Wladimir Klitschko – Biography, Wife, Baby, Brother, Height, Weight, Age

Retired heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko is ranked among the greatest heavyweight fighters of all time thanks to his exceptional power and mobility, which sets him apart from other boxers in his weight class.

The two-time world heavyweight champion has won a record 29 heavyweight title fights, more than any other heavyweight champion in the history of the sport, including Muhammad Ali, who has won 23 of those fights. He also beat most boxers with an undefeated record (12), earning him the longest combined world championship reign in heavyweight history.

Wladimir Klitschko Biography (Age)

Klitschko was born Wladimir WladimorowitschKlitschko, one of two children of Vladimir Rodionovich Klitschko and Nadezhda Ulyanovna, on March 25, 1976 in Semipalatinsk (now Semey), Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan). Her father was a major general in the Soviet Air Force, while her mother was a housewife.

He started his journey to become a renowned boxer in the 90s, he joined the Polish boxing club Gwarda Warszawa where he and his older brother Vitali dominated their opponents. He then fought as a heavyweight in the 1993 European Junior Championships which he won, but failed to replicate the success he had at the World Junior Championships the following year as he was second. Klitschko went on to dominate amateur heavyweight boxing, winning the super heavyweight gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, before announcing himself to the world with an amateur record of 134 wins and 6 losses.

After the Olympics, Klitschko decided to become a professional boxer, making his debut on a fight card with his brother in Hamburg, Germany in November 1996. He went on to break an unbeaten record of 24 straight wins, including 22 Knock Outs. before suffering his first defeat against the American boxer Ross. Purity in 1998.

Despite the surprise loss, Klitschko continued his meteoric rise in the sport, winning the vacant WBA intercontinental heavyweight title, European heavyweight title and WBC International heavyweight title. He then added the WBO heavyweight title by defeating American Chris Byrd. He retained the belt in five subsequent fights before being upset by Corrie Sanders of South Africa in what Ring Magazine named Upset of the Year on March 8, 2003 in Hannover, Germany. Sanders first dropped Klitschko twice in the first set and then twice more in the second set before the match was stopped by the referee.

After losing another fight, this time against Lamon Brewster on April 10, 2004, Wladimir Klitschko came under the tutelage of legendary boxing trainer Emanuel Steward with whom he embarked on an undefeated streak, winning four championship belts with 22 consecutive victories before falling to England’s Tyson Fury in a unanimous decision..

Klitschko tried to come back in April 2017 against another Englishman Anthony Joshua, but lost again by a technical knockout in the 11th round. The pair had a rematch clause in the contract and following talks of a possible rematch, Wladimir Klitschko announced his career on his official website and social media pages on August 3, 2017. He retired with a record 64 victories out of 69 fights, including 53 by KO.

Klitschko’s family – wife, baby, brother

Wladimir Klitschko is currently in a long-term relationship with actress Hayden Panettiere, who was married to Ukrainian model Aleksandra Avizova from 1996 to 1998. Klitschko and Panettiere started seeing each other in 2009 after meeting at a book launch party. by common knowledge. Despite a brief split in 2011, the couple got engaged in October 2013 before welcoming a daughter together, Kaya, who was born on December 9, 2014.

Klitschko’s older brother, Vitali Klitschko AKUn Dr. Ironfist, born July 19, 1971, is also a famous boxer who was once a WBC, WBO and Ring heavyweight champion with a record of 45 wins and 2 losses. The Klitschko brothers never faced each other in a professional fight, because their mother made them promise not to. Vitali is currently mayor of Kyiv and holds a doctorate. in sports science like his brother, Wladimir. He is married to former athlete and model Natalia Egorova with whom he has three children.

Height, weight and other facts

Birth name: Wladimir Klitschko

Nickname: Dr. Steelhammer

Date of birth: March 25, 1976

Place of birth: Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Semey, Kazakhstan)

Occupation: Heavyweight boxer

Height: 6 feet 6 inches (1.98m)

Weight: 109kg