouldn't rock him as hard as they did, or Vitali's chin is otherworldly. He did eat the same bombs from Sanders that put his brother down and although it rocked him, he never went down.
He gave up the WBC belt because he kept getting injured in training camp
The man's last title defense was past the age of 40 and he had still never been knocked down or lost a decision. Stiverne wouldn't have been a problem. Vitali was very involved in politics before giving up the belt and becoming WBC champion emeritus.
It’s convenient how Usyk suddenly left Ukraine just at the right time, left his country to defend itself. Respect to the klitschkos who won’t leave and will defend with honour!
Never mind.
They both reside in California, boxrec says. I believe they live in California.
That's right. I thought it was Florida but I do believe Loma lives in Cali now.
Politicians don't take up arms, they send other people to fight and die in their stead
Anyway, Putin will want a smooth transition once he takes the reins of Ukraine, and the Klitschkos are considered national heroes there
so unless they get caught in a gunfire, their lives are gonna be respected, most likely
even if they don't surrender peacefully, even if they fight, it's unlikely they'll be executed if captured
Just look what US did during the invasion to Japan during WWII
Murica allowed emperor Hirohito and his family of war criminals to escape unscathed, because Truman feared that harming the emperor, who was considered ¨divine¨ and was also the head of Japan's national religion, could throw their occupation into chaos.
As a result, Hirohito, Japan's equivalent to Hitler, and many of Japan's most notorious war criminals, responsible for unspeakable atrocities in China and all along the Pacific, were never punished and their descendants still control the country to this day.
I expect the Klistchkos to receive similar treatment, they're too popular with the unkrainian people and Putin will want them on his side.
we all do. well, everyone except the fans of Andre ¨nut*******¨ Ward
Which Klitschko is Hitler in that analogy
Vitali says he's not leaving his people because they can't all evacuate. He says he and his people will stay and fight if necessary. The man gave up the WBC belt to become mayor because his country needed him, he's not going to back down.
Vitali will surrender if he gets a cut on his shoulder. If Wlad goes, he'll go out on his shield. A true warrior, unlike his quitter, overrated brother. Nash out.
I'll pick the Ukrainians! They have a better chin Than Russians. My Prediction is Russia will back out once the US and Britz got involved, NATO is Already on Ukraine side.
How will they announce Usyk and Lomachenko at their next fight? Are they still from Ukraine if it doesn't exist? Or will the country remain "Ukraine" under Russian ruling?
Vitali will get pulled out early. .all the while claiming he wanted to keep fighting.
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Russia will TKO Kiev and Vitali will claim they stopped the fight too early because of injury. Ive seen this happen twice before.
I hope they both are ok though. Ill be the first one crying if anything happened to them
I literally laughed out loud when I read this
I understand they said they will fight for their country or state or whatever it is but I seriously doubt they will be put on a front line with a bunch of grunts. They are both icons to some degree everywhere in the world and it would be a media frenzy if one of them gets seriously injured. I wish them well though and truly respect their stance.
Russia will TKO Kiev and Vitali will claim they stopped the fight too early because of injury. Ive seen this happen twice before.
I hope they both are ok though. Ill be the first one crying if anything happened to them
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