S A powerful, muscular body is shaken by wine cramps. The tearful face that he buried in his big hands. An elderly, thin man comes, puts his arms on the shoulders of his fight, speaks to him, whispers something to him in the ear, until he rests gradually, regains his blood- cold.
These are touching scenes an old movie about Mike Tyson. Scenes that give an insight into the soul of a pugilist. They show that even the boldest of the bold are afraid to walk in the ring, danger of losing their senses, pride and perhaps dignity in the storm.
As it is hard and what are the reasons The young athletes, to try it with the sport of boxing, has now also admitted the former world champion Wladimir Klitschko. The 42-year-old Ukrainian, who dominated the heavyweight division for 12 years, said he considered boxing as a path to freedom early in his career. "I did not like boxing," said Klitschko "t-online.de" about his debut.
And later, there was a conflict between the person and boxing pro Wladimir Klitschko. It's really not really the "person standing in the ring". You get hot for weeks to become the person standing in the ring with the qualities needed to defeat that particular opponent. "The meta-message to these sentences is: The real man Wladimir Klitschko is not in the fight
Topfit, also after his career: Klitschko continues to train hard, although he does not want to fight any more
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Sport is therefore more means to an end than true passion." I took on the role of a professional boxer. I am not a born boxer, "said Klitschko, who finished his career after losing to reigning new champion Anthony Joshua on April 29, 2017 at Wembley Stadium in London.
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Wladimir Klitschko missed his third world heavyweight title. In London, he lost an exciting fight against defending champion Anthony Joshua. His future leaves the former world champion open for the moment.
The legend of coach Emanuel Steward, with whom he began to work together in the spring of 2004 – after eight years in the professional world – changed his attitude: "He has learned me to be the best. Boxing's love because it's shown me that "
The highlights of his career are the surprising defeats of Corrie Sanders and Lamon Brewster in 2003 and 2004, before working with Emanuel Steward "I was the champion – and suddenly, two defeats were held in the year. I was the loser of the Klitschko brothers. The times were brutally difficult. My own brother told me, "You have to stop boxing."
Anthony Joshua meets Wladimir Klitschko in the fight for the world heavyweight title on April 29, 2017 in London. On lap 11, the British wins
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He himself never doubted the pursuit of his career. "It was an inner conviction that I would continue, even though I had nothing left: no promoter, no TV channel that wanted to broadcast my fights, no brother in the same business," says Klitschko
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Perhaps during this time, his inclination to other spiritual areas also made him strong the pursuit of his career. Even during his first professional years, Wladimir Klitschko did not focus solely on the lucrative boxing profession. Incidentally, the man who has a three-year-old daughter with the American actress Hayden Panettiere studied philosophy and sports science at the Hryhorij Skoworoda University of Perejaslaw-Khmelnytsky, a city of 30,000 inhabitants in northern Ukraine. I've had the attitude that I have to be physically and mentally one hundred percent a Saturday night at 11 pm. You just kept him, "said Klitschko.In his active boxing career, he felt" like a horse with blinders. "In retrospect, I must admit that the image of an animal that does not Does not really belong to the cage, like a tiger or a lion, is more appropriate.It is the attitude with which you prepare as an athlete. "
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In a recent conversation, Wladimir Klitschko has already confirmed that his also in other areas led the mind made it easier to push his body to the extreme. And to reduce fears, even the Champions and Haudraufs know like Mike Tyson, before their march towards the Ringgeviert
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