WBC/WBO/IBO/WBA heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko would never fight his older brother, former WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. The two of them have ruled the heavyweight division for the last decade. Vitali retired last year to focus on politics and vacated his title, which Bermane Stiverne captured and quickly lost last month to Deontay Wilder.
When the two brothers ruled the heavyweight scene, fans and experts alike were always curious about have the two of them slug it out in the ring.
According to Wladimir, promoter Don King once made an offer of $100 million dollars to get the Klitschko brothers to battle each other.
“You guys sign with me, I’m going to make this fight,” Klitchscko told the Dan Patrick Show. “I’m going to make you rich.”
“We were asked many times if we are going to fight each other or not, but we made a promise to our mother that we will never fight each other. She asked us—you can box, you can both be involved in boxing—which I don’t like, but you have to promise me one thing: no matter what you won’t fight each other.
“A billion wouldn’t help. Money is not everything in life. I understand that people are excited and driven by money, but no. Between two brothers … I love my brother too much.”
And if the two of them every fought?
"No, my brother would win," Wladimir replied when asked if he could beat his brother in the ring.
Wladimir says the two of them fought often when they were younger, with Vitali getting a huge advantage until they both hit their 20s. He says the two of them stopped sparring each other because the sessions became very competitive and brutal.
"When he was 15 [years old], I was 10. When I was 15, he was 20. I had no chance. Once I was 20 and he was 25, then the weight picked up and the size picked up - but by then we had no chance to even argue much or fight each other," Wladimir said.
Could the universe handle this fight?
When the two brothers ruled the heavyweight scene, fans and experts alike were always curious about have the two of them slug it out in the ring.
According to Wladimir, promoter Don King once made an offer of $100 million dollars to get the Klitschko brothers to battle each other.
“You guys sign with me, I’m going to make this fight,” Klitchscko told the Dan Patrick Show. “I’m going to make you rich.”
“We were asked many times if we are going to fight each other or not, but we made a promise to our mother that we will never fight each other. She asked us—you can box, you can both be involved in boxing—which I don’t like, but you have to promise me one thing: no matter what you won’t fight each other.
“A billion wouldn’t help. Money is not everything in life. I understand that people are excited and driven by money, but no. Between two brothers … I love my brother too much.”
And if the two of them every fought?
"No, my brother would win," Wladimir replied when asked if he could beat his brother in the ring.
Wladimir says the two of them fought often when they were younger, with Vitali getting a huge advantage until they both hit their 20s. He says the two of them stopped sparring each other because the sessions became very competitive and brutal.
"When he was 15 [years old], I was 10. When I was 15, he was 20. I had no chance. Once I was 20 and he was 25, then the weight picked up and the size picked up - but by then we had no chance to even argue much or fight each other," Wladimir said.
Could the universe handle this fight?
to me
era...was only the clear #1 heavy in the world for a sum total of 1 year then got ran into retirement by Hasim Rahman...oh...and he likely never beats Chris Byrd prime 4 prime with fair judging.
And injuries happen in boxing everyday b...there are alot of wins/losses in boxing historically that we would have to sweep from the record if we took everybody's "injury" excuse into account.
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@ trying to scratch that from the record and pretend it doesn't exist...when he clearly got outboxed and was made to quit