Wladimir Klitschko: record, next fight and profile →
Wladimir Klitschko's trainer Johnathon Banks has revealed he realised they would lose to Tyson Fury three days before the fight. Fury's November 2015 defeat of the then-IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA heavyweight champion was Klitschko's first in 11 years, and remains one of the finest ever victories by any British fighter.
Lennox Lewis has told Anthony Joshua to rediscover his ambition to fight in Las Vegas after he insisted it had no longer become necessary for a fighter to prove himself there. The IBF heavyweight champion on Saturday bids to win the WBA title last held by Tyson Fury when he meets Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium in front of a British post-war record fight crowd of 90,000.
Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko clash this weekend in the biggest fight in British boxing history. The pair will meet on April 29, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and both Showtime and HBO in the States, with the vacant Super WBA heavyweight title, the vacant IBO crown and Joshua’s IBF belt at stake.
Wladimir Klitschko has warned Anthony Joshua not to repeat the mistake of allowing his focus from Saturday’s fight to be affected as it was by Tyson Fury. Joshua defends his IBF title and hopes to win the WBA, IBO belts once held by Fury in what could be the definitive fight of his career against Klitschko at Wembley Stadium.
Whatever happens Saturday in London, Deontay Wilder wants Wladimir Klitschko to attack Anthony Joshua like the former champion’s legacy means something to him. The undefeated Wilder was disappointed in the way a reluctant Klitschko allowed Tyson Fury to upset him and take his heavyweight titles nearly 17 months ago in Dusseldorf, Germany. The undefeated Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) out-boxed Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) to win a 12-round unanimous decision and the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO championships in November 2015.
Deontay Wilder doesn’t know what Wladimir Klitschko was thinking when he fought Tyson Fury. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion does know that Emanuel Steward wouldn’t have allowed such a passive performance from Klitschko. The late trainer had a strong bond with the former heavyweight champion and often motivated him in the corner to do the things Steward knew were necessary to win.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s not your father’s TV title fight. Though Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko’s weekend encounter at Wembley Stadium will resemble their previous 86 outings when it comes to in-ring machinations, it’s by no means par for the course in terms of outside presentation. An...
Anthony Joshua has told Wladimir Klitschko his mind games are transparent, although the Briton is wary of facing a wounded animal at Wembley. Animosity between the two heavyweights has so far been absent ahead of Saturday's bout in the capital when the undefeated Joshua will meet the 41-year-old Klitschko 17 months on for the Ukrainian's loss to Tyson Fury.
Vitali Klitschko expects his brother Wladimir to beat Anthony Joshua because he knows he has "no second chance" in the twilight of his career. Veteran Ukrainian Klitschko will step between the ropes at Wembley on Saturday to face IBF world heavyweight champion Joshua.
With no question marks over his health or motivation, former champion Wladimir Klitschko has no plans to bring the curtain down on his 21-year professional career and is relishing the pressure ahead of his title fight against Briton Anthony Joshua.