Vitali Klitschko kickboxing

[Mr Boxing9]

hmm, 3 or 4 years before he turned pro, about 6 years before he won his first WBO title, and 10 years before he fought Lewis.

quite a way back for him.

Do Vitali has been boxing from the age of 13..........it's not like he was just introduced to boxing in his 20's after Kickboxing. He was also a great amature boxer.

[TheGreatA]

hmm, 3 or 4 years before he turned pro, about 6 years before he won his first WBO title, and 10 years before he fought Lewis.

quite a way back for him.

Imagine if he had been a boxer from the beginning? He may have fought a prime Lewis, Rid**** Bowe, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and the other 1990's top heavyweights.

Due to his late start he only came into the heavyweight picture in 1999 when he beat Herbie Hide and afterwards lost Chris Byrd which basically ruined his reputation until the Lennox Lewis fight 3 years after.

[TheGreatA]

Do Vitali has been boxing from the age of 13..........it's not like he was just introduced to boxing in his 20's after Kickboxing. He was also a great amature boxer.

He only began to focus on boxing instead of kickboxing in the mid 1990's however.

[Doctor_Tenma]

He moved very smooth back then.

[Klitschko2011]

Hmmmmm.........Interesting, Reid claimed Vitali was out cold. Reid says he hit a direct kick on Vitali's jaw which put for Vitali out.

Reid also said, Vitali makes out like the fight never even happened. Do you think Reid would make all this up?

They claimed it was a kick to the body, not a head kick.

where's the proof?

I call bull****, I agree with Vitali, it never happened.

and if it did happen, who gives a flying ****? Vitali was just a young kid back then and only weighed around 200 lbs when he was kickboxing.

[Mr Boxing9]

He only began to focus on boxing instead of kickboxing in the mid 1990's however.

No, Vitali has always devoted a big part of his life to boxing from the age of 13. He was a great boxing amature and in his early 20's he won a silver medal at the world championships.

He had 210 boxing amature fights

[Steak]

Do Vitali has been boxing from the age of 13..........it's not like he was just introduced to boxing in his 20's after Kickboxing. He was also a great amature boxer.

well, I figure he was more concentrated on kickboxing in that period of time. All I was saying was that he was raw.

I mean, hes a string bean in this kickboxing match. looks odd, ha.

Imagine if he had been a boxer from the beginning? He may have fought a prime Lewis, Rid**** Bowe, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and the other 1990's top heavyweights.

Due to his late start he only came into the heavyweight picture in 1999 when he beat Herbie Hide and afterwards lost Chris Byrd which basically ruined his reputation until the Lennox Lewis fight 3 years after.

He probably would have been too young even if he did flat out boxing from the beginning. I wouldve still loved to see those fights, but this skinny version of him vs the likes of Bowe, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis...
wouldnt have looked too good, imo.

[Mr Boxing9]

It was a supposedly a kick to the body, not a head kick.

where's the proof?

I call bull****, I agree with Vitali, it never happened.

and if it did happen, who gives a flying ****? Vitali was just a kid back then and only weighed around 200 lbs when he was kickboxing.

I read a interview with Pele Reid, in the boxing monthly i belive, and he says there were many witness's who saw Viatli knocked out.

and of course your going to call bull****, because your head is up vitali's *******!

[TheGreatA]

No, Vitali has always devoted a big part of his life to boxing from the age of 13. He was a great boxing amature and in his early 20's he won a silver medal at the world championships.

He had 210 boxing amature fights

He won a silver medal in 1995, after he had already discontinued his kickboxing career.

All of his amateur boxing accomplishments were achieved after he had stopped being a kickboxer.

He probably would have been too young even if he did flat out boxing from the beginning. I wouldve still loved to see those fights, but this skinny version of him vs the likes of Bowe, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis...
wouldnt have looked too good, imo.

Agreed. He seems a bit more agile but not as strong and likely less durable.

[Mr Boxing9]

He won a silver medal in 1995, after he had already discontinued his kickboxing career.

All of his amateur boxing accomplishments were achieved after he had stopped being a kickboxer.



Agreed. He seems a bit more agile but not as strong and likely less durable.

No, he had won amature boxing title at junior level aswell. He has always boxed. But just always mixed kicboxing in aswell.