The Klitschko Years
Born as Vitali Volomyrovych Klitschko on 19th July 1971 in Belovodsk, Kyrgyzstan, to father Vladimir Rodionovic Klitschko and mother Nadezhda Ulyanovna. Belovdsk, which means White River in Russian. Belovodsk was formed in the spring of 1868 by twelve families of back settlers from the Astrakhan Governorate of the Russian Empire. Later more settlers would come using a mixture of the Russian language and the Ukrainian language. Vitali would grow to six-foot-seven-inches (2.01 m) and became the first pro boxing world champion to hold a Ph.D. degree and with his knockout power was given the nickname Dr. Ironfist . Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Klitschko was born on 25th March 1976 in Semipalatinsk, former Soviet Union which is now Kazakhstan. He, like his brother, gained a Ph.D. in sports science and was known as Dr. Steelhammer in the ring. Wladimir was also tall like his brother, standing at six-foot-six inches (1.98 m). Both men were set to represent Ukraine at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Gam