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Yes, most probably he was dragged.

I like how the female talk show host said she watched the fight and it was amazing to watch.... Yeah that was funny to watch how she's selected a "correct" word.

Here is confirmation video.

LOL, practice for when him and Floyd fight at a 200 pound catchweight. No way, this would have been most boring fight ever :)

Wlad in his best shape now. Hope Povetkin wouldn't survive 8-th round tomorrow.

Good read. Interesting, profound insights from the champ. While reading this I was kinda hoping to read something nasty like "I cherish beating up the punks who knocked out my little brother" but I guess that's not in his character. Vice verse - Vitali and his brother Wlad actually helped Corrie Sanders' family (Corrie knocked Wlad out and gave tough fight to Vitali) after his tragical death. They also filmed Lamon Brewster (knocked Wlad out under suspicious conditions) in their documentary and mention Chris Byrd (technically considered defeated Vitali due to his shoulder injury) with respect.

great read. Cheers. Thanks for sharing! Good read. Thank you.

Fascinating insight into the mans thoughts on interesting subjects.I like what he said about King haha. I have nothing but respect and admiration for him and his brother.green sent. Yeah, actually I think Vitali likes to make fun of King.

Great read, thanks for posting. Great to read anything from such an intelligent, accomplished man. Physically powerful and imposing but also intellectually powerful. Thanks for posting TS great interview from a legend! Thanks! He is good role model. It is a pity that Haye, who is also quite intelligent, chose a different, easier but lower path to attract public attention.

great read green karma sent Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

Good idea... thanks. Was kind of hard to read, but still manageable OP Thanks and sorry for the translation - it's partially edited machine translation due to the volume of text. However I'll try to further edit it.

Vitalie does a great service in talking about Schmelling. I wish more people knew what a great guy Schmelling was....he also helped Louis as a friend, maybe that is why the Klitschkos have an ethic to aid Sander's. They deserve resepect for that ethical position. However, lets not be fooled by the King analogy....Devil? the Klitschkos with their own arrogant management are no less profit driven. King has been despicable but Brondt and Arum are no less so. In one of his interviews Vitali said that while he consider Sugar Ray Leonard to be greatest boxer, Max Schmeling for him is the greatest person in boxing - he was an example both in and out of the ring. Max also morally backed Wlad when he lost to Ross Puritty. So I think yes - Max Schmeling made huge impact on both brothers and is a role model for Vitali.

Thank you very much; real insight into a champion. His description of his meeting with Don King is hilarious. And his comments about being poor surprised me, as his father was a Soviet Colonel and later a general. Perhaps poor by standards in Europe outside the Soviet Union. Economical situation after collapse of the Soviet Union in early 1990-th (from 1991 up to 1995 in Ukraine) was very hard - hyperinflation, crush of ideals and state structures, state institutes suffered lack of funding, Army included. You could easily meet decorated professor selling food on market because his University was not funded enough to pay him for living. Many man from the Army and former KGB leave state service those days and became criminalized because of lack of state financing. Same for the boxers and wrestlers, most of which those days where involved in criminal "brigades".

Good read. I liked hearing that Vitali savors the knockout :boxing: Yes, unlike Wlad, Vitali is more venturous and emotional in the ring.

Lomachenko, Usyk.

Good knockdown by the punch in solar plexus. And that Usik's left cross without swing looked impressive.

Dang, my stream wasn't working so i missed it. Evidently got him faster than Masternak too. He's with K2 yea? Yes, with K2.

Alexander "Russkiy Vityazj" Povetkin didn't show nothing in this fight except for low-dropped head attacks and hanging on Wlad's neck. His only virtue is unhuman stamina. But considering that he was checked on doping by corrupt RUSADA instead of NADA I bet he was on something.

Vitali vs Lennox Vitali vs Corrie

Vitali will defeat Wlad, no doubt. True warrior. ****ing rock of a man. His fights vs Lennox and Sanders are awesome. And humiliation of Sam Peter in 2008. **** I hope he'll become next Ukraine's President.

Vitali vs Sam

Wlad needs coach, someone to substitude Steward in his team... but how can you sustitute Steward?

Lom is really vain but he is also incredibly gifted. For me it's Mayweather 2.0, only more entertaining.

Jester :bsflag:

Wladimir Klitschko Has a Taste For British Sparring Probably that's because US boxers are all out of shape fast-food eaters.

Solis must defeat his fridge first.

Just read a comment from Wlad stating that Povetkin is the best opponent he's ever faced. Lol. How can anyone rank this guy even in the top 100 ATG with this kind of opposition haha In no way do I mean to hate on him, it's not his fault there isn't anyone good to fight, he's 15 years too late to the heavyweight party. But when Povetkin is you best ever foe, then you need to accept that you ain't done ****. Sanders>Wlad. And that's not a troll, that's just fact sorry. Wlad is just trying to motivate himself and to sell-out this mismatch. Nothing unusual.

If you want to know just how special Vitali was and is, just watch his fight against Lewis. That fight was taken on 2 weeks notice and until this day I think he would have KO'd Lewis had that fight continued. You said it!

Vitali had trained for a year for Lennox Lewis - any one with a sense of knowledge knows this by now. He had initially trained to be on the undercard of the fight. So it's not like he came out of shape. Lennox also took the fight on two weeks notice. He "trained for a year" not for Lennox, but for title shot regardless of opponent. So he received short notice and get force his training instead of Lennox, who trained in normal order.

Agree - P4P is pure speculation. How can you seriously compare some featherweight boxer with a heavyweight? Lightweighted boxers are much speedy and can throw and take a hell lot more punches than HW's because it is not so exhausting for them to throw those punches and not so painfull to be hit. However only one HW's punch is enough to knock the **** out of his opponent and same thing if he gets hit by another HW. It's like to compare fly with fly-swat - fly is speedy and make a lot of movement with her wings but one swatter hit is enough to finish her. On the other hand fly, with all her speed and movement, can't do any damage to fly-swat. Same thing if you compare HW's and featherweights. It's like to compare tank with submachine gun. SMG is entertaining and make a lot of noise but it can't damage a tank, however only one tank's succesfull shot and it's all over. HW's due to their weight and power have completely different tactics and winning strategies. They can't box like featherweights due to their physical parameters, but featherweights can't hit and take hits like HW's. It's two different sports in the large scale. Like tanks and SMG's are all weapons but they have completely different tactics of usage and incomparable to each other.