Posted on 11/16/2014 3:56:29 PM PST by curth
On Saturday night at the O2 Arena in Hamburg Germany, Wladimir Klitschko (63-3-0, 53 knockouts) pulverized Kubrat Pulev (20-1, 11 KOs), knocking him out in the fifth round with a lethal left hook. Klitschko’s victory marked his 17th consecutive title defense. He is third in line behind Joe Louis (25) and Larry Holmes (20).
At 38, Klitschko seems unbeatable. Eight years into his reign, he has dominated his division more than any other active champion today. He holds the IBF, WBA, and WBO titles, but remains one belt away from realizing his most immediate goal, unifying the heavyweight crown.
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It must be his brother who was elected to some political position in Russia.
Mayor of Kiev-Vitali
Another story with video:
Does anyone care about boxing any more?
I do.
“Does anyone care about boxing any more?”
Interesting observation. After reading this I realized that I had no idea who the heavy weight champion was and the last one I even herd of was Evander Holyfield. This seems to be a forgotten sport, maybe it is politically incorrect.
That’s because there is no single heavyweight champion these days. When I was a kid, there was one and only one champion (I still remember listening to the Patterson/Liston fight on the radio), and everyone knew who it was. Today, there’s the IDF champion, and the WBO champion, and the PTA champion for all I know or care.
If I were in charge, there would immediately be a tournament to decide who was the one and only champion at each weight class, and then that would be the only title.
He’s a monster of a boxer. Beyond awesome.
Ring magazine lists Klitschko as the world champ and he is also the lineal champion.
Klitschko"s brother Vitali held the WBC title until he stepped down in 2013 to become mayor of Kiev. The two brothers vowed never to fight one another, hence the failure to unify the title. At one time, they held all the titles.
Agree, seems like most of the US media boxing attention has been Mayweather and Pacquiao.
Ask that question in 1975 and nearly everybody would have told you Muhammed Ali without hesitation. Then the movie "Rocky" came out the following year and boxing reached it's peak of popularity.
Howard Cosell, a very popular sportscaster from the 1970s and arguably the greatest sportscaster of all time, championed the sport and helped bring it into widespread popularity to where even housewives were watching it.
Towards the end of his career, Cosell would become disgusted with boxing and vowed to have nothing to do with it and as a result, boxing went into decline. Then the antics of Mike Tyson put a final nail in the coffin.
A Freeper who knows the rules.
Pay per view killed boxing.
People now seem more interested in MMA.
Did anyone ever care about golf?
The Klitschos average about 50,000 people at their fights, plus the worldwide tv audience. ESPN had a hissy fit with them a few years ago and refused to show their matches. Wladimir makes more money in one fight than the MMA makes in a year,that is not a sport in decline.
The Oxygen Arena?
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