Klitschko

KIEV

- Are we rolling? - Yes.

Wait a minute. Mom!

Close the window!

I was basically

a tall boy,

but I was skinny.

Let's stop. That's not right.

I need to take a break.

The first professional fight I saw was a heavyweight match.

For the first time in my life,

I heard what it sounds like

when a gloved fist strikes a human head.

The sound was so unpleasant.

I thought, "This is brutal."

I was extremely nervous before my first fight.

I was terrified of getting into the ring.

My legs felt weak. I sensed the crowd.

I knew the danger and was very scared.

It's different in the crowd- not at the centre of the action.

It all looks very different from the inside.

Our opponents don't know about our secret weapon.

Even with only one person in the ring, they're fighting two people,

and together we are twice as strong.

Your brother gives you extra strength

and he gives you extra strength.

No one can stop you.

Fighting is in Vitali's blood.

He was born a fighter, I became one.

As a fighter, or a second,

you have so much adrenalin

that you develop a kind of tunnel vision

and you ignore everything around you.

You think only about your strategy.

So this guy, he throws wide punches,

so you stay all the way back or you go all the way to his side.

If you go in short and punch short punches,

he won't be able to hit you because he has to have swinging room.

But you can't go halfway inside,

and that's when you're getting hit.

So you just went out and just started

going right, real short, with short punches,

and the guy couldn't hit, no coordination that close.

Boom! And that was over.

I want you to keep all your punches up

and in front of the groin, no low roll,

no rabbit punches, no kidney punches.

In the event that you knock your opponent to the ground

and from all the yelling and excitement, and then you pop him again,

that could be a two-point deduction.

If you're in there tight, and there's no action,

I'm gonna give the command "Break! Stop!"

And at that time, I want you to protect yourself

and take a clean step back.

It's very dangerous.

A single punch can break your nose or take out your eye.

You can even be killed.

If you're afraid of being injured or damaging your health,

if you're not ready to give your all,

then you'll never be a success.

(NADESHDA KLITSCHKO SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

I worry when my children are boxing.

It frightens me.

It's their life and they have my blessing,

but during their fights

I always go out for a walk.

I take my mobile with me, and wait for the call.

(IN ENGLISH) Twelve rounds of boxing

for the Heavyweight Championship of the world.

And now it's time for the champions.

The WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World,

Dr. Eisenfaust, Vitali Klitschko.

Wladimir Klitschko!

Let's get ready to rumble!

It's a weird thing.

Vitali keeps you off balance the whole time.

That's why it makes him harder.

Punching-wise, it goes to Wladimir.

CHRIS BYRD - FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

I mean, dude, he hits so hard!

I mean, not taking nothing away from Vitali, but I think he hits harder.

The whole battle of becoming successful

is outside of the ring.

Can you go to sleep without eating?

Can you get up and go run? Can you not have sex with your lady?

LAMON BREWSTER - FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

Can you just be on time to the gym

and dedicate yourself every single day?

So what, you got a sore muscle.

So what, your nose may be broke.

You gotta keep pushing and keep pushing.

That is what a real champion is about.

Boxing separates the men from the boys.

So, you know, this is definitely a man's sport,

and he's right, you can't play.

LENNOX LEWIS - FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

You know, boxing is the only sport that keeps you honest.

So if you're in shape, it shows.

If you're not in shape, it'll show.

If you're scared, it'll show.

You know, boxing is a sport that will bring out

all the things that you're doing wrong.

So if you been eating a lot of cake that whole week

and then step into the boxing ring, it'll show.

Mom?

Everything's okay. He's doing fine.

A small cut under his eye, but nothing serious.

How are you?

He rang me and asked how I was.

I said I was fine and we chatted. Then he rang me again.

NADESHDA KLITSCHKO

I asked if he'd forgotten something.

And he said, "To tell you I love you."

That's what he's like.

(WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO, SR SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

Vitali and I were at the airport one day.

A man and his son were standing next to us.

WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO, SR

When the boy saw Vitali he asked,

"Is that the real Vitali Klitschko?

"Can I touch him?"

It was very special for him.

I could see the happiness in the boy's eyes.

Many people immediately feel very fond of my sons.

(IN ENGLISH) Wladimir and Vitali

have a very unusual situation from the family viewpoint.

Your two sons to be heavyweight champions of the world

which is, like, unbelievable,

it's like a one-in-20-million chance of that happening.

EMANUEL STEWARD COACH OF WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO

And never ever have attended, or intend or plan to attend one of the fights.

That, to begin with, is very unusual.

And then, on the other side, extremely, extremely close.

You know, you think back and realise how they grew up.

I never hear Wladimir or Vitali talk about other relatives.

It seems like the relatives, the whole family for the most part,

is the mother and the father and Vitali and Wladimir.

So, that's four.

I was born in Central Asia in the summer of 1971,

but I am Ukrainian.

I come from a military family,

stationed in different places

all over the Soviet Union.

KAZAKHSTAN - ZHANGIZTOBE NEAR THE CHINESE BORDER

I was a working mother.

Vitali was six years old

and Vovchik was one year old.

Wladimir's pet name is Vovchik.

Vitali had to take care of Wladimir.

I had flexible working hours so I'd go home to make them lunch

and then I'd go back to work and leave them alone together.

It was a big responsibility.

I had to take my little brother with me wherever I went

and I still have to look after him today.

Nowadays, when I give my little brother a few tips,

and he says, "Stop fussing. I know that, Vitali!"

I tell him, "When I was little,

"our parents gave me the job of looking after you.

"They haven't told me to stop yet."

So I'm still doing it today.

I know that lots of people

can barely tell the brothers apart.

Many people think they're twins,

NATALIYA KLITSCHKO WIFE OF VITALI KLITSCHKO

but really they're very different.

When Vitali gets something into his head,

he'll follow it through.

Wladimir has his own goals, too,

but he's a lot more cautious and diplomatic.

Crazy.

Due to my father's job

we moved around a lot from one place to the next.

So I attended a lot of different schools.

At each new garrison school that Vitali went to,

he would get teased and picked on.

All I could do was to teach my eldest son

how to stand up for himself.

I drummed it into him that if he was going to fight,

then he had to win.

Losing was not an option.

We never dreamed that one day

our children would be professional boxers.

One day, a mother came to see us at home.

Her son had a broken nose.

I asked how it had happened, but he just stood there in silence.

So I told Vitali to apologise.

When he said that he wouldn't, I asked him why,

and he said, "He deserved it!