Wladimir Klitschko: "I'm going to take part in the 2016 Olympics"

[MRCHOKEaMF]

are the pros gonna wanna fight for that amount of money? and fights with relatively quick turn around? What about those other weight classes? does the loss count on their official records. and how fast would amateur boxing decline being that they wont get many matches cause the borderline pros that cant win Pro championships will clean them out. There are alot of questions regarding this

[MrRolltide91]

I don't know about this

[JAB5239]

I say hell no, I don't want him to retire until he has atleast tried to beat Joe Louis longest reigning HW champ record!

However that would be an absolutely amazing way to end your career, 20 years on winning gold once more and calling it a day and working in politics with your brother.

Has their ever been more smarter guys to have reached the absolute elite level like the K bros?
Don't think so, haters can say what they like but it doesn't change the fact that Wladimir and Vitali are some of the best heavyweights to take to the scene.

Louis record is consecutive and lineal. Wlad will never break that record. As far as wanting to fight in the Olympics......the era isn't filled with enough stiffs he wants to go beat up amatuers? That's just pathetic.

[Wesker115]

He's talking about Olympic wrestling guys. He'll probably just have to show the judges the Povetkin footage and they'll hand him the gold straight away

[edgarg]

It would be an amazing achievement for a 40 year old man to win Olympic Gold for the second time, 20 years after he won it the first time.

Exactly. !!

[Spray_resistant]

Nah, he is the HW champion of the world with a level of experience that these youngsters can't fathom, I hope he is not allowed to it just wouldn't be fair and what would it prove? Lets just give him a medal as a forgone conclusion if this is the case and say "ok Wlad you are better than any 18 year old AM fighter in the world, cong****". Then let the games continue.

[edgarg]

Fritz is a young German boy who idolizes Wladimir. He watches every Klitschko fight and the brothers inspire him to start boxing. He trains hard in the amateurs, works his way up, wins tournaments. After years of hard work, little Fritz qualifies for the Olympics. He's the happiest kid in the world and on the verge of fulfilling his lifelong dream, winning an Olympic medal. But in his very first match, poor Fritz gets beat to a pulp by none other than his childhood hero, Dr. Steelhammer.

By then he wouldn't be "little Fritz"....he would be "big Fritz.."

[twrx]

Meh why not he would hold every major title and current gold medal thatd be epic. But even than pros would have to go through the olympic trials and I doubt many wanna invest in that kinda time commitment

[PainfromUkraine]

By then he wouldn't be "little Fritz"....he would be "big Fritz.."

I think we have a little Hollywood script coming coming along here... BTW Edgar, good to see you finally have a chosen user title, nice and simple, honest and to the point - sums you up on here!

[LacedUp]

i'm gonna join the special olympics. i'm gonna run circles around those ******s.

We all saw how that worked out in South Park. So good luck.