What was Wladimir Klitschko's first fight on HBO?

[PittyPat]

Slowly but surely I'm building up a sizeable folder of his fights, but I'd like to know which of them was his very first appearance on HBO. My earliest one looks to be the Shufford fight, but I'm sure he'd been on HBO before that.

Anyone know?

[The Hammer]

Wlad vs. Barrett in 2000 was on HBO. His fight with Jefferson in 2001 was also on HBO, with Fran Charles doing the blow-by-blow.

His fight with Phil Jackson in 1999 was on ESPN. Punchstats showed Jackson never landed a single punch in round one. He had several other early ones on American TV, such as Bostice (2000), Martin II (1999), and Monroe II (1998).

[PittyPat]

Awesome. I'm off to find all of those, then. And damn, that Barrett fight was a long time ago...

My favourite so far has been the Mercer and second Byrd fight - just sheer brutality. I finally got around to watching the Thompson fight recently, but it was quite frustrating to watch (on the part of both men, but mainly for Thompson being a tall southpaw).