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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...

    Fury-Wilder 3 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas 09th October 2021  WBC Heavyweight Title   Official Weight: 277 pounds/125.66 Kg (Fury) 238 pounds/107.95 Kg (Wilder)   Round One: After an intense staredown between both gladiators it was Wilder who took the centre of the ring, jabbing at Fury’s body and looking to land the right to the midsection in an attempt to leave the head unprotected. The champion seemed cool under the pressure and didn’t throw a punch with intent until the 90 second mark.   The challenger continued to jab and fire rights to the body. Just before the bell Fury landed the best right to the chin of the fight so far, but it wasn’t enough to take the round as Wilder returned to his stool raising his arms in victory.   Round Two: Wilder began the round jabbing, this time on the backfoot as Fury came forward, looking to capitalise on the right hand he landed in the closing seconds of the opening round and using his p...