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Wladimir Klitschko
(the "Steel Hammer")

BORN March 25 1976; Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan (Some sources report Kiev, Ukraine; (Fought out of Hamburg, Germany)
HEIGHT 6-6 1/2
WEIGHT 220-246 1/2 lbs
MANAGERS Klaus Peter Kohl, Wladimir Klitschko
TRAINERS Fritz Sdunek, Emanuel Steward

 

 

Klitschko, like his older brother, is a physical specimen; He is an extremely powerful hitter and boxes with a degree of finesse; Stamina was a weakness early in his career but has improved in recent bouts; During his career, he won the IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World, IBO Heavyweight Championship of the World, WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World, WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship, WBC International Heavyweight Championship and the EBU Heavyweight Championship of Europe

Wladimir defeated such men as Chris Byrd, Ray Mercer, Axel Schulz, Frans Botha, Samuel Peter and Calvin Brock

1996
Nov 16 Fabian Meza                  Hamburg, Ger                     KO  1
Nov 30 Exum Speight                 Wiener Neustadt, Aus             TK  2
Dec 21 Bill Corrigan                Frankfurt, Ger                   TK  1 

1997
Jan 25 Troy Weida                   Stuttgart, Ger                   TK  3 
Feb 15 Carlos Monroe                Cottbus, Ger                     WF  6
Apr 12 Mark Young                   Aachen, Ger                      TK  2
May 10 Mark Wills                   Frankfurt, Ger                   KO  1
Jun 13 Paul Ashley                  Oberhausen, Ger                  KO  2
Jun 27 Salvador Maciel              Offenburg, Ger                   KO  1
Jul 12 Gilberto Williamson          Hagen, Ger                       TK  3
Aug 23 Ikomoniya "Biko" Botowamungu Stuttgart, Ger                   TK  5
Sep 20 James Pritchard              Aachen, Ger                      TK  3
Oct 11 Marcos Gonzalez              Cottbus, Ger                     KO  2
Dec  6 Jerry "Wimpy" Halstead       Offenbach, Ger                   TK  2
Dec 13 Ladislav Husarik             Hamburg, Ger                     TK  3
Dec 20 Derrick Lampkins             Offenburg, Ger                   TK  1

1998
Feb 14 Marcos McIntyre              Stuttgart, Ger                   KO  3
          -WBC International Heavyweight Championship
Mar 14 Everett "Big Foot" Martin    Hamburg, Ger                      W  8
May 23 Cody Koch                    Offenburg, Ger                   KO  4
          -WBC International Heavyweight Championship
Jul 10 Najee Shaheed                Munich, Ger                      KO  1
          -WBC International Heavyweight Championship
Aug  6 Carlos Monroe                Marksville, La                   TK  6
Sep 19 Steve Pannell                Oberhausen, Ger                  KO  2
Oct  3 Eli Dixon                    Augsburg, Ger                    KO  3
Nov 14 Donnell Wingfield            Munich, Ger                      KO  1
Dec  4 Ross Purrity                 Kiev, Ukraine                    LT 11 
          -WBC International Heavyweight Championship

1999
Feb 13 Zoran Vujecic                Stuttgart, Ger                   KO  1
Apr 24 Everett "Big Foot" Martin    Munich, Ger                      TK  8
May 22 Tony LaRosa                  Budapest, Hun                    TK  1
Jul 17 Joseph Chingangu             Dusseldorf, Ger                  TK  5
          -WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship
Sep 25 Axel Schulz                  Cologne, Ger                     TK  8
          -EBU Heavyweight Championship of Europe 
Nov 12 Phil Jackson                 Las Vegas, Nv                    KO  2
Dec  4 Lajos Eros                   Hannover, Ger                    KO  2
          -WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship;
           EBU Heavyweight Championship of Europe

2000
Mar 18 Paea Wolfgramm               Hamburg, Ger                     KO  1
          -WBC International Heavyweight Championship
Apr 29 David Bostice                New York, NY                     TK  2
          -WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship
Jul 15 Monte Barrett                London, Eng                      TK  7
Oct 14 Chris Byrd                   Cologne, Ger                      W 12
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

2001
Mar 24 Derrick Jefferson            Munich, Ger                      TK  2
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Aug  4 Charles Shufford             Las Vegas, Nv                    TK  6
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

2002
Mar 16 Frans Botha                  Stuttgart, Ger                   TK  8
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Jun 29 Ray Mercer                   Atlantic City, NJ                TK  6 
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Dec  7 Jameel McCline               Las Vegas, Nv                    TK 10 
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

2003
Mar  8 Corrie Sanders               Hannover, Ger                    LT  2
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Aug 30 Fabio Moli                   Munich, Ger                      KO  1
          -WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship
Dec 20 Danell Nicholson             Kiel, Ger                        TK  4
          -WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship

2004
Apr 10 Lamon Brewster               Las Vegas, Nv                    LT  5
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Oct  2 DaVarryl Williamson          Las Vegas, Nv                    TW  5

2005
Apr 23 Eliseo Castillo              Dortmund, Ger                    TK  4
Sep 24 Samuel Peter                 Atlantic City, NJ                 W 12
          -NABF Heavyweight Championship

2006
Apr 22 Chris Byrd                   Mannheim, Ger                    TK  7
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           IBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Nov 11 Calvin Brock                 New York, NY                     TK  7
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           IBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

2007
Mar 10 Ray Austin                   Mannheim, Ger                    TK  2
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           IBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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